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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
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Psalm 87

Glorious Things of You Are Spoken

A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah. A Song.

87 On (B)the holy mount (C)stands the city he founded;
2     the Lord (D)loves the gates of Zion
    more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
3 (E)Glorious things of you are spoken,
    O (F)city of God. Selah

4 Among those who (G)know me I mention (H)Rahab and Babylon;
    behold, Philistia and Tyre, with (I)Cush[a]—
    “This one was born there,” they say.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,
    “This one and that one were born in her”;
    for the Most High himself will (J)establish her.
6 The Lord records as he (K)registers the peoples,
    “This one was born there.” Selah

7 (L)Singers and (M)dancers alike say,
    “All my (N)springs are in you.”

Joel 3:17-20

The Glorious Future of Judah

17 (A)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
    (B)who dwells in Zion, (C)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
    and (D)strangers shall never again pass through it.

18 “And in that day
(E)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (F)all the streambeds of Judah
    shall flow with water;
(G)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
    and water the Valley of (H)Shittim.

19 (I)“Egypt shall become a desolation
    and (J)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(K)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
    because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 (L)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
    and Jerusalem to all generations.

Matthew 21:28-32

The Parable of the Two Sons

28 (A)“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in (B)the vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he (C)changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, (D)the tax collectors and (E)the prostitutes go into (F)the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you (G)in the way of righteousness, and (H)you did not believe him, but (I)the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward (J)change your minds and believe him.

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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