Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 And He gave them into the hand of the heathen, and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did He deliver them, but they provoked Him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless He regarded their affliction when He heard their cry,
45 and He remembered for them His covenant, and repented according to the multitude of His mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied by all those that carried them captive.
47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto Thy holy name, and to triumph in Thy praise.
48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting, and let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise ye the Lord!
17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18 For thus saith the Lord: “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.”
19 Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is grievous; but I said, “Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.”
20 My tabernacle is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are no more; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22 Behold, the noise of the clamor is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment, not in Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out Thy fury upon the heathen that know Thee not, and upon the families that call not on Thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
45 Then in the audience of all the people, He said unto His disciples,
46 “Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
47 who devour widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. The same shall receive greater damnation.”
21 And He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury,
2 and He saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
3 And He said, “In truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God, but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.”
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