Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Aleph

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright.

Gimel

² The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein.

He

³ Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever.

Zain

⁴ He has made his wonderful works to be remembered;

Cheth

The LORD is gracious and merciful.

Teth

⁵ He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

Caph

⁶ ¶ He has shown his people the power of his works,

Lamed

by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles.

Mem

⁷ The works of his hands are truth and judgment;

Nun

all his commandments are sure.

Samech

⁸ They stand fast from age to age

Ain

and are made in truth and uprightness.

Pe

⁹ He sent redemption unto his people;

Tzaddi

he has commanded his covenant for ever:

Koph

Holy and reverend is his name.

Resh

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;

Schin

A good understanding have all those that do his will;

Tau

His praise endures for ever.

2 ¶ Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon, his son, saying,

² I go the way of all the earth; be thou strong therefore and show thyself a man.

³ Keep the charge of the LORD thy God, walking in his ways, keeping his statutes and his commandments and his rights and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou may have understanding in all that thou doest and in everything that thou dost undertake,

⁴ that the LORD may confirm the word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons take heed to their way, walking before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

⁵ Moreover thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me and what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner, the son of Ner and unto Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he slew, shedding the blood of war in peace and putting the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.

⁶ Do, therefore, according to thy wisdom and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.

⁷ But show mercy unto the sons of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table, for they came thus unto me when I fled because of Absalom, thy brother.

⁸ And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei, the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

⁹ Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou should do with him, but thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

¹⁰ And David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

¹¹ The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

⁷ There came a woman of Samaria to draw water; Jesus said unto her, Give me to drink.

⁸ (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy food.)

⁹ Then said the Samaritan woman unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

¹¹ The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; from where then hast thou that living water?

¹² Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof himself, and his sons and his cattle?

¹³ Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again,

¹⁴ but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

¹⁵ The woman said unto him, Lord, give me this water, that I not thirst, neither come here to draw.

¹⁶ Jesus said unto her, Go, call thy husband and come here.

¹⁷ The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband;

¹⁸ for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said with truth.

¹⁹ The woman said unto him, Lord, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

²⁰ Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.

²¹ Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem shall ye worship the Father.

²² Ye worship what ye know not; we worship what we know, for saving health is of the Jews.

²³ But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship him.

²⁴ God is a Spirit and those that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

²⁵ The woman said unto him, I know that the Messiah is to come, who is called the Christ; when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.

²⁶ Jesus said unto her, I AM that speak unto thee.