Reading Plans / Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Readings for November 2017

November 1Psalm 119:41-48 (I will keep God’s law); Proverbs 16:1-20 (It is good to obey); Matthew 19:16-22 (Keeping the commandments)
November 2Psalm 43 (Send out your light and truth); 1 Samuel 2:27-36 (Hope for a better priesthood); Romans 2:17-29 (Real circumcision a matter of the heart)
November 3Psalm 43 (Send out your light and truth); Ezekiel 13:1-16 (False prophets condemned); 2 Peter 2:1-3 (False prophets and their punishment)
November 4Psalm 43 (Send out your light and truth); Malachi 1:6—2:9 (False and true priests); Matthew 23:13-28 (Woe to the scribes and Pharisees)
November 5Micah 3:5-12 (Judgment upon corrupt leaders); Psalm 43 (Send out your light and truth); 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 (The apostle’s teaching); Matthew 23:1-12 (Humble yourselves)
November 6Psalm 5 (God blesses the righteous); Jeremiah 5:18-31 (Prophets and priests who mislead); 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 (Words to the church)
November 7Psalm 5 (God blesses the righteous); Lamentations 2:13-17 (When prophets see false visions); Acts 13:1-12 (Paul and Barnabas confront a false prophet)
November 8Psalm 5 (God blesses the righteous); Proverbs 16:21-33 (The wise heart and persuasive lips); Matthew 15:1-9 (Lips that misrepresent the heart)
November 9Psalm 70 (You are my helper and deliverer); Amos 1:1—2:5 (God judges Israel’s neighbors); Revelation 8:6—9:12 (The trumpet of God’s judgment)
November 10Psalm 70 (You are my helper and deliverer); Amos 3:1-12 (Israel’s guilt and punishment); Revelation 9:13-21 (Unrepentant humankind persists in sin)
November 11Psalm 70 (You are my helper and deliverer); Amos 4:6-13 (Israel, prepare to meet your God); Matthew 24:1-14 (Jesus foretells the end)
November 12Wisdom 6:12-16 (Wisdom makes herself known); or Amos 5:18-24 (Let justice roll down like waters); Wisdom 6:17-20 (The beginning of wisdom); or Psalm 70 (You are my helper and deliverer); 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (The promise of the resurrection); Matthew 25:1-13 (Wise and foolish bridesmaids)
November 13Psalm 63 (God is a rich feast); Amos 8:7-14 (A famine of hearing God’s word); 1 Corinthians 14:20-25 (They will not listen to me)
November 14Psalm 63 (God is a rich feast); Joel 1:1-14 (Call to repentance); 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (Stand firm in the faith)
November 15Psalm 63 (God is a rich feast); Joel 3:9-21 (Promise of a glorious future); Matthew 24:29-35 (My words will not pass away)
November 16Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12 (Number your days); Ezekiel 6:1-14 (Judgment on idolatrous Israel); Revelation 16:1-7 (God’s judgments are true and just)
November 17Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12 (Number your days); Ezekiel 7:1-9 (The end is upon us); Revelation 16:8-21 (The judged curse God)
November 18Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12 (Number your days); Ezekiel 7:10-27 (You shall know that the Lord is God); Matthew 12:43-45 (From bad to worse)
November 19Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 (The day of the Lord); Psalm 90:1-8 [9-11] 12 (Number your days); 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Be alert for the day of the Lord); Matthew 25:14-30 (Slaves entrusted with talents)
November 20Psalm 9:1-14 (God’s reward for the righteous); Zechariah 1:7-17 (God’s judgment and mercy); Romans 2:1-11 (The righteous judgment of God)
November 21Psalm 9:1-14 (God’s reward for the righteous); Zechariah 2:1-5; 5:1-4 (Visions of mercy and judgment); 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 (The Christian life)
November 22Psalm 9:1-14 (God’s reward for the righteous); Job 16:1-21 (A lament about unjust punishment); Matthew 24:45-51 (Parable of the unfaithful slave)
November 23Psalm 95:1-7a (We are the people of God’s pasture); 1 Kings 22:13-23 (Israel like sheep without a shepherd); Revelation 14:1-11 (Fear God and give God glory)
November 24Psalm 95:1-7a (We are the people of God’s pasture); 1 Chronicles 17:1-15 (David, shepherd and king of Israel); Revelation 22:1-9 (Worship God alone)
November 25Psalm 95:1-7a (We are the people of God’s pasture); Isaiah 44:21-28 (Cyrus, a shepherd for the Lord); Matthew 12:46-50 (The true kindred of Jesus)
November 26Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 (God will shepherd Israel); Psalm 95:1-7a (We are the people of God’s pasture); Ephesians 1:15-23 (The reign of Christ); Matthew 25:31-46 (The separation of sheep and goats)
November 27Psalm 7 (God the righteous judge); Esther 2:1-18 (Lowly Esther becomes queen); 2 Timothy 2:8-13 (Those who endure with Christ reign with him)
November 28Psalm 7 (God the righteous judge); Esther 8:3-17 (Queen Esther saves her people); Revelation 19:1-9 (Praise of God’s judgments)
November 29Psalm 7 (God the righteous judge); Ezekiel 33:7-20 (The righteous will live); John 5:19-40 (The judgment of the Son)
November 30Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (We shall be saved); Zechariah 13:1-9 (The coming day of God brings cleansing); Revelation 14:6-13 (Hold fast to the faith)