Tuesday 5 October 2021 DAILY LECTIONARY
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Tuesday 5 October 2021
DAILY LECTIONARY
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2 Kings 22:1-13
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned for
thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah
daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did what was right in the sight of
the Lord, and walked in all the way of his father David; he did not
turn aside to the right or to the left.
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of
Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord,
saying, ‘Go up to the high priest Hilkiah, and have him count the
entire sum of the money that has been brought into the house of the
Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the
people; let it be given into the hand of the workers who have the
oversight of the house of the Lord; let them give it to the workers
who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house, that is, to the
carpenters, to the builders, to the masons; and let them use it to buy
timber and quarried stone to repair the house. But no account shall be
asked from them for the money that is delivered into their hand, for
they deal honestly.’
The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, ‘I have
found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.’ When Hilkiah
gave the book to Shaphan, he read it. Then Shaphan the secretary came
to the king, and reported to the king, ‘Your servants have emptied
out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into
the hand of the workers who have oversight of the house of the
Lord.’ Shaphan the secretary informed the king, ‘The priest
Hilkiah has given me a book.’ Shaphan then read it aloud to the
king.
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his
clothes. Then the king commanded the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam son of
Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary, and the
king’s servant Asaiah, saying, ‘Go, inquire of the Lord for me,
for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book
that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is
kindled against us, because our ancestors did not obey the words of
this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.’
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1 Corinthians 11:2,17-22
I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the
traditions just as I handed them on to you.
Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when
you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, to
begin with, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are
divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it. Indeed, there
have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who
among you are genuine. When you come together, it is not really to eat
the Lord’s supper. For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes
ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes
drunk. What! Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show
contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing?
What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do
not commend you!
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Matthew 9:1-8
And after getting into a boat he crossed the water and came to his own
town.
And just then some people were carrying a paralysed man lying on a
bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Take
heart, son; your sins are forgiven.’ Then some of the scribes said
to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming.’ But Jesus, perceiving
their thoughts, said, ‘Why do you think evil in your hearts? For
which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven”, or to say,
“Stand up and walk”? But so that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins’—he then said to the
paralytic—‘Stand up, take your bed and go to your home.’ And he
stood up and went to his home. When the crowds saw it, they were
filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority
to human beings.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 121, 122, 123
Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
from where will my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot be moved;
he who keeps you will not slumber.
He who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time on and for evermore.
Psalm 122
I was glad when they said to me,
‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’
Our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly together.
To it the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
For there the thrones for judgement were set up,
the thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
‘May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls,
and security within your towers.’
For the sake of my relatives and friends
I will say, ‘Peace be within you.’
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.
Psalm 123
To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
As the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
until he has mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
Our soul has had more than its fill
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 124, 125, 126
Psalm 124
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side
—let Israel now say—
if it had not been the Lord who was on our side,
when our enemies attacked us,
then they would have swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
then the flood would have swept us away,
the torrent would have gone over us;
then over us would have gone
the raging waters.
Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 125
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time on and for evermore.
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous may not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
and to those who are upright in their hearts.
But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways
the Lord will lead away with evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel!
Psalm 126
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,*
we were like those who dream.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
‘The Lord has done great things for them.’
The Lord has done great things for us,
and we rejoiced.
Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like the watercourses in the Negeb.
May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.
Those who go out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
carrying their sheaves.
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