Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

First Fruits and Tithes

26 And it must be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and you possess it, and dwell in it, ² that you shall take from the first of all the produce of the ground which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. ³ You shall go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, “I profess this day to the Lord your God that I have come into the land which the Lord promised to our fathers to give us.” ⁴ The priest will take the basket out of your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. ⁵ Then you must answer and say before the Lord your God, “A wandering Aramean^[a] was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with only a few in number, but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation. ⁶ However, the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and laid upon us harsh labor. ⁷ And when we cried to the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, our labor, and our oppression. ⁸ And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror, and with signs and wonders. ⁹ Then He brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land that flows with milk and honey. ¹⁰ Now, indeed, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which you, O Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God. ¹¹ You must rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner who is among you.

Psalm 91

⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.”^[a] This is the word of faith that we preach: ⁹ that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved, ¹⁰ for with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. ¹¹ For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be ashamed.”^{[b] 12} For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is generous toward all who call upon Him. ¹³ For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”^[c]

The Temptation of Jesus^(A)

4 Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, ² being tempted by the devil for forty days. During those days He ate nothing. And when they were ended, He was hungry.

³ The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.”

⁴ Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’^[a]”

⁵ The devil, taking Him up onto a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. ⁶ And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this power and their glory, for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will. ⁷ If You, then, will worship me, all will be Yours.”

⁸ And Jesus answered him, “Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.’^[b]”

⁹ He brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here. ¹⁰ For it is written:

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¹² Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’^[d]”

¹³ When the devil had ended all the temptations, he departed from Him until another time.