Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴ though myself having confidence even in the flesh!

If Anyone Can Put Confidence In The Flesh, I More

If any other person thinks that he may put-confidence in the flesh, I more— ⁵ in circumcision the eighth day; from the nation of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew from Hebrews; in relation to the Law— a Pharisee; ⁶ in relation to zeal— persecuting the church; in relation to the righteousness in the Law— having been blameless^[a].

But I Count All Such Things As Loss That I May Know Christ And His Power

⁷ But what things were gains to me, these I have regarded to be a loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ But more than that, I am indeed regarding all things to be a loss for the sake of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of Whom I suffered-loss-of all things and am regarding them as garbage in order that I might gain Christ ⁹ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the Law but the one through faith^[b] in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith— ¹⁰ that I might know Him and the power of His resurrection and the partnership^[c] of His sufferings, being conformed to His death ¹¹ if somehow^[d] I might attain to [the power of] the resurrection-out from the dead.

Brothers, I Am Forgetting The Past And Pressing On Toward The True Prize

¹² Not that I already obtained it or have already been made-perfect^[e], but I am pressing-on to see if I may indeed take-hold-of ^[f] that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things behind and stretching-toward the things ahead, ¹⁴ I am pressing-on toward the goal for the prize of the upward^[g] calling from God in Christ Jesus.

You Priests Are Like Farmers Who Killed The Owner’s Messengers And Son

³³ “Listen-to another parable. There was a man who was a house-master, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he rented it to farmers and went-on-a-journey. ³⁴ And when the time of the fruits drew-near, he sent forth his slaves to the farmers to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the farmers, having taken his slaves, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent-forth other slaves— more than the first. And they did similarly to them. ³⁷ But finally he sent forth his son to them, saying, ‘They will have-regard-for my son’. ³⁸ But the farmers, having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and let us have his inheritance’. ³⁹ And having taken him, they threw him outside of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?” ⁴¹ They say to Him, “He will miserably destroy the miserable ones themselves! And he will rent the vineyard to other farmers who will give-back the fruits to him in their seasons”.

The Kingdom Will Be Taken Away Because You Rejected God’s Cornerstone

⁴² Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head^[a] of the corner. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? [Ps 118:22-23]. ⁴³ For this reason^[b] I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken-away from you, and will be given to a nation^[c] producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And the one having fallen upon this stone will be broken-to-pieces^[d]. And upon whomever it may fall, it will crush^[e] him”.

When The Invited Refuse To Attend The Wedding of The King’s Son, They Are Destroyed

⁴⁵ And having heard His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them. ⁴⁶ And while seeking to seize Him, they feared the crowds, because they were holding Him for a prophet.