Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
10 I am Yahweh your God,
who brought you up from the land of Egypt.(A)
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(B)
11 “But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.(C)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.(D)
13 If only My people would listen to Me
and Israel would follow My ways,(E)
14 I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn My hand against their foes.”(F)
15 Those who hate the Lord
would pretend submission to Him;(G)
their doom would last forever.(H)
16 But He would feed Israel[a] with the best wheat.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”(I)
Israel Accused of Apostasy
2 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:
Consequences of Apostasy
14 Is Israel a slave?
Was he born into slavery?[a]
Why else has he become a prey?
15 The young lions have roared at him;(A)
they have roared loudly.
They have laid waste his land.(B)
His cities are in ruins, without inhabitants.
16 The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes(C)
have also broken your skull.
17 Have you not brought this on yourself(D)
by abandoning the Lord your God
while He was leading you along the way?
18 Now what will you gain
by traveling along the way to Egypt(E)
to drink the waters of the Nile?[b]
What will you gain
by traveling along the way to Assyria(F)
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?(G)
19 Your own evil will discipline you;(H)
your own apostasies will reprimand you.
Think it over and see how evil and bitter(I) it is
for you to abandon the Lord your God
and to have no fear of Me.
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.
20 For long ago I[c] broke your yoke;(J)
I[d] tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree(K)
you lie down like a prostitute.(L)
Suffering and Service
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons approached Him with her sons.(A) She knelt down to ask Him for something.(B) 21 “What do you want?” He asked her.
“Promise,”[a] she said to Him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right and the other on Your left, in Your kingdom.”(C)
22 But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup[b] that I am about to drink?”[c](D)
“We are able,” they said to Him.
23 He told them, “You will indeed drink My cup.[d] But to sit at My right and left is not Mine to give; instead, it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”(E) 24 When the 10 disciples heard this, they became indignant with the two brothers. 25 But Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and the men of high position exercise power over them. 26 It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,(F) 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,(G) and to give His life—a ransom for many.”(H)
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