Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

2 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

² And the Spirit entered into me when he spoke unto me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spoke unto me.

³ And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day;

⁴ and these children are impudent and hard-hearted: I am sending thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

⁵ And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear—for they are a rebellious house—yet shall they know that there hath been a prophet among them.

A Song of degrees.

123 Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

² Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [are directed] to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

³ Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

² I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in [the] body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows;) such [a one] caught up to [the] third heaven.

³ And I know such a man, (whether in [the] body or out of the body I know not, God knows;)

⁴ that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable things said which it is not allowed to man to utter.

⁵ Of such [a one] I will boast, but of myself I will not boast, unless in my weaknesses.

⁶ For if I shall desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will say [the] truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think as to me above what he sees me [to be], or whatever he may hear of me.

⁷ And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.

⁸ For this I thrice besought the Lord that it might depart from me.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

¹⁰ Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.

6 And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.

² And when sabbath was come he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were amazed, saying, Whence [has] this [man] these things? and what [is] the wisdom that is given to him, and such works of power are done by his hands?

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

⁴ But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among [his] kinsmen, and in his own house.

⁵ And he could not do any work of power there, save that laying his hands on a few infirm persons he healed [them].

⁶ And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went round the villages in a circuit, teaching.

⁷ And he calls the twelve to [him]; and he began to send them out two [and] two, and gave to them power over the unclean spirits;

⁸ and he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their belt;

⁹ but be shod with sandals, and put not on two body-coats.

¹⁰ And he said to them, Wheresoever ye shall enter into a house, there remain till ye shall go thence.

¹¹ And whatsoever place shall not receive you nor hear you, departing thence, shake off the dust which is under your feet for a testimony to them.

¹² And they went forth and preached that they should repent;

¹³ and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many infirm, and healed them.