The Texts for Sunday, February 14th, the First Sunday in Lent.

First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-11

1When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 3You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, “Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, 5you shall make this response before the Lord your God: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 6When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us, 7we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. 8The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; 9and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.” You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. 11Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house.

Psalm: Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, *

    abides under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 He shall say to the LORD,

"You are my refuge and my stronghold, *

    my God in whom I put my trust."

3 He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter *

    and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He shall cover you with his pinions,

and you shall find refuge under his wings; *

    his faithfulness shall be a shield and buckler.

5 You shall not be afraid of any terror by night, *

    nor of the arrow that flies by day;

6 Of the plague that stalks in the darkness, *

    nor of the sickness that lays waste at mid-day.

7 A thousand shall fall at your side

and ten thousand at your right hand, *

    but it shall not come near you.

8 Your eyes have only to behold *

    to see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the LORD your refuge, *

    and the Most High your habitation,

10 There shall no evil happen to you, *

    neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over you, *

    to keep you in all your ways.

12 They shall bear you in their hands, *

    lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and the adder; *

    you shall trample the young lion and the serpent

under your feet.

14 Because he is bound to me in love,

therefore will I deliver him; *

    I will protect him, because he knows my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; *

    I am with him in trouble;

    I will rescue him and bring him to honor.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, *

    and show him my salvation.

Second Reading: Romans 10:8b-13

 8b“The word is near you,

  on your lips and in your heart”

(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. 13For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Gospel: Luke 4:1-13

1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.” 4Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’ ”

  5Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. 7If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.” 8Jesus answered him, “It is written, 

 ‘Worship the Lord your God,

  and serve only him.’ ”

  9Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10for it is written, 

 ‘He will command his angels concerning you,

  to protect you,’

11and 

 ‘On their hands they will bear you up,

  so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”

12Jesus answered him, “It is said, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ” 13When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.