Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

2 My brothers, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not for nothing.

² The people at the city of Philippi treated us very badly. As you know, we had much trouble. But God helped us, and we did not fear to tell you God's good news. But many things were against us and tried to stop us.

³ Our message was not a lie. What we told you was not wrong. And we did not try to fool you.

⁴ But God chose us to tell people the good news. And so we do not speak to please men, but to please God. He is the one who knows what is in our hearts.

⁵ We never said nice things about people that were not true. You know this. We never talked to get something out of it for ourselves. God knows this.

⁶ And we did not ask you or anybody else to help us or to praise us. Of course, we are apostles of Christ, and we had the right to do so.

⁷ But we were kind when we were with you. We were like a woman taking care of her own children.

⁸ Because we loved you, we were glad to give you God's good news. We were also glad to give you our lives, because we loved you very much.

³⁴ The Pharisees heard that the Sadducees could not answer Jesus. So they got together.

³⁵ One of them was a man who taught God's law. He asked Jesus a question to try him out.

³⁶ `Teacher,' he said, `which law is the greatest law of all?'

³⁷ Jesus said, ` "Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Love him with all your soul, and love him with all your mind."

³⁸ This is the first and greatest law.

³⁹ The second law of God is like it. "Love your neighbour as you love yourself."

⁴⁰ All that is written in the books of the law and the books of the prophets is about these two laws.'

⁴¹ While the Pharisees were still there, Jesus asked them a question.

⁴² He said, `What do you think about Christ? Whose son is he?' They said, `He is David's son.'

⁴³ Jesus asked, `Then how can David call him "Lord"? He said, by the Spirit,

⁴⁴ "The Lord said to my Lord, `Sit beside me until I make you master over your enemies.' "

⁴⁵ David calls Christ his Lord. How can Christ be David's son?'

⁴⁶ No one could answer him a word. And after that day, everyone feared to ask him any more questions.