Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁸ And the war began again, and David went out and fought against the Philistines, and defeated them with a great slaughter, and they fled from his face.

⁹ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand: and David played with his hand.

¹⁰ And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled and escaped that night.

¹¹ Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Michol David's wife had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to morrow thou wilt die,

¹² She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped.

¹³ And Michol took an image and laid it on the bed, and put a goat's skin with the hair at the head of it, and covered it with clothes.

¹⁴ And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick.

¹⁵ And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.

¹⁶ And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head.

¹⁷ And Saul said to Michol: Why hast thou deceived me so, and let my enemy go and flee away? And Michol answered Saul: Because he said to me: Let me go, or else I will kill thee.

⁴⁵ And immediately he obliged his disciples to go up into the ship, that they might go before him over the water to Bethsaida, whilst he dismissed the people.

⁴⁶ And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷ And when it was late, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and himself alone on the land.

⁴⁸ And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.

⁴⁹ But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

⁵⁰ For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.

⁵¹ And he went up to them into the ship, and the wind ceased: and they were far more astonished within themselves:

⁵² For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded.