Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
26 Now when Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, (A)she mourned for her husband. 27 When the time of mourning was over, David sent servants and [a]had her brought to his house and (B)she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But (C)the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Nathan Rebukes David
12 Then the Lord sent (D)Nathan to David. And (E)he came to him and [b]said,
“There were two men in a city, the one wealthy and the other poor.
2 The wealthy man had a great many flocks and herds.
3 But the poor man had nothing at all except (F)one little ewe lamb
Which he bought and nurtured;
And it grew up together with him and his children.
It would eat [c]scraps from him and drink from his cup and lie [d]in his lap,
And was like a daughter to him.
4 Now a visitor came to the wealthy man,
And he could not bring himself to take any animal from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the traveler who had come to him;
So he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this certainly [e](G)deserves to die! 6 So he must make restitution for the lamb (H)four times over, since he did this thing and [f]had no compassion.”
7 Nathan then said to David, “(I)You yourself are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(J)It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. 8 I also gave you (K)your master’s house and put your master’s wives [g]into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you [h]many more things like these! 9 Why (L)have you despised the word of the Lord, by doing evil in His sight? (M)You have struck and killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, you (N)have taken his wife as your wife, and you have slaughtered him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. 10 Now then, (O)the sword shall never leave your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ 11 This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household; (P)I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will sleep with your wives in [i]broad daylight. 12 Indeed, (Q)you did it secretly, but (R)I will do this thing before all Israel, and [j]in open daylight.’” 13 Then David said to Nathan, “(S)I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has (T)allowed your sin to pass; you shall not die.
A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.
For the music director. A Psalm of David, when [a]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (A)Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness;
According to the greatness of (B)Your compassion, (C)wipe out my wrongdoings.
2 (D)Wash me thoroughly from my guilt
And (E)cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I (F)know my wrongdoings,
And my sin is constantly before me.
4 (G)Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is (H)evil in Your sight,
So that (I)You [b]are justified [c]when You speak
And [d]blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was (J)brought forth in guilt,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire (K)truth in the [e]innermost being,
And in secret You will (L)make wisdom known to me.
7 [f]Purify me (M)with hyssop, and I will be clean;
[g]Cleanse me, and I will be (N)whiter than snow.
8 [h]Let me hear (O)joy and gladness,
Let the (P)bones You have broken rejoice.
9 (Q)Hide Your face from my sins
And wipe out all my guilty deeds.
Unity of the Spirit
4 Therefore I, (A)the prisoner of the Lord, (B)urge you to (C)walk in a manner worthy of the (D)calling with which you have been (E)called, 2 with all (F)humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another (G)in love, 3 being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the (H)bond of peace. 4 There is (I)one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one (J)hope of your calling; 5 (K)one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all (L)who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But (M)to each one of us (N)grace was given (O)according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore [a]it says,
9 (Now this expression, “He (R)ascended,” what [b]does it mean except that He also [c]had descended into (S)the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is Himself also He who ascended (T)far above all the heavens, so that He might (U)fill all things.) 11 And He (V)gave (W)some as apostles, some as prophets, some as (X)evangelists, some as [d]pastors and (Y)teachers, 12 (Z)for the equipping of the [e]saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of (AA)the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to (AB)the unity of the faith, and of the [f](AC)knowledge of the Son of God, to a (AD)mature man, to the measure of the stature [g]which belongs to the (AE)fullness of Christ. 14 [h]As a result, we are (AF)no longer to be children, (AG)tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by (AH)craftiness [i]in (AI)deceitful scheming; 15 but [j]speaking the truth (AJ)in love, [k]we are to (AK)grow up in all aspects into Him who is the (AL)head, that is, Christ, 16 from whom (AM)the whole body, being fitted and held together [l]by what every joint supplies, according to the [m]proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself (AN)in love.
24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats and (A)came to Capernaum, looking for Jesus. 25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “(B)Rabbi, when did You get here?”
Words to the People
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you (C)seek Me, not because you saw [a](D)signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not (E)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for (F)eternal life, which (G)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, (H)has set His [b]seal.” 28 Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is (I)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He (J)has sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “(K)What then are You doing as a (L)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? 31 (M)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘(N)He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. 33 For the bread of God is [c]that which (O)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always (P)give us this bread.”
35 Jesus said to them, “(Q)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me (R)will never be thirsty.
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