Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

26 And it shall be when thou comest into the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein,

² that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there;

³ and thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God, that I am come unto the land that Jehovah swore unto our fathers to give us.

⁴ And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God.

⁵ And thou shalt speak and say before Jehovah thy God, A perishing Aramean was my father, and he went down to Egypt with a few, and sojourned there, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

⁶ And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;

⁷ and we cried to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression;

⁸ and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand, and with a stretched-out arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;

⁹ and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey!

¹⁰ And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou, Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God.

¹¹ And thou shalt rejoice in all the good that Jehovah thy God hath given to thee, and to thy house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in thy midst.

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

² I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him.

⁹ Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways:

¹² They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

¹³ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him.

¹⁶ With length of days will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

⁸ But what says it? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:

⁹ that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from among [the] dead, thou shalt be saved.

¹⁰ For with [the] heart is believed to righteousness; and with [the] mouth confession made to salvation.

¹¹ For the scripture says, No one believing on him shall be ashamed.

¹² For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all [is] rich towards all that call upon him.

¹³ For every one whosoever, who shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

4 But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

² forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.

³ And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

⁴ And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

⁵ And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

⁶ And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

⁷ If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all [of it] shall be thine.

⁸ And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

⁹ And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;

¹⁰ for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;

¹¹ and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

¹² And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

¹³ And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time.