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Lectionary Passages for November 12th, 2006
Proper 27 (32)
[Year B]
Ruth 3:1-5 Theme: kindness; kindness
Theme one-liner: kindness ; kindness
Ruth 3
Ruth at the Threshing Floor 1 One
day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it’s time that I found a permanent home
for you, so that you will be provided for. 2 Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very
kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be
winnowing barley at the threshing floor. 3
Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest
clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has
finished eating and drinking. 4 Be sure to
notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He
will tell you what to do.”
5 “I will do everything you say,” Ruth
replied.
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Ruth 4:13-17
The Descendants of Boaz 13 So
Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife . When he slept with her,
the Lord enabled her to become
pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. 14
Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has now provided a redeemer for
your family! May this child be famous in Israel. 15 May he restore your youth and care for you in your old
age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better
to you than seven sons!”
16 Naomi took the baby and cuddled him
to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own. 17 The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son
again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the
grandfather of David.
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Psalm 127 Theme: love
Theme one-liner: love ; love
Psalm 127
A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon. 1 Unless the Lord builds a house,
the work of
the builders is wasted .
Unless the Lord protects a city,
guarding
it with sentries will do no good.
2
It is useless for you to work so hard
from early morning until late at
night,
anxiously working for food to eat;
for God gives rest to
his loved ones.
3 Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from
him.
4 Children born to a young
man
are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.
5 How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of
them!
He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the
city gates.
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Mark 12:38-44 Theme: possessions ; humble
Theme one-liner: gift ; humble
38 Jesus also taught: “Beware of
these teachers of religious law ! For they like to parade around in flowing robes
and receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. 39 And how they love the seats of honor in
the synagogues and the head table at banquets. 40 Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their
property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because
of this, they will be more severely punished .”
The Widow’s Offering 41 Jesus
sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped
in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small
coins.
43 Jesus called his disciples to him
and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all
the others who are making contributions . 44 For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but
she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”
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Hebrews 9:24-28 Theme: sacrifice
Theme one-liner: perfect
24 For Christ did not enter into a
holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in
heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.
25 And he did not enter heaven to offer
himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most
Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal. 26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to
die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he
has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a
sacrifice.
27 And just as each person is
destined to die once and after that comes judgment, 28 so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice
to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our
sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
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Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers.
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