Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 [a]For you have made the Lord, (A)my refuge,
The Most High, (B)your dwelling place.
10 (C)No evil will happen to you,
Nor will any plague come near your [b]tent.
11 For He will give (D)His angels orders concerning you,
To protect you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will (E)lift you up,
So that you do not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will (F)walk upon the lion and cobra,
You will trample the young lion and the [c]serpent.
14 “(G)Because he has loved Me, I will save him;
I will (H)set him securely on high, because he has (I)known My name.
15 He will (J)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in [d]trouble;
I will rescue him and (K)honor him.
16 I will satisfy him with [e]a (L)long life,
And [f](M)show him My salvation.”
10 You felt (A)secure in your wickedness and said,
‘(B)No one sees me,’
Your (C)wisdom and your knowledge, [a]they have led you astray;
For you have said in your heart,
‘(D)I am, and there is no one besides me.’
11 But (E)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And (F)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you (G)suddenly.
12 “Persist now in your (H)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
13 You are (I)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the (J)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and (K)save you from what will come upon you.
14 Behold, they have become (L)like stubble,
(M)Fire burns them;
They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be (N)no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
15 So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Those who have (O)done business with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own [b]way;
There is (P)no one to save you.
Who Is Greatest
24 And (A)a dispute also developed among them as to which one of them was regarded as being the greatest. 25 (B)And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ 26 But it is not this way for you; (C)rather, the one who is the greatest among you must become like (D)the youngest, and the leader like the servant. 27 For (E)who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But (F)I am among you as the one who serves.
28 “You are the ones who have stood by Me in My (G)trials; 29 and just as My Father has granted Me a (H)kingdom, I grant you 30 that you may (I)eat and drink at My table in My (J)kingdom, and (K)you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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