In your kingdom, the needy sitting in an ash heap
and the poor living in the dust, rank with royalty.
You love the latecomer as much as the early bird.
Whatever spiritual gifts we have received,
they are given for building up your church.
As each locust has a role in devouring crops,
the Spirit has a part
for each one of us to play.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 19; 150; 81; 113
Joel 1:1-13
1 Cor. 14:1-12
Matt. 20:1-16
Selected Verses
Ps. 113:7-8
[The LORD] raises the poor from the dust,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Joel 1:4
What the cutting locust left,
the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
1 Cor. 14:12
So with yourselves; since you are eager for spiritual gifts,
strive to excel in them for building up the church.
Matt. 20:15-16
"…'Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what
belongs to me? Or are you envious
because I am generous?' So the last will
be first, and the first will be last."
[Jesus, with the words of the owner of the vineyard, to the workers
hired early]
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