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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
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Psalm 105:1-6

The Lord Can Be Trusted

1 (A) Praise the Lord
    and pray in his name!
Tell everyone
    what he has done.
2 Sing praises to the Lord!
    Tell about his miracles.
3 Celebrate and worship
his holy name
    with all your heart.

4 Trust the Lord
    and his mighty power.
5 Remember his miracles
and all his wonders
    and his fair decisions.
6 You belong to the family
    of Abraham, his servant;
you are his chosen ones,
    the descendants of Jacob.

Psalm 105:16-22

16 (A) God kept crops from growing
until food was scarce
    everywhere in the land.
17 (B) But he had already sent Joseph,
    sold as a slave into Egypt,
18 (C) with chains of iron
    around his legs and neck.

19 Joseph remained a slave
until his own words
    had come true,
and the Lord had finished
    testing him.
20 (D) Then the king of Egypt
    set Joseph free
21 (E) and put him in charge
    of everything he owned.
22 Joseph was in command
    of the officials,
and he taught the leaders
    how to use wisdom.

Psalm 105:45

45 He did this so that his people
would obey all his laws.
    Shout praises to the Lord!

Genesis 35:22-29

22 (A) During their time there, Jacob's oldest son Reuben slept with Bilhah, who was one of Jacob's other wives.[a] And Jacob found out about it.

Jacob's Twelve Sons

23-26 Jacob had twelve sons while living in northern Syria.[b] His first-born Reuben was the son of Leah, who later gave birth to Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah's servant Zilpah had two sons: Gad and Asher.

Jacob and his wife Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel's servant woman Bilhah had two more sons: Dan and Naphtali.

Isaac Dies

27 (B) Jacob went to his father Isaac at Hebron, also called Mamre or Kiriath-Arba, where Isaac's father Abraham had lived as a foreigner. 28-29 Isaac died at the ripe old age of 180, then his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Acts 17:10-15

People in Berea Welcome the Message

10 That same night the Lord's followers sent Paul and Silas on to Berea, and after they arrived, they went to the synagogue. 11 The people in Berea were much nicer than those in Thessalonica, and they gladly accepted the message. Day after day they studied the Scriptures to see if these things were true. 12 Many of them put their faith in the Lord, including some important Greek women and several men.

13 When the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica heard that Paul had been preaching God's message in Berea, they went there and caused trouble by turning the crowds against Paul.

14 At once the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea. 15 Some men went with Paul as far as Athens, and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

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