Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
9 O God, I will sing a (A)new song to You;
Upon a (B)harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
10 Who (C)gives salvation to kings,
Who (D)sets David His servant free from the evil sword.
11 Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a (E)foreigner,
Whose mouth (F)speaks worthlessness
And whose (G)right hand is a right hand of lying.
12 That our sons would be as (H)grown-up plants in their youth,
And our daughters as (I)corner pillars [a]fashioned as for a palace;
13 That our (J)granaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce,
And our flocks would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside;
14 That our (K)cattle would [b]bear
Without [c](L)mishap and without [d](M)loss,
And without (N)outcry in our streets!
15 How blessed are the people for whom this is so;
How (O)blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!
5 “[a](A)Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning on her beloved?”
“[b]Beneath the [c](B)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother was in labor with you;
There she was in labor and gave you birth.
6 Put me like a [d]seal over your heart,
Like a (C)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
[e](D)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
[f]The very flame of [g]Yah.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
(E)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”
9 And He was also saying to them, “You are good at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your (A)tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘(B)Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘(C)He who speaks evil of father or mother, is to [a]be put to death’; 11 but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever you might benefit from me is (D)Corban (that is to say, [b]given to God),’ 12 you no longer leave him to do anything for his father or his mother; 13 thus invalidating the word of God by your (E)tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
The Heart of Man
14 And after He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. 16 [c][And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
17 And when He had left the crowd and entered (F)the house, (G)His disciples were asking Him about the parable. 18 And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not [d]perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared (H)all foods (I)clean.) 20 And He was saying, “(J)That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, [e](K)envy, slander, [f]pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”
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