Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
7 Thus He showed me. And behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by plumbline, with a plumbline in His hand.
8 And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumbline.” Then said the LORD, “Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of My people, Israel, and will pass by them no more.
9 “And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate. And the temples of Israel shall be destroyed. And I will rise against the House of Jeroboam with the sword.”
10 Then, Amaziah, the Priest of Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, King of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the House of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
11 “For thus Amos says, ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword. And Israel shall be led away captive out of their own land.’”
12 Also, Amaziah said to Amos, “O you, the Seer! Go! Flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread. And prophesy there.
13 “But prophesy no more at Bethel. For it is the king’s chapel. And it is the king’s court.”
14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, “I was no Prophet. Nor was I a Prophet’s son. But I was a herdsman, and a gatherer of wild figs.
15 “And the LORD took me as I followed the flock. And the LORD said to me, ‘Go. Prophesy to My people, Israel.’
16 “Now, therefore, hear the Word of the LORD. You say, ‘Do not Prophesy against Israel, and speak nothing against the House of Isaac.’
17 “Therefore, thus says the LORD: “Your wife shall be a harlot in the city. And your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword. And your land shall be divided by plumbline. And you shall die in a polluted land. And Israel shall surely go forth into captivity in this land.”
82 God stands in the assembly of gods. He judges among gods.
2 How long will you judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Do right to the poor and fatherless. Do justice to the poor and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy. Save them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They do not know, and understand nothing. They walk in darkness. All the foundations of the Earth are moved.
6 I have said, “You are gods. And you all are children of the Most High.
7 “But you shall die as a man. And you, Princes, shall fall like others.”
8 O God, arise! Judge the Earth! For You shall inherit all nations. A song, or Psalm, committed to Asaph
1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother,
2 To those who are at Colosse, saints and faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love toward all saints,
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven; of which you have heard before by the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel.
6 It has come to you even as it has to all the world and is fruitful, as it was also among you from the day that you heard and truly knew the grace of God;
7 as you also learned from Epaphras (our dear fellow servant), who is for you a faithful minister of Christ.
8 He has also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, we also (since the day we heard of it) do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be fulfilled with knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 so that you might walk worthily of the Lord and please Him in all things, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might through His glorious power, leading to all patience and endurance with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son
14 (in Whom we have redemption through His blood; that is, the forgiveness of sins).
25 Then behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted Him, saying, “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
27 And he answered and said, “You shall love your Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your thought, and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 Then He said to him, “You have answered right. Do this, and you shall live.”
29 But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, “Who, then, is my neighbor?”
30 And Jesus answered, and said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves. And they robbed him of his clothes and wounded him and departed, leaving him half-dead.
31 “Now by chance, a certain priest came down that same way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 “And likewise, a Levite, when he had come near the place, went and looked, and passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came near him. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
34 “And he went to him and bound up his wounds and poured in oil and wine. And he put him on his own beast and brought him to an Inn and made provision for him.
35 “And the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. And whatever more you spend I will repay when I return.’
36 “Now, which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
37 And he said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, and do likewise.”
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