Open Word

FIRST READING

1 Kings 21:1-10 (11-14) 15-21a

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PSALM

Psalm 5:1-8

For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

SECOND READING

Galatians 2:15-21

Verse 15. We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners” Verse 16. know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Verse 17. But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not! Verse 18. If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker. Verse 19. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God. Verse 20. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Verse 21. I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

GOSPEL

Luke 7:36-8:3

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.