Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁸ The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.

⁹ The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy.

44 And now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen.

² Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the womb: Fear not, O my servant Jacob, and thou most righteous whom I have chosen.

³ For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.

⁴ And they shall spring up among the herbs, as willows beside the running waters.

⁵ One shall say: I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and another shall subscribe with his hand, To the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

⁷ Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

⁸ For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

⁹ Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

¹⁰ Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

¹¹ If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?