Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

One version of the Bible titles this text “Jeremiah Buys [...]

Detail from an iIllustration of Lazarus at the rich man's gate by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1886.
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7

In Amos 6, one is confronted with a picture of utter opulence. At the pinnacle [...]

Detail from an iIllustration of Lazarus at the rich man's gate by Fyodor Bronnikov, 1886.
Commentary on Luke 16:19-31

An enormous and growing wealth gap separates a few—both individuals and nations—from the many who [...]

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Comentario del San Lucas 16:1-13

“Cada persona es culpable de todo el bien que no [...]

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Commentary on 1 Timothy 2:1-7

In 1 Timothy 2:1–7, the author shifts into the specific “instructions” (tēn paraggelian, see also [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 113

Consider “the name of the LORD,” a phrase repeated three times in the first three verses of [...]

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Commentary on Jeremiah 8:18—9:1

No prophet incorporates the genre of lament into their message [...]

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Commentary on Amos 8:4-7

The pericope before this week’s lectionary text offers a key for interpreting the indictment against the gross [...]

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Commentary on Luke 16:1-13

The parable at the heart of this passage is a head-scratcher, one of the most [...]

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Comentario del San Lucas 15:1-10

Buscamos, buscamos y buscamos en todos los lugares posibles y [...]