Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye slaves of the LORD.

² Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

³ praise JAH; for the LORD is good; sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

⁴ For JAH has chosen Jacob unto himself and Israel for his own possession.

⁵ ¶ For I know that the LORD is great and that our Lord is above all gods.

⁶ Whatever the LORD desired, he did in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and in all the deep places.

⁷ He who causes the clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth, made the lightnings in the rain; he who brings the winds out of his treasuries.

⁸ He who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast;

⁹ sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his slaves.

¹⁰ He who smote many Gentiles and slew mighty kings,

¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan

¹² gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel his people.

¹³ Thy name, O LORD, is eternal, and thy memorial, O LORD, from generation to generation.

¹⁴ For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his slaves.

¹⁵ ¶ The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

¹⁶ They have a mouth, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;

¹⁷ they have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any spirit in their mouths.

¹⁸ Let those that make them become like unto them and every one that trusts in them.

¹⁹ Bless the LORD, O house of Israel; bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:

²⁰ Bless the LORD, O house of Levi; ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.

²¹ Blessed be the LORD out of Zion who dwells at Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH.

14 ¶ Then certain of the elders of Israel came unto me and sat before me.

² And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

³ Son of man, these men have caused their uncleanness to come up over their heart and have established the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

⁴ Therefore speak unto them and say unto them, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart and has established the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet, I, the LORD, will answer him that comes like this in the multitude of his idols

⁵ that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.

⁶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Repent and cause them to repent from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

⁷ For any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel who has separated himself from walking after me and has set up his idols in his heart and has established the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me, I, the LORD, will answer him by myself:

⁸ and I will set my face against that man and will set him up for a sign and for sayings, and I will cut him off from among my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

⁹ And the prophet when he is deceived and speaks a word, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from among my people Israel.

¹⁰ And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity; the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeks unto him

¹¹ that the house of Israel may no longer go astray from me, neither be polluted any longer in all their rebellions but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, said the Lord GOD.

3 ¶ Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

² And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms {lit. acts of mercy} of those that entered into the temple,

³ who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked for alms.

⁴ And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

⁵ And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

⁶ Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

⁷ And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

⁸ And he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

¹⁰ and they knew that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.