Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
2 After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness.[a]
While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain, 3 Moses went up to the mountain of God. Then the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying: This is what you will say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: 4 You have seen how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.(A) 5 Now, if you obey me completely and keep my covenant,[b] you will be my treasured possession among all peoples,(B) though all the earth is mine. 6 You will be to me a kingdom of priests,[c] a holy nation.(C) That is what you must tell the Israelites. 7 So Moses went and summoned the elders of the people. When he set before them all that the Lord had ordered him to tell them, 8 all the people answered together, “Everything the Lord has said, we will do.” Then Moses brought back to the Lord the response of the people.
Psalm 100[a]
Processional Hymn
1 A psalm of thanksgiving.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;
2 serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
3 [b]Know that the Lord is God,
he made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the flock he shepherds.(A)
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name;(B)
5 good indeed is the Lord,
His mercy endures forever,
his faithfulness lasts through every generation.
Chapter 5
Faith, Hope, and Love.[a] 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace[b] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) 2 through whom we have gained access [by faith] to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.(B) 3 Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,(C) 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.(D) 6 For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die.[c] 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.(E)
The Compassion of Jesus. 35 [a](A)Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36 (B)At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,[b] like sheep without a shepherd. 37 [c](C)Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38 so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Chapter 10
The Mission of the Twelve. 1 [d]Then he summoned his twelve disciples[e] and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.(D) 2 The names of the twelve apostles[f] are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
The Commissioning of the Twelve. 5 (E)Jesus sent out these twelve[g] after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. 6 (F)Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’(G) 8 [h]Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
9 (A)Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; 10 (B)no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep. 11 (C)Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave. 12 As you enter a house, wish it peace. 13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.[a] 14 [b](D)Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. 15 Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.(E)
Coming Persecutions. 16 (F)“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. 17 [c]But beware of people,(G) for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,(H) 18 and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans. 19 When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.(I) 20 For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 [d](J)Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end[e] will be saved. 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.[f]
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