Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
32 The Word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
2 For then, the king of Babel’s host besieged Jerusalem. And Jeremiah the Prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
3 For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, and say, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will give this city into the hands of the king of Babel, and he shall take it.
6 And Jeremiah said, “The Word of the LORD came to me, saying,
7 “Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your uncle, shall come to you and say, ‘Buy my field for yourself, which is in Anathoth. For the right of redemption is yours, to buy it.’
8 “So Hanamel, my uncle’s son, came to me in the court of the prison, according to the Word of the LORD, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field which is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin. For the right of the possession is yours, and the purchase yours. Buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the Word of the LORD.
9 “And I bought the field from Hanamel, my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and measured out to him the silver: seventeen shekels.
10 “And I wrote it in the book and signed it, and took witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
11 “So I took the deed of purchase, being sealed according to the Law and custom, with the deed that was open.
12 “And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel, my uncle’s son, and in the presence of the witnesses written in the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
13 “And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
14 ‘Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: “Take the writings, this deed of purchase that is sealed and the deed that is open, and put them in an earthen vessel, so that they may last a long time.”
15 ‘For the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says thus: “Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”’
91 Whoever dwells in the secret of the Most High shall abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to the LORD, “O my Hope, and my Fortress! My God!” In Him will I trust.
3 Surely, He will deliver you from the snare of the hunter, from the calamitous pestilence.
4 He will cover you under His wings. And you shall be sure under his feathers. His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the fear of the night; of the arrow that flies by day;
6 of the pestilence that walks in the darkness; of the plague that destroys at noon day.
14 “Because he has loved Me, therefore will I deliver him. I will exalt him because he has known My Name.
15 “He shall call upon Me, and I will hear him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and glorify him.
16 “I will satisfy him with long life and show him my salvation.” A Psalm, or song, for the Sabbath day
6 But godliness is great gain if one is content with what he has.
7 For we brought nothing into the world. And it is certain that we can carry nothing out.
8 Therefore, when we have food and clothing, let us be content with that.
9 For those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown man in perdition and destruction.
10 For the desire of money is the root of all evil, for which some - while lusting after it - have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things! And pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you are also called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses.
13 I charge you in the sight of God Who quickens all things, and before Jesus Christ Who witnessed a good confession under Pontius Pilate,
14 that you keep this commandment spotless and irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
15 which He Who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, shall show in due time.
16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, Whom no man ever saw nor can see, and to whom be honor and power everlasting, Amen.
17 Charge those who are rich in this world not to be high-minded, and not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God Who abundantly gives us all things to enjoy;
18 to do good and be rich in good works. And be generous and ready to share,
19 laying up in treasure for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, so that they may obtain eternal life.
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared well and delicately every day.
20 “Also, there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate (full of sores).
21 “And he desired to be refreshed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. And even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 “And it happened that the beggar died and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 “And being in torment in Hell, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off (and Lazarus in his bosom).
24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! And send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am tormented in this flame!’
25 “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your pleasures, and likewise Lazarus pains. Therefore, now he is comforted and you are tormented.
26 ‘Besides all this, there is a great gulf set between you and us, so that those who wish to go from here to you, cannot. Nor can anyone come from there to us.’
27 “Then he said, ‘Therefore I ask you, father, if you would send him to my father’s house,
28 ‘(for I have five brothers) so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them hear them.’
30 “And he said, ‘No, father Abraham. But if one came to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 “Then he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded if one rises from the dead again.’”
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