Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 8[a]
For the music director, according to the gittith style;[b] a psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,[c]
how magnificent[d] is your reputation[e] throughout the earth!
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above.[f]
2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies
you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries,[g]
so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.[h]
3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,
and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,[i]
4 Of what importance is the human race,[j] that you should notice[k] them?
Of what importance is mankind,[l] that you should pay attention to them?[m]
5 You made them[n] a little less than[o] the heavenly beings.[p]
You crowned mankind[q] with honor and majesty.[r]
6 you appoint them to rule over your creation;[s]
you have placed[t] everything under their authority,[u]
7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals,[v]
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that moves through the currents[w] of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,[x]
how magnificent[y] is your reputation[z] throughout the earth![aa]
Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness[a]
4 Listen, children,[b] to a father’s instruction,[c]
and pay attention so that you may gain[d] discernment.
2 Because I hereby give[e] you good instruction,
do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a son to my father,[f]
a tender, only child[g] before my mother,
4 he taught me, and he said to me:
“Let your heart lay hold of my words;
keep my commands so that[h] you will live.
5 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding;
do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.[i]
6 Do not forsake wisdom,[j] and she will protect you;
love her, and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is supreme[k]—so[l] acquire wisdom,
and whatever you acquire,[m] acquire understanding![n]
8 Esteem her highly[o] and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
9 She will place a fair[p] garland on your head;
she will bestow a beautiful crown[q] on you.”
Jesus in the Temple
41 Now[a] Jesus’[b] parents went to Jerusalem every[c] year for the Feast of the Passover.[d] 42 When[e] he was twelve years old,[f] they went up[g] according to custom. 43 But[h] when the feast was over,[i] as they were returning home,[j] the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His[k] parents[l] did not know it, 44 but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers)[m] they went a day’s journey. Then[n] they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.[o] 45 When[p] they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem[q] to look for him. 46 After[r] three days[s] they found him in the temple courts,[t] sitting among the teachers,[u] listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard Jesus[v] were astonished[w] at his understanding and his answers. 48 When[x] his parents[y] saw him, they were overwhelmed. His[z] mother said to him, “Child,[aa] why have you treated[ab] us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”[ac] 49 But[ad] he replied,[ae] “Why were you looking for me?[af] Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”[ag] 50 Yet[ah] his parents[ai] did not understand[aj] the remark[ak] he made[al] to them. 51 Then[am] he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient[an] to them. But[ao] his mother kept all these things[ap] in her heart.[aq]
52 And Jesus increased[ar] in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.
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