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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 5 June 6, 2021 Year B, Revised Common Lectionary

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• ”First” OT reading and Psalm – Major stories/themes, read mostly continuously: with Second Reading and Gospel, Psalm in Poem Format, with Black and White Art Image [pgs.2-3]

• “Alternate First” OT reading and Psalm – Thematically pairs the OT readings with the Gospel Reading: with Second Reading and Gospel, Psalm in Poem Format, with Black and White Art Image [pg.4-5]

• Compact Double Column All Texts [pgs.6-7]

• Compact Triple Column All Texts [pgs.8-9]

• All Texts, Large Font [pgs.10-19]

• ”First” Readings, Half Page Format [pg.20]

• ”Alternate First” Readings, Half Page Format [pg.21]

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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards PROPER 5 and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers. He will June 6, 2021 take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. He will take your Year B, Revised Common Lectionary male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day." But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said "No! but we are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles." Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship." So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the LORD, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

Psalm 138  I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;  I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.  On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul.  All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O Binding the Strong Man – The Arrest of Patrick. LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth. 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) Then all  They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great the elders of Israel gathered together and came to is the glory of the LORD. Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, "You are old and your  For though the LORD is high, he regards the sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far king to govern us, like other nations." But the thing away. displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you govern us." Samuel prayed to the LORD, and the LORD preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all you stretch out your hand, and your right hand that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but delivers me. they have rejected me from being king over them . Just  The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other forsake the work of your hands. gods, so also they are doing to you. Now then, listen to their voice; only--you shall solemnly warn them, and 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same show them the ways of the king who shall reign over spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I them." So Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we the people who were asking him for a king. He said, speak, because we know that the one who raised the "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit." Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." ______

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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST  Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. PROPER 5  Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to June 6, 2021 the voice of my supplications!  If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who Year B, Revised Common Lectionary could stand?  But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.  I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;  my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.  Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem.  It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, Binding the Strong Man – The Arrest of Patrick. because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but Genesis 3:8-15 They heard the sound of the LORD God what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building and the man and his wife hid themselves from the from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the heavens. garden. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of you Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came together again, so in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I has gone out of his mind." And the scribes who came commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." And he tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against serpent tricked me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you divided against itself, that house will not be able to among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your property without first tying up the strong man; then head, and you will strike his heel." indeed the house can be plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- for they had said, "He has an Psalm 130 unclean spirit." Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." ______This resource is an offering from The Vanderbilt Divinity Library at: http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright © Consultation on Common Texts admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by permission. Image from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/feargal/5526396388/

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 5 the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the June 6, 2021 LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God Year B, Revised Common Lectionary called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) Then all the because I was naked; and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I Ramah, and said to him, "You are old and your sons do not commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I like other nations." But the thing displeased Samuel when they ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the LORD, you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent tricked me, and the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. Just all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will also they are doing to you. Now then, listen to their voice; only- strike your head, and you will strike his heel." -you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them." So Samuel reported all the Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my king. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign supplications! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his may be revered. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will take your is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers. He will take one-tenth of your grain 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same spirit and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so courtiers. He will take your male and female slaves, and the I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak, because we know best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work. He that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of in that day." But the people refused to listen to the voice of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is Samuel; they said "No! but we are determined to have a king wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. over us, so that we also may be like other nations, and that For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look battles." Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what and there renew the kingship." So all the people went to Gilgal, can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the LORD, have a building from God, a house not made with hands, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly. eternal in the heavens.

Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came together again, so that before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your of his mind." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem word above everything. On the day I called, you answered me, said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he you increased my strength of soul. All the kings of the earth casts out demons." And he called them to him, and spoke to shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a mouth. They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. glory of the LORD. For though the LORD is high, he regards the And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far away. Though I able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property delivers me. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the can be plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for work of your hands. their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have Genesis 3:8-15 They heard the sound of the LORD God forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- for they had said, walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and "He has an unclean spirit." Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. Texts in gray: Alternate first reading and Psalm. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your This resource is an offering from The Vanderbilt Divinity Library at: mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. And looking at those who sat around him, he said, "Here are Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright © Consultation my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is on Common Texts admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by my brother and sister and mother." permission. ______

