Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 [a]For you have made the Lord, (A)my refuge,
Even the Most High, (B)your dwelling place.
10 (C)No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your [b]tent.
11 For He will give (D)His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
12 They will (E)bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will (F)tread upon the lion and cobra,
The young lion and the [c]serpent you will trample down.
14 “(G)Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver 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 “With [e]a (L)long life I will satisfy him
And [f](M)let him see 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 deluded you;
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 “Stand fast now in your (H)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
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 deliver 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,
Who have (O)trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own [b]way;
There is (P)none to save you.
Who Is Greatest
24 And there arose also (A)a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest. 25 (B)And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ 26 But it is not this way with you, (C)but 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 those 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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