Wednesday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Genesis 46:2-47:12

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 65:8-13

Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-33

Verse 1. These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel, Verse 2. for gaining wisdom and discipline, for comprehending words of insight, Verse 3. and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity. Verse 4. To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, Verse 5. let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel Verse 6. by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise. Verse 7. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. Verse 20. Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; Verse 21. in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech: Verse 22. “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? Verse 23. If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you. Verse 24. Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, Verse 25. because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, Verse 26. in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, Verse 27. when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. Verse 28. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me. Verse 29. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. Verse 30. They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Verse 31. So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. Verse 32. For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. Verse 33. But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

PSALM

Psalm 119:121-128

I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.

I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

SECOND READING

Mark 4:30-34

Verse 30. Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it? Verse 31. It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth. Verse 32. But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.” Verse 33. With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand. Verse 34. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.