Scripture Reading for the
Common Calendar Year
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May 30

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The Lectionary According to the Common Calendar

Psalm 122

1 I was glad when they said unto me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." 
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is united together, 
4 whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, according to the testimony of Israel to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, 
the thrones of the house of David. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 
"They shall prosper that love thee. 
7 Peace be within thy walls 
and prosperity within thy palaces." 
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes I will now say, "Peace be within thee." 
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek thy good.

Mark 11:27-33

27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, there came to Him the chief priests and the scribes and the elders, 28 and said unto Him, "By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority to do these things?" 29 And Jesus answered and said unto them,

"I will also ask of you one question; answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30 The baptism of John: was it from Heaven, or of men? Answer Me."

31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we shall say `From Heaven,' he will say `Why then did ye not believe him?' 32 But if we shall say `Of men'" -- they feared the people, for all men counted John that he was a prophet indeed. 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, "We cannot tell." And Jesus answering, said unto them,

"Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And He said unto me, "My grace is sufficent for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I glory rather in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in privations, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

1 Kings 8:1-21

1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the City of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the Most Holy Place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they stretched out the staves so that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen from outside; and there they are unto this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

12 Then spoke Solomon: "The LORD said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built Thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for Thee to abide in for ever." 14 And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel were standing. 15 And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 `Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.' 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 18 And the LORD said unto David my father, `Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto My name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto My name.' 20 And the LORD hath performed His word that He spoke; and I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiastes 9:1a

For all this I considered in my heart, even that I might declare all this: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God.