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(~) Bible Readings for Sunday June 19

Jeremiah 20:7-13
Romans 5:15b-19
Matthew 10:(16-23)24-33
Psalm 69:1-18 or 69:7-10, 16-18

Old Testament Jeremiah 20:7-13

O LORD, you have enticed me,
and I was enticed;
you have overpowered me,
and you have prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
everyone mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I must cry out,
I must shout, "Violence and destruction!"
For the word of the LORD has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.
If I say, "I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,"
then within me there is something like a burning fire
shut up in my bones;
I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
For I hear many whispering:
"Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!"
All my close friends
are watching for me to stumble.
"Perhaps he can be enticed,
and we can prevail against him,
and take our revenge on him."
But the LORD is with me like a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble,
and they will not prevail.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.
O LORD of hosts, you test the righteous,
you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.
Sing to the LORD;
praise the LORD!
For he has delivered the life of the needy
from the hands of evildoers.

The Epistle Romans 5:15b-19

For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have
the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus
Christ, abounded for the many. And the free gift is not like the effect of
the one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought
condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings
justification. If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised
dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the
abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in
life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Therefore just as one man's
trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness
leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one man's
disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the
many will be made righteous.


The Gospel Matthew 10:(16-23)24-33

Jesus said to the twelve apostles,
["See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be
wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand
you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be
dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them
and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are
to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to
you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your
Father speaking through you. Brother will betray brother to death, and a
father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put
to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who
endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town,
flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all
the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.] "A disciple is not
above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the
disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they
have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they
malign those of his household! "So have no fear of them; for nothing is
covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not
become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what
you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who
kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy
both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not
one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the
hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more
value than many sparrows. "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before
others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever
denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.

Peace,
• Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian

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