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

May 6

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

Psalm 109:21-31 

21 But do Thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for Thy name's sake; 
because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me. 
22 For I am poor and needy, 
and my heart is wounded within me. 
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; 
I am tossed up and down as the locust. 
24 My knees are weak through fasting, 
and my flesh faileth of fatness. 
25 I have become a reproach also unto them; 
when they looked upon me they shook their heads. 
26 Help me, O LORD my God! 
O save me according to Thy mercy, 
27 that they may know that this is Thy hand--
that Thou, LORD, hast done it. 
28 Let them curse, but Thou bless; 
when they arise let them be ashamed, but let Thy servant rejoice. 
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, 
and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; 
yea, I will praise Him among the multitude. 
31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, 
to save him from those that condemn his soul.

Mark 6:53-56

53 And when they had crossed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they had come out of the boat, straightway the people recognized Him, 55 and ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry on beds those who were sick to where they heard He was. 56 And whithersoever He entered, into villages or cities or the country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought Him that they might touch even the border of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia:

2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

8 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed beyond measure, beyond strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life. 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raiseth the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver us, in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us. 11 Ye also helped by praying together for us, so that for the gift bestowed upon us by means of many persons, thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

1 Samuel 15:24-35

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, "I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and thy words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD." 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, "I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel." 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, "The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, who is better than thou. 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent." 30 Then he said, "I have sinned; yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God." 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

32 Then said Samuel, "Bring ye hither to me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came unto him charily; and Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." 33 And Samuel said, "As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul; and the LORD repented that He had made Saul king over Israel.

Words of Wisdom - Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, 
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.