Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, June-22-2014 Proper 7

The Collect

Proper 7
O Lord, we beseech thee, make us have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, for thou never failest to help and govern those whom thou hast set upon the sure foundation of thy loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

Old Testament Reading

Jeremiah 20:7-13
⁷ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. ⁸ For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. ⁹ If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. ¹⁰ For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him." ¹¹ But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. ¹² O LORD of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause. ¹³ Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Psalm

Psalm 69:1-18

1Save me, O God, *
     for the waters have risen up to my neck.
2I am sinking in deep mire, *
     and there is no firm ground for my feet.
3I have come into deep waters, *
     and the torrent washes over me.
4I have grown weary with my crying;
     my throat is inflamed; *
     my eyes have failed from looking for my God.
5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs
     of my head;
     my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *
     Must I then give back what I never stole?
6O God, you know my foolishness, *
     and my faults are not hidden from you.
7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
     Lord GOD of hosts; *
     let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
     O God of Israel.
8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
     and shame has covered my face.
9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
     an alien to my mother's children.
10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
     the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
11I humbled myself with fasting, *
     but that was turned to my reproach.
12I put on sack-cloth also, *
     and became a byword among them.
13Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *
     and the drunkards make songs about me.
14But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *
     at the time you have set, O LORD:
15"In your great mercy, O God, *
     answer me with your unfailing help.
16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *
     let me be rescued from those who hate me
     and out of the deep waters.
17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,
     neither let the deep swallow me up; *
     do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
18Answer me, O LORD, for your love is kind; *
     in your great compassion, turn to me."

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Psalm 69:7-10,16-18

7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
     Lord GOD of hosts; *
     let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
     O God of Israel.
8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
     and shame has covered my face.
9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
     an alien to my mother's children.
10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
     the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *
     let me be rescued from those who hate me
     and out of the deep waters.
17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,
     neither let the deep swallow me up; *
     do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
18Answer me, O LORD, for your love is kind; *
     in your great compassion, turn to me."

New Testament Reading

Romans 5:15-19
¹⁵ But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. ¹⁶ And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. ¹⁷ If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. ¹⁹ For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 10:(16-23)24-33
(¹⁶ "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, ¹⁸ and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹ When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; ²⁰ for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; ²² and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes. )²⁴ "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; ²⁵ it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. ²⁶ "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; ³³ but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.