Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴¹ VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah,—thy salvation according to thy word.

⁴² So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

⁴³ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

⁴⁴ Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;

⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;

⁴⁶ And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

⁴⁸ And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

¹⁶ This day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

¹⁷ Thou hast this day accepted Jehovah to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and to hearken unto his voice;

¹⁸ and Jehovah hath accepted thee this day to be a people of possession to him, as he hath told thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments,

¹⁹ so that he should make thee high above all the nations which he hath made, in praise and in name and in honour; and that thou shouldest be a holy people to Jehovah thy God, as he hath said.

27 And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.

² And it shall be on the day when ye pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

³ and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou goest over that thou mayest enter into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

⁴ And it shall be when ye go over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, as I command you this day, on mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

⁵ And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron [tool] upon them;

⁶ of whole stones shalt thou build the altar of Jehovah thy God; and thou shalt offer up burnt-offerings thereon to Jehovah thy God.

⁷ And thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before Jehovah thy God.

¹⁶ And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?

¹⁷ And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

¹⁸ He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother, and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

²⁰ The young man says to him, All these have I kept; what lack I yet?

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to [the] poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

²² But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.