Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.
71 (A)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
2 (B)In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
(C)Extend Your ear to me and help me.
3 (D)Be to me a rock of (E)dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the (F)commandment to save me,
For You are (G)my rock and my fortress.
4 (H)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the [a]grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
5 For You are my (I)hope;
Lord [b]God, You are my (J)confidence from my youth.
6 I have (K)leaned on You since my birth;
You are He who (L)took me from my mother’s womb;
My (M)praise is continually [c]of You.
Jeremiah’s Call and Commission
1 The words of (A)Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in (B)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the Lord came in the days of (C)Josiah the son of (D)Amon, king of Judah, in the (E)thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also in the days of (F)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of (G)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
The Almond Branch and Boiling Pot
11 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “What do you see, (A)Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a branch of an [a]almond tree.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for (B)I am [b]watching over My word to perform it.”
13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “(C)What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling (D)pot, facing away from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me, “(E)Out of the north the evil [c]will be unleashed on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For, behold, I am calling (F)all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares the Lord; “and they will come and (G)place, each one of them, his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls around, and against all the (H)cities of Judah. 16 And I will [d]pronounce My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, since they have (I)abandoned Me and have [e](J)offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the (K)works of their own hands. 17 Now, (L)belt your garment around your waist and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. (M)Do not be dismayed before them, or I will make you dismayed before them. 18 Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like a pillar of iron and walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, to its priests, and to the people of the land. 19 And they will fight against you but they will not overcome you, for (N)I am with you to save you,” declares the Lord.
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
6 (A)Now it happened that [a]Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath, and His disciples (B)were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what (C)is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 3 And Jesus, answering them, said, “Have you not even read (D)what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, 4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the [b]consecrated bread, which (E)is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?” 5 And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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