Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²¹ Do you not know? hath it not been heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood the foundations of the earth?

²² It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

²³ He that bringeth the searchers of secrets to nothing, that hath made the judges of the earth as vanity.

²⁴ And surely their stock was neither planted, nor sown, nor rooted in the earth: suddenly he hath blown upon them, and they are withered, and a whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

²⁵ And to whom have ye likened me, or made me equal, saith the Holy One?

²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these things: who bringeth out their host by number, and calleth them all by their names: by the greatness of his might, and strength, and power, not one of them was missing.

²⁷ Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

²⁸ Knowest thou not, or hast thou not heard? the Lord is the everlasting God, who hath created the ends of the earth: he shall not faint, nor labour, neither is there any searching out of his wisdom.

²⁹ It is he that giveth strength to the weary, and increaseth force and might to them that are not.

³⁰ Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.

³¹ But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

²⁰ He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

¹⁷ For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation is committed to me:

¹⁸ What is my reward then? That preaching the gospel, I may deliver the gospel without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

¹⁹ For whereas I was free as to all, I made myself the servant of all, that I might gain the more.

²⁰ And I became to the Jews, a Jew, that I might gain the Jews:

²¹ To them that are under the law, as if I were under the law, (whereas myself was not under the law,) that I might gain them that were under the law. To them that were without the law, as if I were without the law, (whereas I was not without the law of God, but was in the law of Christ,) that I might gain them that were without the law.

²² To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak. I became all things to all men, that I might save all.

²³ And I do all things for the gospel's sake: that I may be made partaker thereof.

²⁹ And immediately going out of the synagogue they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰ And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.

³¹ And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

³² And when it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils.

³³ And all the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴ And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

³⁵ And rising very early, going out, he went into a desert place: and there he prayed.

³⁶ And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him.

³⁷ And when they had found him, they said to him: All seek for thee.

³⁸ And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose am I come.

³⁹ And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils.