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

December 6  

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

Psalm 126

1 When the LORD returned the captives to Zion, 
we were like them that dream. 
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing.
Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them." 
3 The LORD hath done great things for us, 
whereof we are glad. 

4 Turn back our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South. 
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, 
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

John 16:1-11

1 "These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not lose faith. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them.

"And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I go My way to Him that sent Me, and none of you asketh Me, `Whither goest Thou?' 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. 8 And when He is come, He will reprove the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they believe not in Me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to My Father and ye see Me no more; 11 concerning judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

Revelation 6:1-11

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder, one of the four living beings saying, "Come and see!" 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer.

3 And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, "Come and see!" 4 And there went out another horse that was red; and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another; and there was given unto him a great sword.

5 And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, "Come and see!" And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living beings say, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine!"

7 And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, "Come and see!" 8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over a fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them, and it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants and also their brethren, who were to be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

Zechariah 14:1-9, 16-18, 20-21a

1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, 
and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; 
and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished. 
And half of the city shall go forth into captivity, 
and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 
3 Then shall the LORD go forth and fight against those nations, 
as when He fought in the day of battle. 

4 And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley, and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south. 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal. Yea, ye shall flee as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with Thee. 

6 And it shall come to pass in that day that the light shall not be clear nor dark. 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD -- neither day nor night; but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light. 

8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the hinder sea; in summer and in winter shall it be. 

9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth;
in that day shall there be one LORD, and His name one. 

16 And it shall come to pass that every one who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up and come not, upon whom there is no rain, there shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen who come not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 

20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: "Holiness Unto The LORD." And the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar; 21 yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts, and all those who sacrifice shall come and take of them and boil therein. 

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiasticus 42:6

Safekeeping is good where an evil wife is, 
and shut up where many hands are.