Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Peter’s Speech at Pentecost

¹⁴ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, “Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

³⁶ “Therefore, let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God has made this Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

³⁷ When they heard this, they were stung in the heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

³⁸ Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

⁴⁰ With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” ⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

Psalm 116

¹⁷ And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your sojourning. ¹⁸ For you know that you were not redeemed from your vain way of life inherited from your fathers with perishable things, like silver or gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. ²⁰ He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you. ²¹ Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

²² Since your souls have been purified by obedience to the truth through the Spirit unto a genuine brotherly love, love one another deeply with a pure heart, ²³ for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

The Walk to Emmaus^(A)

¹³ Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles^[a] from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ They were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ While they communed and reasoned together, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. ¹⁶ But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

¹⁷ He said to them, “What kind of communication are you sharing with one another while you are walking and are sad?”

¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, “Are You the only foreigner in Jerusalem who does not know what has happened there in these days?”

¹⁹ He said to them, “What things?”

They said to Him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and how our chief priests and rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death and crucified Him. ²¹ But we were hoping that it was He who was to redeem Israel. Moreover, today is the third day since these things happened. ²² Even some women from among us, who arrived early at the tomb, surprised us. ²³ When they did not find His body, they returned saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. ²⁴ Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said. But they did not see Him.”

²⁵ He said to them, “O fools! And slow of heart to believe what the prophets have spoken! ²⁶ Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter His glory?” ²⁷ And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ They drew near the village where they were traveling, and He seemed to be going farther. ²⁹ But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us. For it is nearly evening and the day is far spent.” So He went in to stay with them.

³⁰ As He sat at supper with them, He took the bread, blessed it and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished out of their sight. ³² They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the way and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”

³³ They rose up and returned to Jerusalem at once. And they found the eleven and those who were with them assembled together, ³⁴ saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they reported what had happened on the way, and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.