Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Mem
Loving God’s Word
97 How I love your instruction![a]
Every day it is my meditation.
98 Your commands make me wiser than my adversaries,
since they are always with me.
99 I am more insightful than my teachers,
because your decrees are my meditations.
100 I have more common sense than the elders,
for I observe your precepts.
101 I keep away from every evil choice[b]
so that I may keep your word.[c]
102 I do not avoid your judgments,
for you pointed them out to me.
103 How pleasing is what you have to say to me—
tasting better than honey.
104 I obtain understanding from your precepts;
therefore I hate every false way.
31 The Israelis named it[a] “manna”.[b] It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Set aside one omer[c] of it for future generations, so that they may see the food with which I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
33 Then Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar, fill it with about one omer[d] of manna, and place it in the Lord’s presence, to be preserved throughout future generations.” 34 So Aaron placed it before the Testimony[e] to be kept, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 35 The Israelis ate manna for 40 years until they came to a land where they could settle.[f] They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Personal Greetings
16 Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a] in the church at Cenchrea. 2 Welcome her in the Lord as is appropriate for saints, and provide her with anything she may need from you, for she has ministered to many people, including me.
3 Greet Prisca[b] and Aquila, who work with me for the Messiah[c] Jesus, 4 and who risked their necks for my life. I am thankful to them, and so are all the churches among the gentiles. 5 Greet also the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who was the first convert[d] to the Messiah[e] in Asia. 6 Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you. 7 Greet Andronicus and Junia,[f] my fellow Jews who are in prison with me and are prominent among the apostles. They belonged to the Messiah[g] before I did. 8 Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. 9 Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in the Messiah,[h] and my dear friend Stachys. 10 Greet Apelles, who has been approved by the Messiah.[i] Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11 Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew. Greet those in the family of Narcissus, who belong to the Lord. 12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard for the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has toiled diligently for the Lord. 13 Greet Rufus, the one chosen by the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. 14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. 15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints who are with them. 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.[j] All the churches of the Messiah[k] greet you.
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