Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

11 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful;

² and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.

³ And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears;

⁴ but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

⁵ And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

⁶ The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.

⁷ And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.

⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.

For Solomon.

72 O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

² He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.

³ The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.

⁴ He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵ They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

⁶ He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

⁷ In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more.

¹⁸ Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!

¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen.

⁴ For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶ that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to [the] glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for [the] truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

⁹ and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

¹² And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over [the] nations: in him shall [the] nations hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by [the] power of [the] Holy Spirit.

3 Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

² and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

³ For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.

⁴ And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

⁵ Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,

⁶ and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁷ But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

⁸ Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.

⁹ And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

¹⁰ And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

¹¹ *I* indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;

¹² whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.