Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
In the Shadow of the Almighty
91 He who abides in the (A)shelter of the Most High
Will abide in the (B)shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say to Yahweh, “My (C)refuge and my (D)fortress,
My God, in whom I (E)trust!”
3 For it is He who delivers you from the (F)snare of the trapper
And from the destructive (G)pestilence.
4 He will (H)cover you with His pinions,
And (I)under His wings you will take refuge;
His (J)truth is a (K)large shield and bulwark.
14 “(A)Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him;
I will (B)set him securely on high, because he has (C)known My name.
15 He will (D)call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in his [a]distress;
I will rescue him and (E)honor him.
16 With [b]a (F)long life I will satisfy him
And (G)I will show him My salvation.”
The Good and the Rotten Figs
24 After (A)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, Yahweh showed me: behold, two (B)baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh! 2 One basket had very good figs, like (C)first-ripe figs, and the other basket had (D)very rotten figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. 3 Then Yahweh said to me, “(E)What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the rotten figs, very rotten, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”
4 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 5 “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will recognize (F)as good the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. 6 For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will (G)return them to this land; and I will (H)build them up and not pull them down, and I will (I)plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a (J)heart to know Me, for I am Yahweh; and they will be (K)My people, and I will be their God, for they will (L)return to Me with their whole heart.
8 ‘But like the (M)rotten figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says Yahweh—so I will give over (N)Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials and the (O)remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who inhabit the land of (P)Egypt. 9 I will (Q)give them over to be a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a (R)reproach and a proverb, a byword and a (S)curse in all places where I will banish them. 10 I will send the (T)sword, the famine, and the pestilence upon them until they come to an end from being upon the land which I gave to them and their fathers.’”
43 And they were all astonished at the (A)majesty of God.
Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
(B)But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples, 44 “Put these words into your ears; (C)for the Son of Man is going to be [a]delivered into the hands of men.” 45 But (D)they [b]did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.
Who Is the Greatest?
46 (E)Now an argument [c]started among them as to which of them might be the greatest. 47 But Jesus, (F)knowing [d]what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, 48 and said to them, “(G)Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; (H)for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”
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