Exodus 19:2-6
Psalm 100:1-3, 5
Romans 5:6-11
Matthew 9:36-10:8
Exodus 19:2-6
(2) Thus, setting out from Raphidim, and going directly to the desert of Sinai, they encamped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents away from the region of the mountain. (3) Then Moses ascended to God. And the Lord called to him from the mountain, and he said: “This you shall say to the house of Jacob, and announce to the sons of Israel: (4) ‘You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, in what way I carried you upon the wings of eagles and how I have taken you for myself. (5) If, therefore, you will hear my voice, and you will keep my covenant, you will be to me a particular possession out of all people. For all the earth is mine. (6) And you will be to me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the sons of Israel.”
Psalm 100:1-3, 5
(1) A Psalm of Confession. (2) Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. Serve the Lord with rejoicing. Enter into his sight in exultation. (3) Know that the Lord himself is God. He made us, and we ourselves did not. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. (5) For the Lord is sweet, his mercy is in eternity, and his truth is from generation to generation.
Romans 5:6-11
(6) Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious? (7) Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man. (8) But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time, (9) Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him. (10) For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. (11) And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Matthew 9:36-10:8
(36) Then, seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and were reclining, like sheep without a shepherd. (37) Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. (38) Therefore, petition the Lord of the harvest, so that he may sent out laborers to his harvest.” (1) And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity. (2) Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, (3) James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, (4) Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. (5) Jesus sent these twelve, instructing them, saying: “Do not travel by the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into the city of the Samaritans, (6) but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel. (7) And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’ (8) Cure the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely.
