Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
First, I Urge That Prayers And Thanksgivings Be Made For All People
2 First of all then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all the ones being in a place of superiority, in order that we may spend[a] a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 3 This[b] is good and acceptable[c] in the sight of our Savior God, 4 Who desires[d] all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For Jesus Gave Himself As a Ransom For All
5 For there is one God, and one mediator of God and people— the man Christ Jesus, 6 the One having given Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given in His[e] own times 7 for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in[f] faith and truth.
The Unrighteous Steward: Use Earthly Money For Heavenly Gain
16 And He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a steward[a]. And this one was accused to him as squandering his possessions. 2 And having called him, he said to him, ‘What is this I am hearing about you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward’. 3 And the steward said within himself, ‘What should I do, because my master is taking-away the stewardship[b] from me? I am not strong-enough to dig. I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I will do so that they will welcome me into their houses when I am removed from the stewardship’. 5 And having summoned each one of the debtors of his master, he was saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my master?’ 6 And the one said, ‘A hundred baths[c] of olive-oil’. And the one said to him, ‘Take your writings[d], and having sat-down quickly, write fifty’. 7 Then he said to another, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ And the one said, ‘A hundred cor[e] of wheat’. He says to him, ‘Take your writings, and write eighty’. 8 And the master praised the unrighteous steward because he acted shrewdly[f]. Because the sons of [g] this age are more shrewd in-relation-to their own kind than the sons of the light. 9 And I say to you— make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails[h] they[i] will welcome you into the eternal dwellings. 10 The one trustworthy[j] in a very-little thing is also trustworthy in much. And the one unrighteous in a very little thing is also unrighteous in much. 11 Therefore if you did not prove-to-be trustworthy with unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true[k] thing to you? 12 And if you did not prove-to-be trustworthy with the thing belonging to another[l], who will give you your own thing? 13 No household-servant can be serving[m] two masters. For either he will hate[n] the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and disregard the other. You cannot be serving God and wealth[o]”.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing