Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.

² Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; speak of all his wondrous works.

³ Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that seek the LORD rejoice.

⁴ Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.

⁵ Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth,

⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his slave, ye sons of Jacob his chosen.

¹⁶ Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

¹⁷ He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave,

¹⁸ whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron.

¹⁹ Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the LORD purified him.

²⁰ The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free.

²¹ He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance:

²² To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom.

⁴⁵ that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Halelu-JAH.

⁵ ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren; and they hated him yet the more.

⁶ And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷ For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf.

⁸ And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brethren, saying, Behold, I have dreamed another dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

¹⁰ And he told it to his father and to his brethren; and his father reprehended him and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

¹¹ And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the word.

16 ¶ The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to tempt him; they asked him to show them a sign from the heaven.

² But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven is glowing with an aurora.

³ And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the heaven has an aurora and is cloudy. O ye hypocrites, ye know how to make decisions based on the face of the heaven, and regarding the signs of the times are ye unable?

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them and departed.