October 13, 2024
First Lesson:
6 Seek the Lord and live,
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
7 O you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
10 They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you trample on[a] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:11 Or you tax
Footnotes
- Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
Second Lesson
12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. 13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. 15 As it is said,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
16 For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.
Gospel
The Rich Young Man
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
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Weekly Bible Readings
October 2024
Oct. 6
Twentieth S. a. Pentecost
First Lesson: Gen. 2:18–25
Psalm 128
Second Lesson: Heb. 2:1–13 (14–18)
Gospel: Mark 10:2–16
Oct. 13
Twenty-first S. a. Pentecost
First Lesson: Amos 5:6–7, 10–15
Psalm 90:12–17
Second Lesson: Heb. 3:12–19
Gospel: Mark 10:17–22
Oct. 20
Twenty-second S. a. Pentecost
First Lesson: Eccl. 5:10–20
Psalm 119:9–16
Second Lesson: Heb. 4:1–13 (14–16)
Gospel: Mark 10:23–31
REFORMATION
Oct. 27 (observed)
Reformation Day (Oct. 31)
First Lesson: Rev. 14:6–7
Psalm 46
Second Lesson: Rom. 3:19–28
Gospel: John 8:31–36 or Matt. 11:12–19
or
Twenty-third S. a. Pentecost
First Lesson: Jer. 31:7–9
Psalm 126
Second Lesson: Heb. 7:23–28
Gospel: Mark 10:46–52