Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Lead Me in Your Truth
Of David.
Aleph
25 To You, O Yahweh, I (A)lift up my soul.
Beth
Gimel
3 Indeed, let (E)none who hope in You be ashamed;
Let those who (F)deal treacherously without cause be ashamed.
Daleth
4 (G)Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh;
Teach me Your paths.
He / Vav
5 Lead me in (H)Your truth and teach me,
For You are the (I)God of my salvation;
In You I (J)hope all the day.
Zayin
6 (K)Remember, O Yahweh, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been [a](L)from of old.
Heth
7 Do not remember the (M)sins of my youth or my transgressions;
(N)According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For the sake of Your (O)goodness, O Yahweh.
Teth
Yodh
Kaph
14 Then Pharaoh sent and (A)called for Joseph, and they (B)rushed him out of the pit; and he shaved himself and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, (C)but no one can interpret it; yet (D)I have heard [a]it said about you, that [b]you hear a dream and that you can interpret it.” 16 Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “[c](E)It is not in me; (F)God will [d]answer concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.” 17 So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; 18 and behold, seven cows, [e]fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. 19 And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and lean, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt, in regard to [f]ugliness; 20 and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. 21 But they [g]devoured them, and yet it could not be known that they had [h]devoured them. [i]For they were just as ugly as [j]before. Then I awoke. 22 Then I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk; 23 and behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them; 24 and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. So (G)I told it to the [k]magicians, but there was no one who could declare it to me.”
25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s [l]dreams are one and the same; (H)God has declared to Pharaoh what He is about to do. 26 The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the [m]dreams are one and the same. 27 And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven lean ears scorched by the east wind (I)will be seven years of famine. 28 [n]It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: (J)God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do. 29 Behold, (K)seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; 30 and after them (L)seven years of famine will arise, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will [o]ravage the land, 31 so that the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very heavy. 32 Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that (M)the matter is confirmed by God, and God will quickly bring it about. 33 So now let Pharaoh look for a man (N)understanding and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh take action and appoint overseers over the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance. 35 Then let them (O)gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and let them store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh’s authority, and let them keep watch over it. 36 And let the food be appointed for the land for the seven years of famine which will happen in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not be cut off during the famine.”
Faith and Works
14 (A)What use is it, (B)my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can [a]that faith save him? 15 (C)If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “(D)Go in peace, [b]be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so (E)faith, if it has no works, is [c]dead by itself.
18 (F)But someone will say, “You have faith; and I have works. Show me your (G)faith without the works, and I will (H)show you my faith (I)by my works.” 19 You believe that [d](J)God is one. (K)You do well; (L)the demons also believe, and shudder. 20 But are you willing to recognize, (M)you foolish fellow, that (N)faith without works is useless? 21 (O)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that (P)faith was working with his works, and [e]as a result of the (Q)works, faith was [f]perfected. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “(R)And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he was called (S)the friend of God. 24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way, was not (T)Rahab the harlot also justified by works (U)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also (V)faith without works is dead.
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