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First Sunday in Lent
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DEUTERONOMY 26:1-11
When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as
an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it,
2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the
ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving
you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the LORD
your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 3 You shall
go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, "Today I
declare to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the
LORD swore to our ancestors to give us." 4 When the priest
takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the
LORD your God, 5 you shall make this response before the LORD
your God: "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt
and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great
nation, mighty and populous. 6 When the Egyptians treated us
harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, 7 we
cried to the LORD, the God of our ancestors; the LORD heard our voice
and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. 8 The
LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,
with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders;
9 and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a
land flowing with milk and honey. 10 So now I bring the first
of the fruit of the ground that you, O LORD, have given me." You shall
set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your
God. 11 Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens
who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the LORD
your God has given to you and to your house.
PSALM 91
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of
the Almighty,1 2 will say to the LORD, "My refuge
and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." 3 For he will
deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;
4 he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you
will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5
You will not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by
day, 6 or the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or the
destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at
your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near
you. 8 You will only look with your eyes and see the
punishment of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the LORD
your refuge,1 the Most High your dwelling place,
10 no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you
in all your ways. 12 On their hands they will bear you up, so
that you will not dash your foot against a stone. 13 You will
tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will
trample under foot. 14 Those who love me, I will deliver; I
will protect those who know my name. 15 When they call to me,
I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble, I will rescue them
and honor them. 16 With long life I will satisfy them, and
show them my salvation.
LUKE 4:1-13
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by
the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was
tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when
they were over, he was famished. 3 The devil said to him, "If
you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread."
4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One does not live by
bread alone.'" 5 Then the devil1 led him up and
showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And
the devil1 said to him, "To you I will give their glory and
all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to
anyone I please. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all
be yours." 8 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Worship the
Lord your God, and serve only him.'" 9 Then the
devil1 took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle
of the temple, saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself
down from here, 10 for it is written, 'He will command his
angels concerning you, to protect you,' 11 and 'On their
hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against
a stone.'" 12 Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.'" 13 When the devil had
finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
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