Joshua 5: 9-12

Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped the day after [b] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan.

Psalm 32

 1 Blessed is he
       whose transgressions are forgiven,
       whose sins are covered.
 2 Blessed is the man 
       whose sin the LORD does not count against him 
       and in whose spirit is no deceit.
 3 When I kept silent, 
      
          my bones wasted away 
      
          through my groaning all day long.
 4 For day and night 
      
          your hand was heavy upon me; 
      
          my strength was sapped 
      
          as in the heat of summer. 
      
          Selah
 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you 
      
          and did not cover up my iniquity. 
      
          I said, "I will confess 
      
          my transgressions to the LORD "—
      
          and you forgave 
      
          the guilt of my sin. 
      
         Selah
 6 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you 
      
         while you may be found; 
      
         surely when the mighty waters rise, 
      
         they will not reach him.
 7 You are my hiding place; 
      
         you will protect me from trouble 
      
         and surround me with songs of deliverance. 
      
         Selah
 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; 
      
          I will counsel you and watch over you.
 9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, 
      
          which have no understanding 
      
          but must be controlled by bit and bridle 
      
          or they will not come to you.
 10 Many are the woes of the wicked, 
      
          but the LORD's unfailing love 
      
           surrounds the man who trusts in him.
 11 Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; 
      
          sing, all you who are upright in heart!

2 Corinthians 5: 16-21

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.



Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.