Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

67 O God, in mercy bless us; let your face beam with joy as you look down at us.

² Send us around the world with the news of your saving power and your eternal plan for all mankind. ³ How everyone throughout the earth will praise the Lord! ⁴ How glad the nations will be, singing for joy because you are their King^[a] and will give true justice to their people! ⁵ Praise God, O world! May all the peoples of the earth give thanks to you. ^6-7 For the earth has yielded abundant harvests. God, even our own God, will bless us. And peoples from remotest lands will worship him.

2 ^1-2 Every young man who listens to me and obeys my instructions will be given wisdom and good sense. ^3-5 Yes, if you want better insight and discernment, and are searching for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure, then wisdom will be given you and knowledge of God himself; you will soon learn the importance of reverence for the Lord and of trusting him.

³⁶ Several days later Paul suggested to Barnabas that they return again to Turkey and visit each city where they had preached before,^[a] to see how the new converts were getting along. ³⁷ Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark. ³⁸ But Paul didn’t like that idea at all, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia. ³⁹ Their disagreement over this was so sharp that they separated. Barnabas took John Mark with him and sailed for Cyprus, ^40-41 while Paul chose Silas and, with the blessing of the believers, left for Syria and Cilicia to encourage the churches there.