Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
5 Lord, the heavens praise Your wonders(A)—
Your faithfulness also—
in the assembly of the holy ones.(B)
6 For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings[a] is like the Lord?(C)
7 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,
more awe-inspiring than[b] all who surround Him.(D)
8 Lord God of Hosts,
who is strong like You, Lord?(E)
Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9 You rule the raging sea;
when its waves surge, You still them.(F)
10 You crushed Rahab like one who is slain;(G)
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.(H)
11 The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.(I)
12 North and south—You created them.(J)
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.(K)
13 You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.(L)
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;(M)
faithful love and truth go before You.(N)
15 Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;(O)
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.(P)
16 They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.(Q)
17 For You are their magnificent strength;(R)
by Your favor our horn is exalted.(S)
18 Surely our shield[c] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.(T)
19 You once spoke in a vision to Your loyal ones
and said: “I have granted help to a warrior;
I have exalted one chosen[d] from the people.(U)
20 I have found David My servant;
I have anointed him with My sacred oil.(V)
21 My hand will always be with him,
and My arm will strengthen him.(W)
22 The enemy will not afflict[e] him;
no wicked man will oppress him.(X)
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike those who hate him.(Y)
24 My faithfulness and love will be with him,
and through My name
his horn will be exalted.(Z)
25 I will extend his power to the sea
and his right hand to the rivers.(AA)
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father,(AB)
my God, the rock of my salvation.’(AC)
27 I will also make him My firstborn,
greatest of the kings of the earth.(AD)
28 I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.(AE)
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.[f](AF)
30 If his sons forsake My instruction
and do not live by My ordinances,(AG)
31 if they dishonor My statutes
and do not keep My commands,(AH)
32 then I will call their rebellion
to account with the rod,
their sin with blows.(AI)
33 But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.(AJ)
34 I will not violate My covenant
or change what My lips have said.(AK)
35 Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.(AL)
36 His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,(AM)
37 like the moon, established forever,
a faithful witness in the sky.”(AN)
Return to Bethel
35 God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there.(A) Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”(B)
2 So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you.(C) Purify yourselves and change your clothes.(D) 3 We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress.(E) He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”(F)
4 Then they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and their earrings, and Jacob hid them under the oak near Shechem. 5 When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.(G) 6 So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel(H)) in the land of Canaan. 7 Jacob built an altar there and called the place God of Bethel[a] because it was there that God had revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
8 Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah,[b](I) died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Oak of Weeping.[c]
9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. 10 God said to him:
Your name is Jacob;
you will no longer be named Jacob,
but your name will be Israel.(J)
So He named him Israel. 11 God also said to him:
I am God Almighty.(K)
Be fruitful and multiply.(L)
A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,
will come from you,(M)
and kings will descend from you.[d](N)
12 I will give to you the land
that I gave to Abraham and Isaac.(O)
And I will give the land
to your future descendants.
13 Then God withdrew[e](P) from him at the place where He had spoken to him.
14 Jacob set up a marker at the place where He had spoken to him—a stone marker. He poured a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.(Q) 15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
Gentile Conversion and Baptism
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down(A) on all those who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers[a] who had come with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.(B) 46 For they heard them speaking in other languages and declaring the greatness of[b] God.
Then Peter responded, 47 “Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”(C) 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.(D) Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
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