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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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Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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Psalm 80:1-7

(A psalm by Asaph for the music leader. To the tune “Lilies of the Agreement.”)

Help Our Nation

1 (A) Shepherd of Israel, you lead
    the descendants of Joseph,
and you sit on your throne
    above the winged creatures.[a]
Listen to our prayer
    and let your light shine
2 for the tribes of Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
    Save us by your power.

3 Our God, make us strong again!
    Smile on us and save us.

4 Lord God All-Powerful,
    how much longer
will the prayers of your people
    make you angry?
5 You gave us tears for food,
and you made us drink them
    by the bowlful.
6 Because of you,
our enemies who live nearby
    laugh and joke about us.
7 Our God, make us strong again!
    Smile on us and save us.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

The New Agreement with Israel and Judah

31 (A)(B) The Lord said:

The time will surely come when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 It will be different from the agreement I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt. Although I was their God, they broke that agreement.

33 (C) Here is the new agreement that I, the Lord, will make with the people of Israel:

“I will write my laws
    on their hearts and minds.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.

34 (D) “No longer will they have to teach one another to obey me. I, the Lord, promise that all of them will obey me, ordinary people and rulers alike. I will forgive their sins and forget the evil things they have done.”

Hebrews 10:10-18

10 So we are made holy because Christ obeyed God and offered himself once for all.

11 (A) The priests do their work each day, and they keep on offering sacrifices that can never take away sins. 12 (B) But Christ offered himself as a sacrifice that is good forever. Now he is sitting at God's right side,[a] 13 and he will stay there until his enemies are put under his power. 14 By his one sacrifice he has forever set free from sin the people he brings to God.

15 The Holy Spirit also speaks of this by telling us that the Lord said,

16 (C) “When the time comes,
I will make an agreement
    with them.
I will write my laws
    on their minds and hearts.
17 (D) Then I will forget
    about their sins
and no longer remember
    their evil deeds.”

18 When sins are forgiven, there is no more need to offer sacrifices.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

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