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- kingship." So all the people went to Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to PROPER 5 Gilgal, and there they made Saul king you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let June 6, 2021 before the LORD in Gilgal. There they your ears be attentive to the voice of my Year B, Revised Common Lectionary sacrificed offerings of well-being before supplications! If you, O LORD, should the LORD, and there Saul and all the mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, Israelites rejoiced greatly. But there is forgiveness with you, so (11:14-15) Then all the elders of that you may be revered. I wait for the Israel gathered together and came to Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, "You with my whole heart; before the gods I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more are old and your sons do not follow in sing your praise; I bow down toward than those who watch for the morning, your ways; appoint for us, then, a king your holy temple and give thanks to more than those who watch for the to govern us, like other nations." But the your name for your steadfast love and morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For thing displeased Samuel when they your faithfulness; for you have exalted with the LORD there is steadfast love, said, "Give us a king to govern us." your name and your word above and with him is great power to redeem. Samuel prayed to the LORD, and the everything. On the day I called, you It is he who will redeem Israel from all LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the answered me, you increased my its iniquities. voice of the people in all that they say to strength of soul. All the kings of the you; for they have not rejected you, but earth shall praise you, O LORD, for they 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we they have rejected me from being king have heard the words of your mouth. have the same spirit of faith that is in over them. Just as they have done to They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, accordance with scripture--"I believed, me, from the day I brought them up out for great is the glory of the LORD. For and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and though the LORD is high, he regards the we speak, because we know that the serving other gods, so also they are lowly; but the haughty he perceives one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise doing to you. Now then, listen to their from far away. Though I walk in the us also with Jesus, and will bring us with voice; only--you shall solemnly warn midst of trouble, you preserve me you into his presence. Yes, everything is them, and show them the ways of the against the wrath of my enemies; you for your sake, so that grace, as it king who shall reign over them." So stretch out your hand, and your right extends to more and more people, may Samuel reported all the words of the hand delivers me. The LORD will fulfill increase thanksgiving, to the glory of LORD to the people who were asking his purpose for me; your steadfast love, God. So we do not lose heart. Even him for a king. He said, "These will be O LORD, endures forever. Do not though our outer nature is wasting the ways of the king who will reign over forsake the work of your hands. away, our inner nature is being renewed you: he will take your sons and appoint day by day. For this slight momentary them to his chariots and to be his Genesis 3:8-15 They heard the sound affliction is preparing us for an eternal horsemen, and to run before his of the LORD God walking in the garden weight of glory beyond all measure, chariots; and he will appoint for himself at the time of the evening breeze, and because we look not at what can be commanders of thousands and the man and his wife hid themselves seen but at what cannot be seen; for commanders of fifties, and some to from the presence of the LORD God what can be seen is temporary, but plow his ground and to reap his harvest, among the trees of the garden. But the what cannot be seen is eternal. For we and to make his implements of war and LORD God called to the man, and said know that if the earthly tent we live in is the equipment of his chariots. He will to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I destroyed, we have a building from God, take your daughters to be perfumers heard the sound of you in the garden, a house not made with hands, eternal and cooks and bakers. He will take the and I was afraid, because I was naked; in the heavens. best of your fields and vineyards and and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you olive orchards and give them to his that you were naked? Have you eaten Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came courtiers. He will take one-tenth of your from the tree of which I commanded together again, so that they could not grain and of your vineyards and give it you not to eat?" The man said, "The even eat. When his family heard it, they to his officers and his courtiers. He will woman whom you gave to be with me, went out to restrain him, for people take your male and female slaves, and she gave me fruit from the tree, and I were saying, "He has gone out of his the best of your cattle and donkeys, and ate." Then the LORD God said to the mind." And the scribes who came down put them to his work. He will take one- woman, "What is this that you have from Jerusalem said, "He has tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his done?" The woman said, "The serpent Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the slaves. And in that day you will cry out tricked me, and I ate." The LORD God demons he casts out demons." And he because of your king, whom you have said to the serpent, "Because you have called them to him, and spoke to them chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will done this, cursed are you among all in parables, "How can Satan cast out not answer you in that day." But the animals and among all wild creatures; Satan? If a kingdom is divided against people refused to listen to the voice of upon your belly you shall go, and dust itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if Samuel; they said "No! but we are you shall eat all the days of your life. I a house is divided against itself, that determined to have a king over us, so will put enmity between you and the house will not be able to stand. And if that we also may be like other nations, woman, and between your offspring Satan has risen up against himself and and that our king may govern us and go and hers; he will strike your head, and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end out before us and fight our battles." you will strike his heel." has come. But no one can enter a Samuel said to the people, "Come, let strong man's house and plunder his us go to Gilgal and there renew the property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be your brothers and sisters are outside, This resource is an offering from The plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will asking for you." And he replied, "Who Vanderbilt Divinity Library at: http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu. New be forgiven for their sins and whatever are my mother and my brothers?" And Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © blasphemies they utter; but whoever looking at those who sat around him, he 1989 National Council of the Churches of blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can said, "Here are my mother and my Christ in the United States of America. Used never have forgiveness, but is guilty of brothers! Whoever does the will of God by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright an eternal sin"-- for they had said, "He is my brother and sister and mother." © Consultation on Common Texts admin. has an unclean spirit." Then his mother ______Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by and his brothers came; and standing permission. outside, they sent to him and called Texts in gray: Alternate first reading him. A crowd was sitting around him; and Psalm. and they said to him, "Your mother and SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST- PROPER 5 June 6, 2021 Year B, Revised Common Lectionary

