The following are the readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7), June 25, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Canadian BAS, and the Church of England (Common Worship) lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day. Throughout Pentecost the alternate RCL Psalm would normally be used with the alternate RCL O. T. reading. 

OLD TESTAMENT:   Genesis 21: 8 - 21   (RCL)

Gene 21:8 (NRSV) The child [Isaac] grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 But Sarah saw the son of Ha'gar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. 10 So she said to Abraham, "Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac." 11 The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named for you. 13 As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring." 14 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Ha'gar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Be'er-she'ba. 
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, "Do not let me look on the death of the child." And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Ha'gar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Ha'gar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him." 19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink. 
20 God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. 21 He lived in the wilderness of Par'an; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. 

Jeremiah 20: 7 - 13   (alt. for RCL)
Jeremiah 20: 10 - 13   (Roman Catholic)

Jere 20:7 (NRSV) O LORD, you have enticed me, 
and I was enticed; 
you have overpowered me, 
and you have prevailed. 
I have become a laughingstock all day long; 
everyone mocks me. 
8 For whenever I speak, I must cry out, 
I must shout, "Violence and destruction!" 
For the word of the LORD has become for me 
a reproach and derision all day long. 
9 If I say, "I will not mention him, 
or speak any more in his name," 
then within me there is something like a burning fire 
shut up in my bones; 
I am weary with holding it in, 
and I cannot. 
10 For I hear many whispering: 
"Terror is all around! 
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" 
All my close friends 
are watching for me to stumble. 
"Perhaps he can be enticed, 
and we can prevail against him, 
and take our revenge on him." 
11 But the LORD is with me like a dread warrior; 
therefore my persecutors will stumble, 
and they will not prevail. 
They will be greatly shamed, 
for they will not succeed. 
Their eternal dishonor 
will never be forgotten. 
12 O LORD of hosts, you test the righteous, 
you see the heart and the mind; 
let me see your retribution upon them, 
for to you I have committed my cause. 
13 Sing to the LORD; 
praise the LORD! 
For he has delivered the life of the needy 
from the hands of evildoers. 

PSALM 86: 1 - 10, 16 - 17   (RCL)

Psal 86:1 (NRSV) Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, 
for I am poor and needy. 
2 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; 
save your servant who trusts in you. 
You are my God; 3 be gracious to me, O Lord, 
for to you do I cry all day long. 
4 Gladden the soul of your servant, 
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. 
5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, 
abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you. 
6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; 
listen to my cry of supplication. 
7 In the day of my trouble I call on you, 
for you will answer me. 
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, 
nor are there any works like yours. 
9 All the nations you have made shall come 
and bow down before you, O Lord, 
and shall glorify your name. 
10 For you are great and do wondrous things; 
you alone are God. 

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; 
give your strength to your servant; 
save the child of your serving girl. 
17 Show me a sign of your favor, 
so that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, 
because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. 

86   Inclina, Domine   (ECUSA BCP)
 
1  	Bow down your ear, O Lord, and answer me, *
 	for I am poor and in misery.

2  	Keep watch over my life, for I am faithful; *
 	save your servant who puts his trust in you.
 
3  	Be merciful to me, O LORD, for you are my God; *
 	I call upon you all the day long.
 
4  	Gladden the soul of your servant, *
 	for to you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
 
5  	For you, O LORD, are good and forgiving, *
 	and great is your love toward all who call upon you.
 
6  	Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer, *
 	and attend to the voice of my supplications.
 
7  	In the time of my trouble I will call upon you, *
 	for you will answer me.
 
8  	Among the gods there is none like you, O LORD, *
 	nor anything like your works.
 
9  	All the nations you have made will come and
		worship you, O LORD, *
 	and glorify your Name.
 
10  	For you are great;
you do wondrous things; *
 	and you alone are God.

16  	Turn to me and have mercy upon me; *
 	give your strength to your servant;
 	and save the child of your handmaid.
 
17  	Show me a sign of your favor,
so that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed; *
 	because you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Psalm 69: 7 - 10 (11 - 15) 16 - 18   (alt. for RCL)
Psalm 69: 7 - 9, 13, 16, 32 - 34   (Roman Catholic)

Psal 69:7 (NRSV) It is for your sake that I have borne reproach, 
that shame has covered my face. 
8 I have become a stranger to my kindred, 
an alien to my mother's children. 
9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me; 
the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. 
10 When I humbled my soul with fasting, 
they insulted me for doing so. 
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, 
I became a byword to them. 
12 I am the subject of gossip for those who sit in the gate, 
and the drunkards make songs about me. 
13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD. 
At an acceptable time, O God, 
in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me. 
With your faithful help 14 rescue me 
from sinking in the mire; 
let me be delivered from my enemies 
and from the deep waters. 
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me, 
or the deep swallow me up, 
or the Pit close its mouth over me. 
16 Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; 
according to your abundant mercy, turn to me. 
17 Do not hide your face from your servant, 
for I am in distress-make haste to answer me. 
18 Draw near to me, redeem me, 
set me free because of my enemies. 

32 Let the oppressed see it and be glad; 
you who seek God, let your hearts revive. 
33 For the LORD hears the needy, 
and does not despise his own that are in bonds. 
34 Let heaven and earth praise him, 
the seas and everything that moves in them. 

Note: Verse numbering in most Psalters and in Roman Catholic Bibles is different from the above.

69   Salvum me fac   (ECUSA BCP)

8  	Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
 	and shame has covered my face.
 
9  	I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
 	an alien to my mother's children.
 
10  Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
 	the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
 
11  I humbled myself with fasting, *
 	but that was turned to my reproach.
 
12  I put on sack-cloth also, *
 	and became a byword among them.
 
13  Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *
 	and the drunkards make songs about me.
 
14  But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *
 	at the time you have set, O Lord:
 
15  "In your great mercy, O God, *
 	answer me with your unfailing help.
 
16  Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *
 	let me be rescued from those who hate me
 	and out of the deep waters.
 
17  Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,
neither let the deep swallow me up; *
 	do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
 
18  Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; *
 	in your great compassion, turn to me."

19  	“Hide not your face from your servant; *
 	be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.
 
20  	Draw near to me and redeem me; *
 	because of my enemies deliver me.

NEW TESTAMENT:   Romans 6: 1b - 11   (RCL)

Roma 6:1 (NRSV) Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 
5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For whoever has died is freed from sin. 8 But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 

Romans 5: 12 - 15   (Roman Catholic)

Roma 5:12 (NRSV) Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned-- 13 sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. 14 Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come. 
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man's trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. 16 And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. 17 If, because of the one man's trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. 
18 Therefore just as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all. 19 For just as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. 

GOSPEL:   Matthew 10: 24 - 39   (RCL)
                    Matthew 10: 26 - 33   (Roman Catholic)

Matt 10:24 (NRSV)  "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beel'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! 
26 "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. 27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. 28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 And even the hairs of your head are all counted. 31 So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. 
32 "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; 33 but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. 
34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 
35 For I have come to set a man against his father, 
and a daughter against her mother, 
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 
36 and one's foes will be members of one's own household. 
37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.