Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Foolishness and Wickedness of People.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
14 The fool has (A)said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed detestable acts;
There is (B)no one who does good.
2 The Lord has (C)looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind
To see if there are any who [a](D)understand,
Who (E)seek God.
3 They have all (F)turned aside, together they are corrupt;
There is (G)no one who does good, not even one.
13 So Joab and the people who were with him advanced to the battle against the Arameans, and (A)they fled from him. 14 When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and entered the city. (B)Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
15 When the Arameans saw that they had been [a]defeated by Israel, they assembled together. 16 (C)And Hadadezer sent word and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam; and (D)Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [b]led them. 17 Now when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans lined up against David and fought him. 18 But the Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed (E)seven hundred charioteers of the Arameans and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they had been [c]defeated by Israel, (F)they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the sons of Ammon anymore.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “(A)Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the (B)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to (C)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (D)accomplish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white (E)for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving (F)wages and is gathering (G)fruit for (H)eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: ‘(I)One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have [a]come into their labor.”
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