1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, "You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations." But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the LORD, and the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you. Now then, listen to their voice; only--you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them." So Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers. He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day." But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said "No! but we are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles." Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship." So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before the LORD, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have exalted your name and your word above everything. On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul. All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth. They shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he perceives from far away. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand delivers me. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Genesis 3:8-15 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate." The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."

Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 5 from far away. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me against June 6, 2021 the wrath of my enemies; you stretch out your hand, and your right hand Year B, Revised Common Lectionary delivers me. The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, "You are 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, govern us, like other nations." But the thing displeased Samuel when they and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the LORD, and the LORD will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose over them. Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for doing to you. Now then, listen to their voice; only--you shall solemnly warn an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them." So can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we him for a king. He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his hands, eternal in the heavens. horsemen, and to run before his chariots; and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came together again, so that they could not ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people equipment of his chariots. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and were saying, "He has gone out of his mind." And the scribes who came down cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he orchards and give them to his courtiers. He will take one-tenth of your grain casts out demons." And he called them to him, and spoke to them in and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. He will take parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that put them to his work. He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and his slaves. And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day." strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said "No! but we man; then indeed the house can be plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will be are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty battles." Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew of an eternal sin"-- for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit." Then his the kingship." So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and before the LORD in Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before called him. A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your the LORD, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly. mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat Psalm 138 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the around him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does gods I sing your praise; I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness; for you have ______exalted your name and your word above everything. On the day I called, you This resource is an offering from The Vanderbilt Divinity Library at: http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 answered me, you increased my strength of soul. All the kings of the earth National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All shall praise you, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth. They rights reserved. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright © Consultation on Common shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD. For Texts admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by permission. though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he perceives SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST -- PROPER 5 what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what June 6, 2021 cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live Year B, Revised Common Lectionary in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Genesis 3:8-15 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife Mark 3:20-35 And the crowd came together again, so that they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind." And the "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." He said, "Who told by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons." And he called them you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I to him, and spoke to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom you If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate." Then if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot The woman said, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate." The LORD God stand, but his end has come. But no one can enter a strong man's said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you then indeed the house can be plundered. "Truly I tell you, people will shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; but between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have will strike your head, and you will strike his heel." forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit." Then his mother and his brothers came; and Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my standing outside, they sent to him and called him. A crowd was sitting voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is sisters are outside, asking for you." And he replied, "Who are my mother forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the LORD, and my brothers?" And looking at those who sat around him, he said, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for my brother and sister and mother." the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is ______steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will This resource is an offering from The Vanderbilt Divinity Library at: redeem Israel from all its iniquities. http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings copyright © Consultation on Common 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 But just as we have the same spirit of faith Texts admin. Augsburg Fortress. Reproduced by permission. that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at