Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Put Not Your Trust in Princes
146 (A)Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 I will praise the Lord (B)as long as I live;
(C)I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 (D)Put not your trust in princes,
(E)in a son of man, in whom there is (F)no salvation.
4 When (G)his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
5 (H)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose (I)hope is in the Lord his God,
6 (J)who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
(K)who keeps faith forever;
7 (L)who executes justice for the oppressed,
(M)who gives food to the hungry.
Consecration of the Priests
29 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. (A)Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 (B)and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and (C)wash them with water. 5 Then (D)you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the (E)skillfully woven band of the ephod. 6 (F)And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7 You shall take (G)the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8 Then you (H)shall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9 and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with (I)sashes and bind caps on them. And (J)the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall (K)ordain Aaron and his sons.
6 (A)“As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. 7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8 And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am (B)Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ 9 (C)Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand[a] the voice of the one who was speaking to me. 10 And I said, (D)‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.’ 11 And since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.
12 “And (E)one Ananias, a devout man (F)according to the law, (G)well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, 13 (H)came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And (I)at that very hour I received my sight and saw him. 14 And he said, (J)‘The God of our fathers (K)appointed you to know his will, (L)to see (M)the Righteous One and (N)to hear a voice from his mouth; 15 for (O)you will be a witness for him to everyone of what (P)you have seen and heard. 16 And now why do you wait? (Q)Rise and be baptized and (R)wash away your sins, (S)calling on his name.’
17 (T)“When I had returned to Jerusalem and (U)was praying in the temple, I fell into (V)a trance 18 and saw him saying to me, (W)‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another (X)I imprisoned and (Y)beat those who believed in you. 20 And when the blood of Stephen (Z)your witness was being shed, (AA)I myself was standing by and (AB)approving and (AC)watching over the garments of those who killed him.’ 21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you (AD)far away to the Gentiles.’”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.