Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two womenservants and his eleven sons and passed over the ford Jabbok.

²³ And he took them and sent them over the brook and sent over all that he had.

²⁴ ¶ And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁵ And when the man saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was disjointed as he wrestled with him.

²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

²⁷ And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast fought with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

²⁹ And Jacob asked him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why dost thou ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God face to face, and my soul was saved.

³¹ And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh.

A Song of degrees.

¹ ¶ I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help.

² My help comes from the LORD, who made the heavens and earth.

³ He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keeps thee will not slumber.

⁴ Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

⁶ The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

⁷ The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul.

⁸ The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

¹⁴ But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and in that which has been entrusted unto thee, knowing of whom thou hast learned them,

¹⁵ and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto saving health by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

4 ¶ I charge thee, therefore, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead in his appearing and in his kingdom:

² Preach the word; be instant in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, they shall heap up unto themselves teachers who shall speak to them according to their own lusts,

⁴ and thus they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall return unto fables.

⁵ But watch thou in all things, labour, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry.

18 ¶ And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that it behooves us always to pray and not faint,

² saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man;

³ and there was a widow in that city, and she came unto him, saying, Defend me from my adversary.

⁴ And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man,

⁵ yet because this widow troubles me, I will do her justice, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

⁶ And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

⁷ And shall not God avenge his own elect who cry day and night unto him though he bears long regarding them?

⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?