Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

2 And when the LORD was ready to take up Elijah into Heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

² Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here. For the LORD has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So, they came down to Bethel.

³ And the children of the Prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you this day?” And he said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

⁴ Again, Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here. For the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So, they came to Jericho.

⁵ And the children of the Prophets who were in Jericho came to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you this day?” And he said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

⁶ Moreover, Elijah said to him, “Please wait here. For the LORD has sent me to Jordan.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So, they both went.

⁷ And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went and stood on the other side, far off. And those two stood by Jordan.

⁸ Then, Elijah took his cloak and wrapped it up and struck the waters. And they were divided here and there. And the two of them went over on the dry land.

⁹ Now, when they had passed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let your spirit be double upon me.”

¹⁰ And he said, “You have asked a hard thing. If, when I am taken from you, you see me, you shall have it so. But if not, it shall not be.”

¹¹ And as they went walking and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which separated the two of them. So, Elijah went up, in a whirlwind, into Heaven.

¹² And Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father! My father! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he no longer saw him. And he took his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

50 The God of gods, The LORD, has spoken and called the Earth, from the rising up of the Sun to the going down thereof.

² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, has God shined.

³ Our God shall come and shall not keep silent. A fire shall devour before Him, and a mighty storm shall be moved around Him.

⁴ He shall call the heaven above and the Earth, to judge His people.

⁵ “Gather My saints together to Me, those who make a covenant with Me with sacrifice.”

⁶ And the heavens shall declare His righteousness; for God is Judge Himself. Selah.

³ If the Gospel is then hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost,

⁴ in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving; that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine unto them.

⁵ For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus’ sake.

⁶ For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

² And six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up into a high mountain, out of the way, alone. And His shape was changed before them.

³ And His clothing shined, and was very white, as snow; whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.

⁴ And Elijah appeared to them, with Moses. And they were talking with Jesus.

⁵ Then Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles; one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

⁶ Yet he did not know what he said. For they were afraid.

⁷ And there was a cloud that shadowed them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him.”

⁸ And suddenly they looked around and saw no one, except Jesus.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, He instructed them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead again.