Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prosperity Comes from the Lord.
A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
11 All the people who were in the [a]court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home (A)like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve [b]wealth in Ephrathah and [c]become famous in Bethlehem. 12 Moreover, may your house be like the house of (B)Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the [d]offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman.”
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And (C)the Lord [e]enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14 Then the (D)women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the Lord who has not left you without a [f]redeemer today, and may his name [g]become famous in Israel. 15 May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [h](E)and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
The Line of David Began Here
16 Then Naomi took the child [i]and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. 17 The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi!” So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
15 For this reason (A)He is the (B)mediator of a (C)new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been (D)called may (E)receive the promise of (F)the eternal inheritance. 16 For where a [a]covenant is, there must of necessity [b]be the death of the one who made it. 17 For a [c]covenant is valid only when [d]men are dead, [e]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18 Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment had been (G)spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, (H)he took the (I)blood of the calves and the goats, with (J)water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both (K)the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “(L)This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21 And in the same way he (M)sprinkled both the [f]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. 22 And according to the [g]Law, one may (N)almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and (O)without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23 Therefore it was necessary for the (P)copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but (Q)the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ (R)did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of (S)the true one, but into (T)heaven itself, now (U)to appear in the presence of God for us;
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