Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
8 Then the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian (whom she had borne to Abraham) mocking.
10 Therefore, she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son! For the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”
11 And this thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight, because of his son.
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the child, or because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah shall say to you, hear her voice. For in Isaac shall your seed be called.
13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him a nation also; because he is your seed.
14 So Abraham arose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and sent her and the child away. They departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And when the water of the bottle was spent, she cast the child under a certain tree.
16 Then she went and sat opposite him at a distance of about a bow shoot. For she said, “I will not see the death of the child.” And she sat down opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.
17 Then God heard the voice of the child. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from Heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear. For God has heard the voice of the child where he is.
18 “Arise, take up the child and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great people.”
19 And God opened her eyes; and she saw a well of water. So, she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the boy drink.
20 So God was with the child. And he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and was an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
86 Bow down Your ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul, for I am merciful. My God, save Your servant who trusts in You.
3 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I cry upon You continually.
4 Rejoice the soul of Your servant. For to You, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
5 For You, LORD, are good and merciful and of great kindness to all those who call upon You.
6 Give ear, LORD, to my prayer and pay attention to the voice of my supplication.
7 In the day of my trouble, I will call upon You; for You hear me.
8 Among the gods there is none like You, O LORD; and there are none like Your works.
9 All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O LORD, and shall glorify Your Name.
10 For You are great and do wondrous things. You are God, alone.
16 Turn to me and have mercy upon me. Give Your strength to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaid.
17 Show a sign of goodness toward me, so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. A Psalm, or song, committed to the sons of Korah
6 What, then, shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, so that grace may abound? Absolutely not!
2 How shall we, who are dead to sin, still live in it?
3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ have been baptized into his death?
4 We are then buried with Him, through baptism, into His death; so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead, to the glory of the Father, we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we are united with Him in the likeness of His death, we shall also be so in the likeness of His resurrection,
6 knowing this: that our old man was crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be made useless and that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For whoever has died is freed from sin.
8 Therefore, if we are dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death has no more dominion over Him.
10 For, in that He died, He died once to sin. But in that He lives, He lives to God.
11 Likewise, you also consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God, in Jesus Christ our Lord.
24 “The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his Lord.
25 “It is enough for the disciple to be as his master is, and the servant as his Lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
26 “Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be known.
27 “What I tell you in darkness, speak in light. And what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.
28 “And do not fear them who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.
29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a pittance, and yet not one of them shall fall to the ground apart from your Father?
30 “Indeed. And all the hairs of your head are numbered.
31 “Therefore, do not fear. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 “Whoever, then, shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father Who is in Heaven.
33 “But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father Who is in Heaven.
34 “Do not think that I came to send peace to the Earth. I did not come to send peace, but the sword.
35 “For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 “And a man’s enemies shall be those of his own household.
37 “The one who loves father or mother more than Me, is not worthy of Me. And the one who loves son or daughter more than Me, is not worthy of Me.
38 “And whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me, is not worthy of Me.
39 “The one who finds his life, shall lose it. And the one who loses his life for My sake, shall find it.
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