Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

11 And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they spoiled the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabba: but David remained in Jerusalem.

² In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.

³ And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite.

⁴ And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

⁵ And she returned to her house having conceived. And she sent and told David, and said: I have conceived.

⁶ And David sent to Joab, saying: Send me Urias the Hethite. And Joab sent Urias to David.

⁷ And Urias came to David. And David asked how Joab did, and the people, and how the war was carried on.

⁸ And David said to Urias: Go into thy house, and wash thy feet. And Urias went out from the king's house, and there went out after him a mess of meat from the king.

⁹ But Urias slept before the gate of the king's house, with the other servants of his lord, and went not down to his own house.

¹⁰ And it was told David by some that said: Urias went not to his house. And David said to Urias: Didst thou not come from thy journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?

¹¹ And Urias said to David: The ark of God and Israel and Juda dwell in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord abide upon the face of the earth: and shall I go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to sleep with my wife? By thy welfare and by the welfare of thy soul I will not do this thing.

¹² Then David said to Urias: Tarry here to day, and to morrow I will send thee away. Urias tarried in Jerusalem that day and the next.

¹³ And David called him to eat and to drink before him, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord, and went not down into his house.

¹⁴ And when the morning was come, David wrote a letter to Joab: and sent it by the hand of Urias,

¹⁵ Writing in the letter: Set ye Urias in the front of the battle, where the fight is strongest: and leave ye him, that he may be wounded and die.

14 A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill?

² He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

³ He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

⁴ In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;

⁵ He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.

¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁵ Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named,

¹⁶ That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man,

¹⁷ That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity,

¹⁸ You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and height, and depth:

¹⁹ To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us;

²¹ To him be glory in the church, and in Christ Jesus unto all generations, world without end. Amen.

6 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias.

² And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

³ Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

⁴ Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.

⁵ When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶ And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷ Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸ One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him:

⁹ There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many?

¹⁰ Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would.

¹² And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.

¹³ They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.

¹⁴ Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet, that is to come into the world.

¹⁵ Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would come to take him by force, and make him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶ And when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea.

¹⁷ And when they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum; and it was now dark, and Jesus was not come unto them.

¹⁸ And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹ When they had rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing nigh to the ship, and they were afraid.

²⁰ But he saith to them: It is I; be not afraid.

²¹ They were willing therefore to take him into the ship; and presently the ship was at the land to which they were going.