Tuesday 14 September 2021 DAILY LECTIONARY
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Tuesday 14 September 2021
DAILY LECTIONARY
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1 Kings 21:17-29
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: Go down
to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules* in Samaria; he is now in the
vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession. You shall
say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Have you killed, and also taken
possession?’ You shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: In the
place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will also lick up
your blood.’
Ahab said to Elijah, ‘Have you found me, O my enemy?’ He
answered, ‘I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do
what is evil in the sight of the Lord, I will bring disaster on you; I
will consume you, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free,
in Israel; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have
provoked me to anger and have caused Israel to sin. Also concerning
Jezebel the Lord said, “The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds
of Jezreel.” Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs
shall eat; and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of
the air shall eat.’
(Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was
evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. He acted
most abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom
the Lord drove out before the Israelites.)
When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth
over his bare flesh; he fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about
dejectedly. Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite:
‘Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he
has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his
days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster on his
house.’
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1 Corinthians 1:20-31
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the
debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through
wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to
save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire
wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling-block to Jews
and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For
God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness
is stronger than human strength.
Consider your own call, brothers and sisters:* not many of you were
wise by human standards,* not many were powerful, not many were of
noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the
wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God
chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to
reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one* might boast in the
presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who
became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification
and redemption, in order that, as it is written, ‘Let the one who
boasts, boast in* the Lord.’
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Matthew 4:12-17
Now when Jesus* heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to
Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake,
in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken
through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali,
on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the
Gentiles—
the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.’
>From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven has come near.’
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 61, 62
Psalm 61
Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
>From the end of the earth I call to you,
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
that is higher than I;
for you are my refuge,
a strong tower against the enemy.
Let me abide in your tent for ever,
find refuge under the shelter of your wings.
Selah
For you, O God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
Prolong the life of the king;
may his years endure to all generations!
May he be enthroned for ever before God;
appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!
So I will always sing praises to your name,
as I pay my vows day after day.
Psalm 62
For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse.
Selah
For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
On God rests my deliverance and my honour;
my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.
Selah
Those of low estate are but a breath,
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 68
Psalm 68
Let God rise up, let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee before him.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.
But let the righteous be joyful;
let them exult before God;
let them be jubilant with joy.
Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds*—
his name is the Lord—
be exultant before him.
Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.
God gives the desolate a home to live in;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a parched land.
O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,
Selah
the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain
at the presence of God, the God of Sinai,
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;
your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those* who bore the tidings:
‘The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!’
The women at home divide the spoil,
though they stay among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with green gold.
When the Almighty* scattered kings there,
snow fell on Zalmon.
O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
where the Lord will reside for ever?
With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands,
the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.*
You ascended the high mount,
leading captives in your train
and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.
Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation.
Selah
Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
But God will shatter the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of those who walk in their guilty ways.
The Lord said,
‘I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
so that you may bathe* your feet in blood,
so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the
foe.’
Your solemn processions are seen,* O God,
the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them girls playing tambourines:
‘Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!’
There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in a body,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
Summon your might, O God;
show your strength, O God, as you have done for us before.
Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings bear gifts to you.
Rebuke the wild animals that live among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample* under foot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.*
Let bronze be brought from Egypt;
let Ethiopia* hasten to stretch out its hands to God.
Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth;
sing praises to the Lord,
Selah
O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel;
and whose power is in the skies.
Awesome is God in his* sanctuary,
the God of Israel;
he gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!
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