Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Numbers 27:12-14

Verse 12. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites. Verse 13. After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was; Verse 14. for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

PSALM

Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16

A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

We will not hide them from their children but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might and the wonders He has performed.

He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.

He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.

He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.

He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.

He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Ezekiel 18:19-24

Verse 19. Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live. Verse 20. The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him. Verse 21. But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. Verse 22. None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. Verse 23. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? Verse 24. But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

PSALM

Psalm 25:1-9

Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

SECOND READING

Mark 11:27-33

Verse 27. After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him. Verse 28. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?” Verse 29. “I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. Verse 30. John’s baptism — was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!” Verse 31. They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ Verse 32. But if we say, ‘From men’ ...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet. Verse 33. So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”