Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

For Loss of The Prize Is Possible: Remember What Happened To Israel

10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers^[a] were all under the cloud, and all went through the sea, ² and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ³ and all ate the same spiritual^[b] food, ⁴ and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were drinking from a spiritual^[c] rock following them. And the rock was Christ. ⁵ But God was not well-pleased with the majority of them, for they were strewn in the wilderness.

Do Not Follow Their Example

⁶ Now these things took place as our examples, so that we might not be desirers of evil things, as those also desired. ⁷ And do not be idolaters, as some of them, as-indeed it has been written [in Ex 32:6], “The people sat-down to eat and drink, and stood up to play”. ⁸ And let us not be committing-sexual-immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty three thousand fell in one day [Num 25:1-9]. ⁹ And let us not be putting Christ to the test, as some of them tested, and were being destroyed by the serpents [Num 21:5-6]. ¹⁰ And do not be grumbling, like some of them grumbled, and perished by the destroyer [Num 16:41-49]. ¹¹ Now these^[d] things were happening to those ones as-an-example. And it was written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come^[e].

So Watch Out That You Do Not Fall

¹² So then let the one thinking that he stands be watching-out that he may not fall. ¹³ A temptation has not seized you except what is common-to-humanity. And God is faithful, Who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but also with the temptation will make the way-out, that you may be able to endure.

Unless You Repent, You Will Perish

13 And some were present at the very time, reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices. ² And having responded, He said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things? ³ No, I say to you. But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them— do you think that they were debtors^[a] more than all the people dwelling in Jerusalem? ⁵ No, I say to you. But unless you repent, you will all similarly perish”.

If The Tree Does Not Bear Fruit, It Will Be Cut Down

⁶ And He was telling this parable— “A certain one had a fig tree having been planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it, and did not find it. ⁷ And he said to the vine-keeper, ‘Behold— it is three years from which time I am coming seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I am not finding it. Therefore, cut it down! Why is it even using-up^[b] the soil?’ ⁸ But the one, having responded, says to him, ‘Master, leave it also this year, until I dig around it and throw manure. ⁹ And if it produces fruit in the future— otherwise indeed, cut it down’”.