Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Ruth 2:10-14

Verse 10. At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?” Verse 11. Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before. Verse 12. May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.” Verse 13. “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.” Verse 14. At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

PSALM

Psalm 146

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Numbers 9:9-14

Verse 9. Then the LORD said to Moses, Verse 10. “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD. Verse 11. Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; Verse 12. they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes. Verse 13. But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin. Verse 14. If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

PSALM

Psalm 119:1-8

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

SECOND READING

Luke 10:25-37

Verse 25. One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Verse 26. “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?” Verse 27. He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ” Verse 28. “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.” Verse 29. But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Verse 30. Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Verse 31. Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Verse 32. So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side. Verse 33. But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion. Verse 34. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. Verse 35. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’ Verse 36. Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” Verse 37. “The one who showed him mercy,” replied the expert in the law. Then Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”