Open Word

FIRST READING

Jeremiah 36:27-32

Verse 27. After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: Verse 28. “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned. Verse 29. You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’ Verse 30. Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night. Verse 31. I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.” Verse 32. Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

PSALM

Psalm 119:89-96

Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.

If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.

SECOND READING

Luke 4:38-44

Verse 38. After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf, Verse 39. and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them. Verse 40. At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them. Verse 41. Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ. Verse 42. At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving. Verse 43. But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.” Verse 44. And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.