July 6, 2027

23That night, however, Jacob arose, took his two wives, with the two maidservants and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 24After he got them and brought them across the wadi and brought over what belonged to him, 25Jacob was left there alone. Then a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. 26When the man saw that he could not prevail over him, he struck Jacob’s hip at its socket, so that Jacob’s socket was dislocated as he wrestled with him. 27The man then said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go until you bless me.” 28“What is your name?” the man asked. He answered, “Jacob.” 29Then the man said, “You shall no longer be named Jacob, but Israel, because you have contended with divine and human beings and have prevailed.” 30Jacob then asked him, “Please tell me your name.” He answered, “Why do you ask for my name?” With that, he blessed him. 31Jacob named the place Peniel, “because I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared.” 32At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip. 33That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, because he had struck Jacob’s hip socket at the sciatic muscle.

1Psalm 17 Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors - A prayer of David. I - Hear, LORD, my plea for justice; pay heed to my cry; Listen to my prayer from lips without guile. 2From you let my vindication come; your eyes see what is right. 3You have tested my heart, searched it in the night. You have tried me by fire, but find no malice in me. My mouth has not transgressed 6II - I call upon you; answer me, O God. Turn your ear to me; hear my speech. 7Show your wonderful mercy, you who deliver with your right arm those who seek refuge from their foes. 8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings 15I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.

14I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,

32The Healing of a Mute Person. As they were going out, a demoniac who could not speak was brought to him, 33and when the demon was driven out the mute person spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.” 34But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the prince of demons.” 35The Compassion of Jesus. Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; 38so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”