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(~) Bible Readings for Sunday June 19

Jeremiah 20:7-13
Romans 5:15b-19
Matthew 10:(16-23)24-33
Psalm 69:1-18 or 69:7-10, 16-18

Old Testament Jeremiah 20:7-13

O LORD, you have enticed me,
and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
everyone mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I must cry out,
I must shout, "Violence and destruction!"
For the word of the LORD has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say, "I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,"
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
For I hear many whispering:
"Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!"
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
"Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him,
and take our revenge on him."
But the LORD is with me like a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble,
and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
O LORD of hosts, you test the righteous,
you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the LORD;
praise the LORD!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hands of evildoers.

The Epistle Romans 5:15b-19

For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have
the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus
Christ, abounded for the many. And the free gift is not like the effect of
the one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought
condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings
justification. If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised
dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the
abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in
life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Therefore just as one man's
trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness
leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man's
disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the
many will be made righteous.


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