Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
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33 (A)Teach me, the way of Your statutes, Lord,
And I shall comply with it to the end.
34 (B)Give me understanding, so that I may (C)comply with Your Law
And keep it (D)with all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the (E)path of Your commandments,
For I (F)delight in it.
36 (G)Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to (H)dishonest gain.
37 Turn my (I)eyes away from looking at what is worthless,
And (J)revive me in Your ways.
38 (K)Establish Your [a]word to Your servant
[b]As that which produces reverence for You.
39 (L)Take away my disgrace which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I (M)long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.
21 “(A)You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 (B)You shall not oppress any widow or orphan. 23 If you oppress him at all, and (C)if he does cry out to Me, (D)I will assuredly hear his cry; 24 and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, (E)and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
25 “(F)If you lend money to My people, to the poor [a]among you, you are not to [b]act as a creditor to him; you shall not [c]charge him (G)interest. 26 If you ever seize your neighbor’s cloak (H)as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, 27 for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his [d]body. What else is he to sleep in? And it will come about that (I)when he cries out to Me, I will listen to him, for (J)I am gracious.
23 (A)All things are permitted, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted, but not all things [a](B)build people up. 24 No one is to (C)seek his own advantage, but rather that of his [b]neighbor. 25 (D)Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions, for the sake of conscience; 26 (E)for the earth is the Lord’s, and [c]all it contains. 27 If (F)one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, (G)eat anything that is set before you without asking questions, for the sake of conscience. 28 But (H)if anyone says to you, “This is meat sacrificed to idols,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience; 29 Now by “conscience” I do not mean your own, but the other person’s; for (I)why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I partake with thankfulness, (J)why am I slandered about that for which I (K)give thanks?
31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or (L)whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. 32 (M)Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or (N)the church of God; 33 just as I also (O)please everyone in all things, (P)not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, (Q)so that they may be saved.
Christian Order
11 (R)Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
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