Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Hope for the Redemption of Yahweh

A song of ascents.^[a]

²⁷ And then^[a] on the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David’s place was empty. So Saul asked Jonathan his son, “Why did the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the feast?” ²⁸ Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission from me to go up to Bethlehem. ²⁹ He said, ‘Send me away, please, for our clan sacrifice is in the city, and my brother commanded^[b] me to be present. So then, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me slip away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the table of the king.” ³⁰ Then Saul became angry^[c] at Jonathan and said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman!^[d] Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? ³¹ For as long as^[e] the son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established! So then, send and bring him to me, for he will surely die!”^{[f] 32} But Jonathan answered his father Saul and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” ³³ Then Saul hurled his^[g] spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father had decided^[h] to kill David.

³⁴ Jonathan got up from the table enraged,^[i] and did not eat on the second day of the new moon because he was upset about David, because his father had disgraced him. ³⁵ And then^[j] in the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a young boy^[k] was with him. ³⁶ He said to his servant,^[l] “Run, please find the arrows that I am shooting!” The boy^[m] ran, and he shot the arrow to pass over him. ³⁷ When the boy came up to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called out after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”^{[n] 38} Then Jonathan called out after the boy, “Quick, hurry, do not linger!” And Jonathan’s servant collected the arrows and came to his master. ³⁹ But the boy did not know anything about this; only Jonathan and David knew the matter. ⁴⁰ Jonathan gave his weapons to his servant and said to him, “Go, bring them to the city.” ⁴¹ The boy left, and then David got up from the south side,^[o] and he fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other^[p] and wept together,^[q] but David wept the most. ⁴² Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn, the two of us, an oath in the name of Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring forever.”^[r] Then he got up and left, and Jonathan went into the city.

Jesus Teaches and Heals Many in Capernaum

³¹ And he came down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath. ³² And they were astounded at his teaching, because he spoke^[a] with authority.

³³ And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon,^[b] and he cried out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Ha! Leave us alone,^[c] Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And after^[d] throwing him down in their midst, the demon came out of him without hurting him at all. ³⁶ And amazement came upon them all, and they began to talk^[e] with one another, saying, “What word^[f] is this? For he commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!” ³⁷ And news about him went out into every place of the surrounding region.