Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²⁰ And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;

²¹ and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

²² And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men;

²³ and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; --

²⁴ and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He [is] the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.'

²⁵ And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye [are] the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.'

²⁶ And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.

²⁷ And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

²⁸ And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood [is] on them;

²⁹ and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.

³⁰ And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;' and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;

³¹ and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;'

³² and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

³³ And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth [it] on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

³⁴ and he saith, `Do [it] a second time;' and they do [it] a second time; and he saith, `Do [it] a third time;' and they do [it] a third time;

³⁵ and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

³⁶ And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the [evening-]present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou [art] God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;

³⁷ answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou [art] Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

³⁸ And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that [is] in the trench it hath licked up.

³⁹ And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.'

96 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth.

² Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.

³ Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders.

⁴ For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He [is] over all gods.

⁵ For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

⁶ Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

⁸ Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts.

⁹ Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

¹⁰ Say among nations, `Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

¹¹ The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

¹² The field exulteth, and all that [is] in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

¹³ Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

1 Paul, an apostle -- not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who did raise him out of the dead --

² and all the brethren with me, to the assemblies of Galatia:

³ Grace to you, and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴ who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

⁵ to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages. Amen.

⁶ I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news;

⁷ that is not another, except there be certain who are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of the Christ;

⁸ but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you -- anathema let him be!

⁹ as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive -- anathema let him be!

¹⁰ for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

¹¹ And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man,

¹² for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught [it], but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,

7 And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

² and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

³ and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

⁴ And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- `He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

⁵ for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

⁶ And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

⁷ wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

⁸ for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].'

⁹ And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, `I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

¹⁰ and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.