Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

5 And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, [but] a leper.

² And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

³ And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.

⁷ And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

⁸ And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

⁹ And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

¹⁰ And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

¹¹ And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.

¹² Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

¹³ And his servants drew near, and spoke to him and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bidden thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash and be clean?

¹⁴ Then he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

¹⁵ And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.

111 Hallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with [my] whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly.

² Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.

³ His work is majesty and splendour, and his righteousness abideth for ever.

⁴ He hath made his wonders to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.

⁵ He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

⁶ He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.

⁷ The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are faithful:

⁸ Maintained for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness.

⁹ He sent deliverance unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and terrible is his name.

¹⁰ The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do [his precepts]: his praise abideth for ever.

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ raised from among [the] dead, of [the] seed of David, according to my glad tidings,

⁹ in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound.

¹⁰ For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which [is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹¹ The word [is] faithful; for if we have died together with [him], we shall also live together;

¹² if we endure, we shall also reign together; if we deny, *he* also will deny us;

¹³ if we are unfaithful, *he* abides faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

¹⁴ Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earnestly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.

¹⁵ Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

¹¹ And it came to pass as he was going up to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

¹² And as he entered into a certain village ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.

¹³ And they lifted up [their] voice saying, Jesus, Master, have compassion on us.

¹⁴ And seeing [them] he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.

¹⁵ And one of them, seeing that he was cured, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,

¹⁶ and fell on [his] face at his feet giving him thanks: and *he* was a Samaritan.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but the nine, where [are they]?

¹⁸ There have not been found to return and give glory to God save this stranger.

¹⁹ And he said to him, Rise up and go thy way: thy faith has made thee well.