Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
13 Do (C)return, O Lord; (D)how long will it be?
And [b]be (E)sorry for Your servants.
14 O (F)satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
That we may (G)sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 (H)Make us glad [c]according to the days You have afflicted us,
And the (I)years we have seen [d]evil.
16 Let Your (J)work appear to Your servants
And Your (K)majesty [e]to their children.
17 Let the (L)favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
And [f](M)confirm for us the work of our hands;
Yes, [g]confirm the work of our hands.
13 “Hear and (A)testify against the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.
14 “For on the day that I punish Israel’s transgressions,
I will also punish the altars of (B)Bethel;
The horns of the altar will be cut off
And they will fall to the ground.
15 “I will also smite the [a](C)winter house together with the (D)summer house;
The houses of [b](E)ivory will also perish
And the (F)great houses will come to an end,”
Declares the Lord.
“Yet You Have Not Returned to Me”
4 Hear this word, you cows of (G)Bashan who are on the (H)mountain of Samaria,
Who (I)oppress the poor, who crush the needy,
Who say to [c]your husbands, “Bring now, that we may (J)drink!”
2 The Lord [d]God has (K)sworn by His (L)holiness,
“Behold, the days are coming upon you
When [e]they will take you away with (M)meat hooks,
And the last of you with (N)fish hooks.
3 “You will (O)go out through breaches in the walls,
Each one straight before her,
And you [f]will be cast to Harmon,” declares the Lord.
4 “Enter Bethel and transgress;
In Gilgal multiply transgression!
(P)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
Your tithes every three days.
5 “[g]Offer a (Q)thank offering also from that which is leavened,
And proclaim (R)freewill offerings, make them known.
For so you (S)love to do, you sons of Israel,”
Declares the Lord God.
Tradition and Commandment
15 (A)Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus (B)from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they (C)do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” 3 And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘(D)Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘(E)He who speaks evil of father or mother is to [a]be put to death.’ 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been [b]given to God,” 6 he is not to honor his father or his mother[c].’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
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