Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

³³ And the Egyptians pressed the people to go forth out of the land speedily, saying: We shall all die.

³⁴ The people therefore took dough before it was leavened: and tying it in their cloaks, put it on their shoulders.

³⁵ And the children of Israel did as Moses had commanded: and they asked of the Egyptians vessels of silver and gold, and very much raiment.

³⁶ And the Lord gave favour to the people in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them: and they stripped the Egyptians.

³⁷ And the children of Israel set forward from Ramesse to Socoth, being about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

³⁸ And a mixed multitude without number went up also with them, sheep and herds and beasts of divers kinds, exceeding many.

³⁹ And they baked the meal, which a little before they had brought out of Egypt, in dough: and they made earth cakes unleavened: for it could not be leavened, the Egyptians pressing them to depart, and not suffering them to make any stay: neither did they think of preparing any meat.

⁴⁰ And the abode of the children of Israel that they made in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

⁴¹ Which being expired, the same day all the army of the Lord went forth out of the land of Egypt.

⁴² This is the observable night of the Lord, when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: this night all the children of Israel must observe in their generations.

¹⁷ Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse.

¹⁸ For first of all I hear that when you come together in the church, there are schisms among you; and in part I believe it.

¹⁹ For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you.

²⁰ When you come therefore together into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper.

²¹ For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk.

²² What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not.