Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Lamedh

Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Temple

36 Now it happened that in the ^(A)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, ² “Take a ^(B)scroll of a book and write on it all the ^(C)words which I have spoken to you concerning ^(D)Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the ^(E)nations, from the ^(F)day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day. ^3 (G)Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I devise ^[a]to bring on them, in order that every man will ^(H)turn from his evil way; then I will ^(I)forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

⁴ Then Jeremiah called ^(J)Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a ^[b](K)scroll ^[c]at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of Yahweh which He had spoken to him. ⁵ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am ^[d](L)confined; I cannot go into the house of Yahweh. ⁶ So you shall go and ^(M)read from the scroll, which you have ^(N)written ^[e]at my dictation, the words of Yahweh ^[f]in the hearing of the people in the house of Yahweh on a ^(O)fast day. And also you shall read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who come from their cities. ^7 (P)Perhaps their supplication will ^[g]come before Yahweh, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for ^(Q)great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has spoken against this people.” ⁸ So Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, ^(R)reading from the book the words of Yahweh in the house of Yahweh.

⁹ Now it happened in the ^(S)fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ^(T)ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who ^(U)came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem called for a ^(V)fast before Yahweh. ¹⁰ Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh in the ^(W)chamber of ^(X)Gemariah the son of Shaphan the ^(Y)scribe, in the upper court, at the ^(Z)entry of the New Gate of the house of Yahweh, in the hearing of all the people.

Prophecy and Tongues

14 ^(A)Pursue love, yet ^(B)earnestly desire ^(C)spiritual gifts, but especially that you may ^(D)prophesy. ² For one who ^(E)speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one ^[a]understands, but ^[b]in his spirit he speaks ^(F)mysteries. ³ But one who prophesies speaks to men for ^(G)edification and ^(H)exhortation and encouragement. ⁴ One who ^(I)speaks in a tongue ^(J)edifies himself; but one who ^(K)prophesies ^(L)edifies the church. ⁵ But I wish that you all ^(M)spoke in tongues, but ^(N)even more that you would prophesy. And greater is one who prophesies than one who ^(O)speaks in tongues, unless he ^[c]translates, so that the church may receive ^(P)edification.

⁶ But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of ^(Q)revelation or of ^(R)knowledge or of ^(S)prophecy or of ^(T)teaching? ⁷ Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? ⁸ For if ^(U)the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? ⁹ So also you, unless you utter by the tongue a word that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be ^(V)speaking into the air. ¹⁰ There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of sounds in the world, and none is without meaning. ¹¹ If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I will be to the one who speaks a ^[d](W)barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a ^[e]barbarian ^[f]to me. ¹² So also you, since you are zealous for ^[g]spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the ^(X)edification of the church.