Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁵ And in those days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said (now the number of names that were in one place were about a hundred and twenty).

¹⁶ “You men and brothers, this Scripture, which the Holy Ghost, through David, spoke of Judas (guide to those who took Jesus), must have been fulfilled.

¹⁷ “For he was numbered with us and had obtained fellowship in this ministry.

²¹ “Therefore, of these men who have been with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

²² “beginning from the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us, one of them must be made a fellow witness of His resurrection.”

²³ And they presented two: Joseph, called Barsabas (whose surname was Justus) and Matthias.

²⁴ And they prayed, saying, “You Lord, Who knows the hearts of all, show us which of these two You have chosen,

²⁵ “so that he may take the part of this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas has gone astray to go to his own place.”

²⁶ Then they cast their lots. And the lot fell on Matthias. And he was counted with the eleven Apostles.

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.

² But his delight is in the Law of the LORD. And on His Law does he meditate day and night.

³ For he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters, that will bring forth her fruits in due season; whose leaf shall not fade. So, whatever he shall do shall prosper.

⁴ The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind drives away.

⁵ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD knows the way of the righteous. And the way of the wicked shall perish.

⁹ If we receive the witness of man, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God which He testified about His Son:

¹⁰ The one who believes in that Son of God, has the witness in himself. The one who does not believe God, has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the record that God witnessed of His Son.

¹¹ And this is that record: that God has given us eternal life. And this life is in His Son.

¹² The one who has that Son, has that life. And the one who does not have that Son of God, does not have that life.

¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life (and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God).

⁶ “I have declared Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word.

⁷ “Now they know that all things which You have given Me are from You.

⁸ “For I have given them the words which You gave Me. And they have received them and have known surely that I came out from You, and have believed that You have sent Me.

⁹ “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom You have given Me. For they are yours.

¹⁰ “And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. And I am glorified in them.

¹¹ “And now I am no longer in the world. But these are in the world. And I come to You, Holy Father. Keep them in Your Name, even those whom You have given Me. So that they may be one, as We are.

¹² “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your Name. Those whom You gave Me, I have kept. And none of them is lost, except the child of perdition. So that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

¹³ “And now I come to you. And these things I speak in the world so that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

¹⁴ “I have given them Your Word. And the world has hated them. Because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

¹⁵ “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You keep them from evil.

¹⁶ “They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

¹⁷ “Sanctify them in Your Truth. Your Word is Truth.

¹⁸ “As You sent Me into the world, so have I sent them into the world.

¹⁹ “And for their sakes, I sanctify Myself. So that they also may be sanctified through the Truth.