Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²¹ When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for a sin.

²² If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin.

²³ But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.

²⁴ Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee:

²⁵ If thou go into thy friend's corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand: but not reap them with a sickle.

24 If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

² And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,

³ And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house or is dead:

⁴ The former husband cannot take her again to wife: because she is defiled, and is become abominable before the Lord: lest thou cause thy land to sin, which the Lord thy God shall give thee to possess.

¹⁰ When thou shalt demand of thy neighbour any thing that he oweth thee, thou shalt not go into his house to take away a pledge:

¹¹ But then shalt stand without, and he shall bring out to thee what he hath.

¹² But if he be poor, the pledge shall not lodge with thee that night,

¹³ But thou shalt restore it to him presently before the going down of the sun: that he may sleep in his own raiment and bless thee, and thou mayst have justice before the Lord thy God.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not refuse the hire of the needy, and the poor, whether he be thy brother, or a stranger that dwelleth with thee in the land, and is within thy gates:

¹⁵ But thou shalt pay him the price of his labour the same day, before the going down of the sun, because he is poor, and with it maintaineth his life: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it be reputed to thee for a sin.

2 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with respect of persons.

² For if there shall come into your assembly a man having a golden ring, in fine apparel, and there shall come in also a poor man in mean attire,

³ And you have respect to him that is clothed with the fine apparel, and shall say to him: Sit thou here well; but say to the poor man: Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool:

⁴ Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust thoughts?

⁵ Hearken, my dearest brethren: hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

⁶ But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?

⁷ Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you?

⁸ If then you fulfill the royal law, according to the scriptures, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; you do well.

⁹ But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰ And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all.

¹¹ For he that said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou do not commit adultery, but shalt kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as being to be judged by the law of liberty.

¹³ For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.