Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹⁷ ¶ And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

¹⁸ And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my iniquity to remembrance and to cause my son to die?

¹⁹ And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he abode and laid him upon his own bed.

²⁰ And he cried unto the LORD and said, O LORD my God, hast thou even brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

²¹ And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried unto the LORD and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.

²² And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

²³ And Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him unto his mother, and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.

²⁴ Then the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God and that the word of the LORD is true in thy mouth.

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

¹ ¶ I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

² O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

³ O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave.

⁴ Let his merciful ones sing unto the LORD, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵ For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

⁶ ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

⁷ LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

⁸ I will cry unto thee, O GOD; and unto the Lord will I make supplication.

⁹ What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O LORD and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;

¹² to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

¹¹ But I make known unto you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not according to man.

¹² For I did not receive it nor learn it from man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in Judaism, how that beyond measure I was persecuting and destroying the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of God

¹⁴ And profited in Judaism above many of my equals in my own nation, being exceedingly more zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace,

¹⁶ to reveal his Son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood,

¹⁷ neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus.

¹⁸ Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days.

¹⁹ But I saw none of the other apostles, except James the Lord’s brother.

²⁰ Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I do not lie.

²¹ Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia

²² and was unknown by face unto the congregations {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of Judaea which were in Christ,

²³ but they had only heard, That he who persecuted us in time past now preaches the faith which he once destroyed.

²⁴ And they glorified God in me.

¹¹ ¶ And it came to pass the day after that he went into a city called Nain, and many of his disciples went with him, and many people.

¹² Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and many people from the city were with her.

¹³ And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said unto her, Weep not.

¹⁴ And he came and touched the bier, and those that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

¹⁵ And he that was dead sat up and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

¹⁶ And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us, and, That God has visited his people.

¹⁷ And this word of him went forth throughout all Judaea and throughout all the region round about.