June 7, 2026

Proper 5 (10)

• First Reading: Genesis 12:1-9 Psalm 33:1-12

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  ¹Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

  ²And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

  ³And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  ⁴So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  ⁵And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

  ⁶And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

  ⁷And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

  ⁸And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

  ⁹And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

  ¹⁰And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

  ¹¹And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

  ¹²Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

  ¹³Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

  ¹⁴And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.

  ¹⁵The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

  ¹⁶And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

  ¹⁷And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

  ¹⁸And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

  ¹⁹Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  ²⁰And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

• Psalm: Hosea 5:15-6:6 Psalm 50:7-15

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  ¹Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

  ²And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

  ³I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

  ⁴They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

  ⁵And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

  ⁶They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  ⁷They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

  ⁸Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

  ⁹Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

  ¹⁰The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

  ¹¹Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

  ¹²Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

  ¹³When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb*: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

  ¹⁴For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

  ¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

• Second Reading: Romans 4:13-25

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  ¹What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

  ²For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

  ³For what saith the scripture*? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

  ⁴Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

  ⁵But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

  ⁶Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

  ⁷Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

  ⁸Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

  ⁹Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

  ¹⁰How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

  ¹¹And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

  ¹²And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

  ¹³For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

  ¹⁴For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:

  ¹⁵Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

  ¹⁶Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

  ¹⁷(As it is written*, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

  ¹⁸Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

  ¹⁹And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

  ²⁰He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

  ²¹And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

  ²²And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

  ²³Now it was not written for his sake* alone, that it was imputed to him;

  ²⁴But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

  ²⁵Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

• Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

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  ¹And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

  ²And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

  ³And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.

  ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

  ⁵F or whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

  ⁶But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,* (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

  ⁷And he arose, and departed to his house.

  ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

  ⁹And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

  ¹⁰And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house*, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

  ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

  ¹²But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

  ¹³But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

  ¹⁴Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

  ¹⁵And Jesus said unto them, Can* the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

  ¹⁶No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh* from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

  ¹⁷Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

  ¹⁸While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying*, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

  ¹⁹And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

  ²⁰And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

  ²¹For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

  ²²But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

  ²³And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

  ²⁴He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

  ²⁵But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.

  ²⁶And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

  ²⁷And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

  ²⁸And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

  ²⁹Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

  ³⁰And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

  ³¹But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

  ³²As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

  ³³And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying*, It was never so seen in Israel.

  ³⁴But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

  ³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

  ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted*, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

  ³⁷Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

  ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.