Scripture Reading for the
Common Calendar Year
(beginning January 1st)

April 22

Text taken from the
Third Millennium Bible^® (TMB^®)
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The Lectionary According to the Common Calendar

Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands!
2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing!
3 Know ye that the LORD, He is God;
it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves.
We are His people,
and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise!
Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name!
5 For the LORD is good, His mercy is everlasting;
and His truth endureth to all generations.

Mark 3:13-19a

13 And He went up onto a mountain, and called unto Him whom He would have, and they came unto Him. 14 And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,y 15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils: 16 Simon (He surnamed Peter); 17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (and He surnamed them Boanerges, which means The Sons of Thunder); 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thadaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Therefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed, and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Ghost.

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God who worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit thereby: 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But all of these that one and the selfsame Spirit worketh, apportioning to every man individually as He will.

Ruth 3

1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, "My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley tonight at the threshing floor. 3 Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor; but make not thyself known unto the man until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie; and thou shalt go in and uncover his feet, and lay thee down, and he will tell thee what thou shalt do." 5 And she said unto her, "All that thou sayest unto me I will do."

6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn; and she came softly, and uncovered his feet and laid herself down. 8 And it came to pass at midnight that the man was afraid, and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, "Who art thou?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, thine handmaid. Spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a near kinsman." 10 And he said, "Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter; for thou hast shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followed not young men, whether poor or rich. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not. I will do for thee all that thou requirest, for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman; however that be, there is a kinsman nearer than I. 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well. Let him do the kinsman's part. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman for thee, as the LORD liveth. Lie down until the morning."

14 And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, "Let it not be known that a woman came unto the floor." 15 Also he said, "Bring the veil that thou hast upon thee and hold it." And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and she went into the city.

16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "Who art thou, my daughter?" And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, "These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, `Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.'" 18 Then said she, "Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not be in rest until he hath finished the thing this day."

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 12:22 

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, 
but they that deal truly are His delight.