Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²² And he rose up the same night and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went over the ford, Jabbok.

²³ And he took them, and sent them over the river, and sent over what he had.

²⁴ Now, when Jacob was left by himself, a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

²⁵ And he saw that he could not prevail against him. Therefore, the man touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

²⁶ And he said, “Let me go, for the morning appears.” Who answered, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

²⁷ Then he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.”

²⁸ And he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. Because you have had power with God, you shall also prevail with men.”

²⁹ And Jacob demanded, saying, “Please tell me Your Name.” And he said, “Why do you ask My Name now?” And he blessed him there.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place, Peniel. “For,” he said, “I have seen God face to face; and my life is preserved.”

³¹ And the Sun rose up to him as he passed Peniel; and he limped upon his thigh.

121 I will lift up my eyes to the mountain, from where my help shall come.

² My help comes from the LORD, Who has made Heaven and Earth.

³ He will not allow your foot to slip. He Who keeps you will not slumber.

⁴ Behold, He Who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The LORD is your Keeper. The LORD is your shadow at your right hand.

⁶ The Sun shall not strike you by day, nor the Moon by night.

⁷ The LORD shall preserve you from all evil. He shall keep your soul.

⁸ The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in, from henceforth and forever. A song of degrees, or Psalm, of David

¹⁴ But you continue in the things which you have learned (and which are committed to you), knowing from Whom you have learned them,

¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ For the whole Scripture is given by inspiration from God; and is profitable for teaching, convicting, correcting, and instructing in righteousness.

¹⁷ So that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

4 Therefore, I charge you before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall judge the living and dead at His appearing and in His Kingdom:

² Preach the Word! Be ready, in season and out of season. Convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and teaching.

³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. But having itching ears, they shall gather a heap of teachers according to their own lusts

⁴ and shall turn their ears from the truth and shall be given to fables.

⁵ But you, be sober in all things. Suffer adversity. Do the work of an evangelist. Carry out your ministry fully.

18 And He also spoke a parable to them showing that they ought always to pray and not grow weary,

² He said, “There was a judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor respected man.

³ “And there was a widow in that city who came to him saying, ‘Do me justice against my adversary.’

⁴ “And he would not do so for some time. But then, he said to himself, ‘I neither fear God nor respect man.

⁵ ‘Yet because this widow troubles me I will do her right, lest she keeps coming and makes me weary.’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.

⁷ “Now, shall not God avenge His Elect, who cry day and night to Him, even though He bears with them a long time?

⁸ “I tell you, He will avenge them quickly! But, when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the Earth?”