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

May 10

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

Psalm 113

1 Praise ye the LORD! Praise, O ye servants of the LORD;
praise the name of the LORD!
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD'S name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God who dwelleth on high,
6 who humbleth Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on the earth?
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill,
8 that He may set him with princes, even with the princes of His people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD!

Mark 7:31-37 

31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He came unto the Sea of Galilee through the midst of the region of Decapolis. 32 And they brought unto Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they besought Him to put His hand upon him. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said unto him, 

"Ephphatha," 

that is, "Be opened." 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed and he spoke plainly. 36 And He charged them that they should tell no man. But the more He charged them, the more widely they proclaimed it 37 and were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."

2 Corinthians 3:1-11

1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 for ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but in fleshy tablets of the heart.

4 And such is the trust we have through Christ to Godward. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as coming from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament -- not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away with, 8 how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be more glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation is glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory! 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away with was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

1 Samuel 18

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and would let him go home no more to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle. 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with taborets, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said,

"Saul hath slain his thousands,
and David his ten thousands."

8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. And what can he have more but the kingdom?" 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

10 And it came to pass on the morrow that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as at other times. And there was a javelin in Saul's hand; 11 and Saul cast the javelin, for he said, "I will smite David even to the wall with it." And David escaped out of his presence twice.

12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him and had departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him. 15 Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

17 And Saul said to David, "Behold my elder daughter Merab; her will I give thee for a wife. Only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul said, "Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him." 18 And David said unto Saul, "Who am I? And what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?" 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. 

20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, "I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David, "Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through one of the two." 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, "Commune with David secretly and say, `Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'" 23 And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, "Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?" 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, "In this manner spoke David." 25 And Saul said, "Thus shall ye say to David: `The king desireth not any dowry but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law; and the days were not expired. 27 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full measure to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul became David's enemy continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth. And it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was much esteemed.

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 14:21

He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth, 
but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.