Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
9 I will sing a [a]new song unto thee, O God, and sing unto thee upon a viol, and an instrument of ten strings.
10 It is he that giveth deliverance unto kings, and rescueth David his [b]servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 [c]That our sons may be as the plants growing up in their youth, and our daughters as the corner stones, graven after the similitude of a palace:
13 That our [d]corners may be full and abounding with divers sorts, and that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousand in our streets.
14 That our [e]oxen may be strong to labor; that there be none invasion, nor going out, nor no crying in our streets.
15 Blessed are the people, that be [f]so, yea blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
5 (Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her well-beloved?) I raised thee up under an apple tree: there the mother conceived thee: there she conceived that bare thee.
6 [a]Set me as a seal on thine heart, and as a signet upon thine arm: for love is strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are fiery coals, and a vehement flame.
7 Much water cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, they would greatly contemn it.
9 [a]And he said unto them, Well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may observe your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, (A)Honor thy father and thy mother: and (B)Whosoever shall speak evil of father or mother, let him [b]die the death.
11 But ye say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayest have profit, he shall be free.
12 So ye suffer him no more to do anything for his father, or his mother.
13 Making the word of God of none authority, by your tradition which ye have ordained: and ye do many such like things.
14 (C)Then he calleth the whole multitude unto him, and said unto them, Hearken you all unto me, and understand.
15 There is nothing without a man, that can defile him, when it entereth into him: but the things which proceed out of him, are they which defile the man.
16 If any have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he came into an house, away from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he said unto them, What? are ye without understanding also? Do ye not know that whatsoever thing from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him,
19 Because it entered not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught which is the [c]purging of all meats?
20 Then he said, That which cometh out of man, that defileth man.
21 (D)For from within, even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, [d]covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a [e]wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
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