Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

19 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

² `Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy [am] I, Jehovah, your God.

¹⁵ `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

¹⁶ `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I [am] Jehovah.

¹⁷ `Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

¹⁸ `Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.

1 O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

² But -- in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

³ And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

⁴ Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

⁵ Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

⁶ For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

2 For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,

² but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,

³ for our exhortation [is] not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

⁴ but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

⁵ for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God [is] witness!)

⁶ nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

⁷ But we became gentle in your midst, as a nurse may cherish her own children,

⁸ so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,

³⁴ and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

³⁵ and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

³⁶ `Teacher, which [is] the great command in the Law?'

³⁷ And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --

³⁸ this is a first and great command;

³⁹ and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;

⁴⁰ on these -- the two commands -- all the law and the prophets do hang.'

⁴¹ And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

⁴² saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'

⁴³ He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

⁴⁴ The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁴⁵ If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'

⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.