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

June 17

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The Lectionary According to the Common Calendar

Psalm 141

1 LORD, I cry unto Thee! Make haste unto me! 
Give ear unto my voice when I cry unto Thee. 
2 Let my prayer be set before Thee as incense, 
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; 
keep the door of my lips. 
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity; 
and let me not eat of their dainties. 

5 Let the righteous smite me: it shall be a kindness. 
And let him reprove me: it shall be as an excellent oil, 
which shall not break my head; 
for yet my prayer shall be with them in their calamities. 
6 When their judges are overthrown onto stony places, 
they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, 
as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 
8 But mine eyes are unto Thee, O GOD the Lord; 
in Thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. 
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity. 
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I thereupon escape.

Mark 15:24-32 

24 And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots for them to see what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour when they crucified Him. 26 And the superscription of His accusation was written above: THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And with Him they crucified two thieves, the one on His right hand and the other on His left. 28 And the Scripture was fulfilled which saith, "And He was numbered with the transgressors." 29 And those who passed by railed at Him, wagging their heads and saying, "Ah, thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, 30 save thyself and come down from the cross!" 31 Likewise also the chief priests, mocking, said among themselves with the scribes, "He saved others; himself he cannot save! 32 Let Christ, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe." And those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.

Galatians 6:1-6

1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man put to the proof his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

6 Let him that is taught in the Word share with him that teacheth, in all good things.

2 Kings 19:1-19, 32-37

1 And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, "Thus saith Hezekiah: `This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant who are left.'" 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, "Thus shall ye say to your master, `Thus saith the LORD: Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7 Behold, I will send a blight upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.'"

8 So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "Behold, he has come out to fight against thee," he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 "Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, `Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria." 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly. And shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Thelasar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?'"

14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, "O LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubims, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down Thine ear, and hear; open, LORD, Thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech Thee, save Thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou art the LORD God, even Thou only."

32 "Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria:

'He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there,
nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it.
33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,
and shall not come into this city,' saith the LORD.
34 'For I will defend this city to save it for Mine own sake,
and for My servant David's sake.'"

35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiastes 9:17

The words of wise men are heard in quiet 
more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.