Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ I will sing a new song to You, O God—sing to You upon a viol, an instrument of ten strings—

¹⁰ Who gives deliverance to kings, rescues David, His servant, from the hurtful sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of strangers, whose mouth talks vanity; and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

¹² so that our sons may be as the plants (growing up in their youth) and our daughters as the cornerstones (sculpted in the likeness of a palace);

¹³ so that our corners may be full—abounding with diverse sorts — and that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousand in our streets;

¹⁴ so that our oxen may be strong to labor; so that there is no invasion nor going out nor crying in our streets.

¹⁵ Blessed are the people who are so. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. A Psalm of David, of praise

⁵ “Who is this who comes up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her well-beloved? I raised you up under an apple tree. There your mother conceived you. There she conceived who bore you.”

⁶ “Set me as a seal on your heart, as a signet upon your arm. For love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave. Its coals are fiery coals, a vehement flame.

⁷ “Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the rivers drown it. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, they would greatly despise it.”

⁹ And He said to them, “You reject the Commandment of God, that you may observe your own tradition.

¹⁰ “For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your Mother. And whoever shall speak evil of father or mother, let him die the death.’

¹¹ “But you say, ‘If a man says to father or mother, ‘Corban’(that is, ‘By the gift that is offered by me, you may have profit), he shall be free.’

¹² “So you don’t require him to do anything for his father or his mother,

¹³ “making the Word of God of no authority by your tradition which you have ordained. And you do many such things.”

¹⁴ Then He called the whole multitude to Him, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand!

¹⁵ “There is nothing outside of a man that can defile him when it enters into him. But the things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.

¹⁶ “If any have ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁷ And when He came into a house, away from the people, his disciples asked Him about the parable.

¹⁸ And He said to them, “What? Are you without understanding also? Do you not know that whatever thing enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

¹⁹ “because it did not enter into his heart, but into the belly. And it goes out into the draught, which is the purging of all food?”

²⁰ Then He said, “That which comes out of man, that defiles man.

²¹ “For from within, even out of the heart of man, proceeds evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²² “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.

²³ “All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”