Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

60 Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

² For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee.

³ And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

⁴ “Lift up thine eyes round about and see; all they gather themselves together, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

⁵ Then thou shalt see and flow together, and thine heart shall fear and be enlarged, because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the wealth of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

⁶ The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.

72 Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

² Then shall he judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with judgment.

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

⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people; he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵ They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

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

⁷ In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹¹ Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him.

¹² For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also and him that hath no helper.

¹³ He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

3 For this cause I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles—

² if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you,

³ how by revelation He made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote before in a few words,

⁴ whereby when ye read this, ye may understand my knowledge of the mystery of Christ),

⁵ which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

⁶ that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel,

⁷ for which I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power.

⁸ Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹ and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ,

¹⁰ with the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,

¹¹ according to the eternal purpose which He hath purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord,

¹² in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him.

2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem,

² saying, “Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”

³ When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁴ And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

⁵ And they said unto him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

⁶ ‘And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel.’”

⁷ Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.”

⁹ When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star which they saw in the East went before them until it came and stood over where the young Child was.

¹⁰ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

¹¹ And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

¹² And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.