Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
ח Cheth
57 The Lord is my portion;[a](A)
I have promised to keep your words.
58 I have sought your favor(B) with all my heart;
be gracious to me(C) according to your promise.
59 I thought about my ways(D)
and turned my steps back to your decrees.
60 I hurried, not hesitating
to keep your commands.
61 Though the ropes of the wicked(E)
were wrapped around me,
I did not forget your instruction.(F)
62 I rise at midnight to thank you(G)
for your righteous judgments.(H)
63 I am a friend to all who fear you,(I)
to those who keep your precepts.
64 Lord, the earth is filled with your faithful love;(J)
teach me your statutes.(K)
Treat Others Fairly
27 When it is in your power,[a]
don’t withhold good(A) from the one to whom it belongs.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go away! Come back later.
I’ll give it tomorrow”—when it is there with you.(B)
29 Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,(C)
for he trusts you and lives near you.
30 Don’t accuse anyone without cause,(D)
when he has done you no harm.
31 Don’t envy a violent man(E)
or choose any of his ways;
32 for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but he is a friend[b] to the upright.(F)
33 The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,(G)
but he blesses the home of the righteous;
34 He mocks those who mock
but gives grace to the humble.(H)
35 The wise will inherit honor,
but he holds up fools to dishonor.[c]
The Rich Young Ruler
18 A(A) ruler(B) asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (C)
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother.”[a](D)
21 “I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.
22 When Jesus heard this, he told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor,(E) and you will have treasure in heaven.(F) Then come, follow me.”(G)
23 After he heard this, he became extremely sad,(H) because he was very rich.
Possessions and the Kingdom
24 Seeing that he became sad,[b] Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?” (I)
27 He replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”(J)
28 Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed(K) you.”
29 So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God, 30 who will not receive many times more at this time,(L) and eternal life in the age to come.”
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