Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
81 1 An exhortation to praise God both in heart and voice for his benefits, 8 and to worship him only. 11 God condemneth their ingratitude, 12 and showeth what great benefit they have lost through their own malice.
To him that excelleth upon [a]Gittith. A Psalm committeth to Asaph.
1 Sing [b]joyfully unto God our strength: sing loud unto the God of Jacob.
10 (For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:) [a]open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hear my voice, and Israel would none of me,
12 So I gave them up unto the hardness of their heart, and they have walked in their own counsels.
13 [b]Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I would soon have humbled their enemies, and turned mine hand [c]against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord should have been subject unto him, and their time [d]should have endured forever.
16 And God would have fed them with the [e]fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock would I have sufficed thee.
2 2 God rehearseth his benefits done unto the Jews. 8 Against the priests and false prophets. 12 The Jews are destroyed because they forsake God.
1 Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, with the [a]kindness of thy youth and the love of thy marriage, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness [b]in a land that was not sown.
3 Israel was as a thing [c]hallowed unto the Lord, and his firstfruits: all they [d]that eat it, shall offend: evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.
14 Is Israel a [a]servant, or is he born in the house? why then is he spoiled?
15 The [b]Lions roared upon him and yelled, and they have made his land waste: his cities are burnt without [c]an inhabitant.
16 Also the children of [d]Noph and Tahapanes have [e]broken thine head.
17 Hast not thou procured this unto thyself, because thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he [f]led thee by the way?
18 And what hast thou now to do in the way of [g]Egypt? to drink the water of Nilus? or what makest thou in the way of Assyria? to drink the water of the [h]River?
19 Thine own wickedness shall [i]correct thee, and thy turnings back shall reprove thee: know therefore and behold, that it is an evil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds, and thou saidest, [j]I will no more transgress, but like an harlot thou runnest about upon all high hills, and under all green trees.
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, whose [k]plants were all natural: how then art thou turned unto me into the plants of a strange vine?
22 Though thou wash thee with [l]nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
20 (A)[a]Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdom.
22 And Jesus answered, and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to [b]drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the [c]baptism that I shall be baptized with? they said to him, We are able.
23 And he said unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism, that I am baptized with, but to sit at my right hand, and at my left hand, is [d]not mine to give: but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 (B)And when the other ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren.
25 Therefore Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the lords of the Gentiles have [e]domination over them, and they that are great, exercise authority over them.
26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.
28 (C)Even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for the ransom of many.
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