Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 (A)And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of (B)Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen (C)the vision, (D)we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to (E)preach the gospel to them.
11 So after setting sail from (F)Troas, we ran (G)a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis; 12 and from there to (H)Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of (I)Macedonia, (J)a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city. 13 And on (K)the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
First Convert in Europe
14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of (L)Thyatira, and (M)a worshiper of God. [a]The Lord (N)opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and (O)her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
The Nations Exhorted to Praise God.
For the music director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
67 God be gracious to us and (A)bless us,
And (B)cause His face to shine [a]upon us— Selah
2 That (C)Your way may be known on the earth,
(D)Your salvation among all nations.
3 May the (E)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
4 May the (F)nations be glad and sing for joy;
For You will (G)judge the peoples with fairness
And (H)guide the nations on the earth. Selah
5 May the (I)peoples praise You, God;
May all the peoples praise You.
6 The (J)earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, (K)blesses us.
7 God blesses us,
[b]So that (L)all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
22 I saw (A)no [a]temple in it, for the (B)Lord God the Almighty and the (C)Lamb are its [b]temple. 23 And the city (D)has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for (E)the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the (F)Lamb. 24 (G)The nations will walk by its light, and the (H)kings of the earth [c]will bring their glory into it. 25 In the daytime (for (I)there will be no night there) (J)its gates (K)will never be closed; 26 and (L)they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; 27 and (M)nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [d]whose names are (N)written in the Lamb’s book of life.
The River and the Tree of Life
22 And (O)he showed me a (P)river of the (Q)water of life, [e]clear (R)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of [f]the Lamb, 2 in the middle of (S)its street. (T)On either side of the river was (U)the tree of life, bearing twelve [g]kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 (V)There will no longer be any curse; and (W)the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will (X)serve Him; 4 they will (Y)see His face, and His (Z)name will be on their (AA)foreheads. 5 And (AB)there will no longer be any night; and they [h]will not have need (AC)of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will (AD)reign forever and ever.
23 Jesus answered and said to him, “(A)If anyone loves Me, he will (B)follow My word; and (C)My Father will love him, and We (D)will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. 24 The one who does not love Me (E)does not follow My words; and (F)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.
25 “These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. 26 But the (G)Helper, the Holy Spirit (H)whom the Father will send in My name, (I)He will teach you all things, and (J)remind you of all that I said to you. 27 (K)Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. (L)[a]Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor [b]fearful. 28 (M)You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and (N)I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced [c]because (O)I am going to the Father, for (P)the Father is greater than I. 29 And now (Q)I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
The Healing at Bethesda
5 After these things there was (A)a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now in Jerusalem, by (B)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which (C)in [a]Hebrew is called [b]Bethesda, having five [c]porticoes. 3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or [d]paralyzed.[e] 5 Now a man was there who had been [f]ill for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus *said to him, “(D)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.
(E)Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
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