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

August 14

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The Lectionary According to the Common Calendar

Psalm 36

1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart
that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes
until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit;
he hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed;
he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens,
and Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep;
O LORD, Thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the bounty of Thy house,
and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.
9 For with Thee is the fountain of life;
in Thy light shall we see light.

10 O continue Thy lovingkindness unto them that know Thee,
and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 There the workers of iniquity lie fallen;
they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Luke 13:10-21

10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and was bowed down and could in no way lift herself up. 12 And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said unto her,

"Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity."

13 And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, "There are six days in which men ought to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 15 The Lord then answered him and said,

"Thou hypocrite! Doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?"

17 And when He had said these things, all His adversaries were ashamed; and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.

18 Then said He,

"Unto what is the Kingdom of God like? And unto what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it."

20 And again He said,

"Unto what shall I liken the Kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened."

1 Timothy 5:1-8

1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, 2 the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all purity.

3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home and to requite their parents, for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is indeed a widow, and desolate, trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 

6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things charge them, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. 

Isaiah 35:1-10

1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them;
and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly,
and rejoice even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it,
the excellency of Carmel and Sharon;
they shall see the glory of the LORD,
and the excellency of our God.

3 Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart,
"Be strong, fear not.
Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense;
He will come and save you."
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing;
for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water;
in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

8 And a highway shall be there, and a way,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those;
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
9 No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon;
it shall not be found there,
but the redeemed shall walk there.
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go, 
and when he is old he will not depart from it.