Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 For you have taken refuge in the Lord,
my shelter, the Most High.
10 No harm will overtake[a] you;
no illness[b] will come near your home.[c]
11 For he will order his angels[d]
to protect you in all you do.[e]
12 They will lift you up in their hands,
so you will not slip and fall on a stone.[f]
13 You will subdue[g] a lion and a snake;[h]
you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.
14 The Lord says,[i]
“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;
I will protect him[j] because he is loyal to me.[k]
15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.
I will be with him when he is in trouble;
I will rescue him and bring him honor.
16 I will satisfy him with long life,[l]
and will let him see my salvation.”
10 You were complacent in your evil deeds;[a]
you thought,[b] ‘No one sees me.’
Your self-professed[c] wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,
when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’[d]
11 Disaster will overtake you;
you will not know how to charm it away.[e]
Destruction will fall on you;
you will not be able to appease it.
Calamity will strike you suddenly,
before you recognize it.[f]
12 Persist[g] in trusting[h] your amulets
and your many incantations,
which you have faithfully recited[i] since your youth!
Maybe you will be successful[j]—
maybe you will scare away disaster.[k]
13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice.[l]
Let them take their stand—
the ones who see omens in the sky,
who gaze at the stars,
who make monthly predictions—
let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you![m]
14 Look, they are like straw,
that the fire burns up;
they cannot rescue themselves
from the heat[n] of the flames.
There are no coals to warm them,
no firelight to enjoy.[o]
15 They will disappoint you,[p]
those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth.[q]
Each strays off in his own direction,[r]
leaving no one to rescue you.”
24 A dispute also started[a] among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.[b] 25 So[c] Jesus[d] said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’[e] 26 Not so with you;[f] instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader[g] like the one who serves.[h] 27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table,[i] or the one who serves? Is it not[j] the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one[k] who serves.
28 “You are the ones who have remained[l] with me in my trials. 29 Thus[m] I grant[n] to you a kingdom,[o] just as my Father granted to me, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit[p] on thrones judging[q] the twelve tribes of Israel.
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