Acts 1:20-26

English Standard Version

²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms,

^(A)“‘May his camp become desolate,
and let there be no one to dwell in it’;

and

^(B)“‘Let another take his office.’

²¹So one of the men who have accompanied us during ^(C)all the time that the Lord Jesus ^(D)went in and out among us, ²²^(E)beginning from the baptism of John until the day when ^(F)he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us ^(G)a witness to his resurrection.” ²³And they put forward two, Joseph called ^(H)Barsabbas, who was also called ^(I)Justus, and ^(J)Matthias. ²⁴And ^(K)they prayed and said, “You, Lord, ^(L)who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen ²⁵to take the place in ^(M)this ministry and ^(N)apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.