Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving

Psalm 100

²⁵ “I will make a covenant of shalom with them. I will remove the evil beasts from the land, so they may dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. ²⁶ I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will cause the rain to come down in its season. There will be showers of blessing. ²⁷ The tree of the field will yield its fruit. The ground will yield its produce. They will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Adonai, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. ²⁸ They will no longer be prey to the nations. The beast of the earth will not devour them. They will live in security. No one will make them afraid. ²⁹ I will make their agriculture renowned. They will no longer be consumed with hunger in the land. They will no longer bear the scorn of the nations. ³⁰ They will know that I, Adonai their God, am with them. They, the house of Israel, are My people.” It is a declaration of Adonai. ³¹ “So you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are human, and I am your God.” It is a declaration of Adonai Elohim.

Embrace and Refrain

⁴⁶ While Yeshua was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers were standing outside, trying to speak to Him. ⁴⁷ Someone said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, trying to speak to You.”^[a]

⁴⁸ But to the one telling Him this, Yeshua responded, “Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?” ⁴⁹ Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. ⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”