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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
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1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
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Psalm 140

140 1 David complaineth of the cruelty, falsehood and injuries of his enemies. 8 Against the which he prayeth unto the Lord, and assureth himself of his help and succor. 12 Wherefore he provoketh the just to praise the Lord, and to assure themselves of his tuition.

To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the [a]cruel man:

Which imagine evil things in their [b]heart, and make war continually.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: [c]adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

Keep [d]me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the cruel man, which purposeth to cause my steps to slide.

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net with cords in my pathway, and set gins for me. Selah.

Therefore I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my prayers.

O Lord God the strength of my salvation, thou [e]hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Let not the wicked have his desire, O Lord; [f]perform not his wicked thought, lest they be proud. Selah.

As for [g]the chief of them that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips come upon them.

10 Let coals fall upon them: let [h]him cast them into the fire, and into the deep pits that they rise not.

11 For the backbiter shall not be established upon the earth, evil shall [i]hunt the cruel man to destruction.

12 I know that the Lord will avenge the afflicted, and judge the poor.

13 Surely the righteous shall praise thy Name, and the just shall [j]dwell in thy presence.

Esther 8

1 After the death of Haman was Mordecai exalted. 14 Comfortable letters are sent unto the Jews.

The same day did King Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the adversary of the Jews, unto the Queen Esther. And Mordecai [a]came before the King: for Esther told what he was [b]unto her.

And the King took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai: and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

And Esther spake yet more before the King, and fell down at his feet weeping, and besought him that he would put away the [c]wickedness of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had imagined against the Jews.

And the King held out the golden [d]scepter toward Esther. Then arose Esther, and stood before the King,

And said, If it please the King, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite may be called again, which he wrote to destroy the Jews, that are in all the King’s provinces.

For how can I suffer and see the evil, that shall come unto my people? Or how can I suffer and see the destruction of my kindred?

And the king Ahasuerus said unto the Queen Esther, and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, whom they have hanged upon the tree, because he [e]laid hand upon the Jews.

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you in the King’s name, and seal it with the King’s ring, (for the writings written in the King’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may [f]no man revoke.)

Then were the King’s Scribes called at the same time, even in the third month, that is the month [g]Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof: and it was written, according to all as Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews and to the princes, and captains and rulers of the provinces, which were from India even unto Ethiopia, an hundred and seven and twenty provinces, unto every province according to the [h]writing thereof, and to every people after their speech, and to the Jews, according to their writing, and according to their language.

10 And he wrote in the King Ahasuerus’s name, and sealed it with the King’s ring, and he sent letters by posts on horseback and that rode on beasts of price, as dromedaries, and [i]colts of mares.

11 Wherein the King granted the Jews (in what cities soever they were) to gather themselves together, and to stand for [j]their life, and to root out, to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and of the province that vexed them, both children and women, and to spoil their goods:

12 Upon one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, even in the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month [k]Adar.

13 The copy of the writing was, how there should be a commandment given in all and every province, published among all the people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day, to [l]avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 So the posts rode upon beasts of price, and dromedaries, and went forth with speed, to execute the King’s commandment, and the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

15 And Mordecai went out from the King in royal apparel of blue, and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

16 And unto the Jews was come light and [m]joy and gladness, and honor.

17 Also in all and every province, and in all and every city and place, where the King’s commandment and his decree came, there was joy and gladness to the Jews, a feast and good day, and many of the people of the land [n]became Jews: for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

Matthew 18:6-9

(A)[a]But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

[b]Woe be unto the world because of offences, for it must needs be that [c]offences shall come, but woe be to that man by whom the offence cometh.

(B)Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to [d]offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, than having two hands, or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

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