Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The New Covenant

²⁷ “Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will ^(A)sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. ²⁸ And it will be that as I have ^(B)watched over them to ^(C)uproot, to tear down, to pull down, to destroy, and to bring calamity, so I will watch over them to ^(D)build and to plant,” declares Yahweh.

³⁰ But ^(F)everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be ^[b]set on edge.

³¹ “^(G)Behold, days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will cut a ^(H)new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, ³² not like the ^(I)covenant which I cut with their fathers in the day I ^(J)took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My ^(K)covenant which they broke, but I was a husband to them,” declares Yahweh. ³³ “But ^(L)this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days,” declares Yahweh: “^(M)I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and ^(N)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. ³⁴ And they will ^(O)not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all ^(P)know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will ^(Q)forgive their iniquity, and their ^(R)sin I will remember no more.”

Mem

¹⁴ But you, ^(A)continue in the things you learned and became convinced of, knowing from whom you learned them, ¹⁵ and that ^(B)from childhood you have known ^(C)the sacred writings which are able to ^(D)make you wise unto ^(E)salvation through faith which is in ^(F)Christ Jesus. ^16 (G)All Scripture is ^[a]God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for ^[b]training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that ^(H)the man of God may be equipped, having been ^(I)thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Preach the Word

4 ^(J)I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to ^(K)judge the living and the dead, and by His ^(L)appearing and His kingdom: ² preach ^(M)the word; be ready in season and out of season; ^(N)reprove, rebuke, exhort, with ^[c]great ^(O)patience and teaching. ³ For ^(P)the time will come when they will not endure ^(Q)sound doctrine, but wanting to have ^[d]their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, ⁴ and ^(R)will turn away their ears from the truth and ^(S)will turn aside to myths.

⁵ But you, ^(T)be sober in all things, ^(U)endure hardship, do the work of an ^(V)evangelist, fulfill your ^(W)ministry.

Parables on Prayer

18 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ^(A)ought to pray and not to ^(B)lose heart, ² saying, “In a certain city there was a certain judge who did not fear God and did not ^(C)respect man. ³ Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice from my opponent.’ ⁴ And for a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor ^(D)respect man, ⁵ yet ^(E)because this widow is bothering me, I will give her justice, lest by continually coming she ^[a](F)wears me out.’” ⁶ And ^(G)the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge *said. ⁷ Now, will God not ^(H)bring about justice for His ^(I)elect who cry to Him day and night, ^[b]and will He ^(J)delay long over them? ⁸ I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, ^(K)will He find that faith on the earth?”