Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁵ The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a PROPHET of thy nation and of thy brethren like unto me: him thou shalt hear:

¹⁶ As thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and saidst: Let me not hear any more the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see any more this exceeding great fire, lest I die.

¹⁷ And the Lord said to me: They have spoken all things well.

¹⁸ I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

¹⁹ And he that will not hear his words, which he shall speak in my name, I will be the revenger.

²⁰ But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.

111 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

³ Glory and wealth shall be in his house: and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.

⁴ To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and compassionate and just.

⁵ Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

⁶ Because he shall not be moved for ever.

⁷ The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not hear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:

⁸ His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over his enemies.

⁹ He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.

¹⁰ The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

8 Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up; but charity edifieth.

² And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he hath not yet known as he ought to know.

³ But if any man love God, the same is known by him.

⁴ But as for the meats that are sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

⁵ For although there be that are called gods, either in heaven or on earth (for there be gods many, and lords many);

⁶ Yet to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

⁷ But there is not knowledge in every one. For some until this present, with conscience of the idol: eat as a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

⁸ But meat doth not commend us to God. For neither, if we eat, shall we have the more; nor, if we eat not, shall we have the less.

⁹ But take heed lest perhaps this your liberty become a stumblingblock to the weak.

¹⁰ For if a man see him that hath knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not his conscience, being weak, be emboldened to eat those things which are sacrificed to idols?

¹¹ And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died?

¹² Now when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

¹³ Wherefore, if meat scandalize my brother, I will never eat flesh, lest I should scandalize my brother.

²¹ And they entered into Capharnaum, and forthwith upon the sabbath days going into the synagogue, he taught them.

²² And they were astonished at his doctrine. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes.

²³ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁴ Saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God.

²⁵ And Jesus threatened him, saying: Speak no more, and go out of the man.

²⁶ And the unclean spirit tearing him, and crying out with a loud voice, went out of him.

²⁷ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying: What thing is this? what is this new doctrine? for with power he commandeth even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

²⁸ And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Galilee.