Season after Pentecost

Proper 19 (24)

Monday, September 14, 2026

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Exodus 14:19-31

Verse 19. And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, Verse 20. so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other. Verse 21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, Verse 22. and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Verse 23. And the Egyptians chased after them— all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen— and followed them into the sea. Verse 24. At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion. Verse 25. He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!” Verse 26. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” Verse 27. So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. Verse 28. The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen — the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. Verse 29. But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. Verse 30. That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. Verse 31. When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.

PSALM

Psalm 114

Verse 1. When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Verse 2. Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
Verse 3. The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
Verse 4. the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Verse 5. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
Verse 6. O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
Verse 7. Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Verse 8. who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

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PSALM

Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21

Verse 1. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Verse 2. The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Verse 3. The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.
Verse 4. Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
Verse 5. The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.
Verse 6. Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
Verse 7. You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
Verse 8. At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
Verse 9. The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
Verse 10. But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Verse 11. Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You — majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Verse 20. Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
Verse 21. And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Genesis 50:15-21

Verse 15. When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.” Verse 16. So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded, Verse 17. ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. Verse 18. His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” Verse 19. But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? Verse 20. As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this— to preserve the lives of many people. Verse 21. Therefore do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones.” So Joseph reassured his brothers and spoke kindly to them.

PSALM

Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13

Verse 8. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Verse 9. He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
Verse 10. He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
Verse 11. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
Verse 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Verse 13. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

SECOND READING

Romans 14:1-12

Verse 1. Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. Verse 2. For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. Verse 3. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. Verse 4. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. Verse 5. One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. Verse 6. He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. Verse 7. For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone. Verse 8. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Verse 9. For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Verse 10. Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. Verse 11. It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.” Verse 12. So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

GOSPEL

Matthew 18:21-35

Verse 21. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Verse 22. Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! Verse 23. Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. Verse 24. As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him. Verse 25. Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. Verse 26. Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ Verse 27. His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him. Verse 28. But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ Verse 29. So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’ Verse 30. But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt. Verse 31. When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master. Verse 32. Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me. Verse 33. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’ Verse 34. In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed. Verse 35. That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”