Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ And he said to his brethren: I am Joseph: is my father yet living? His brethren could not answer him, being struck with exceeding great fear.

⁴ And he said mildly to them: Come nearer to me. And when they were come near him, he said: I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

⁵ Be not afraid, and let it not seem to you a hard case that you sold me into these countries: for God sent me before you into Egypt for your preservation.

⁶ For it is two years since the famine began to be upon the land, and five years more remain, wherein there can be neither ploughing nor reaping.

⁷ And God sent me before, that you may be preserved upon the earth, and may have food to live.

⁸ Not by your counsel was I sent hither, but by the will of God: who hath made me as it were a father to Pharao, and lord of his whole house, and governor in all the land of Egypt.

⁹ Make haste, and go ye up to my father, and say to him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of the whole land of Egypt: come down to me, linger not.

¹⁰ And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gessen: and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy sheep, and thy herds, and all things that thou hast.

¹¹ And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining,) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

¹⁵ And Joseph kissed all his brethren, and wept upon every one of them: after which they were emboldened to speak to him.

37 A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.

² Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.

³ For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

⁴ There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins.

⁵ For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

⁶ My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness.

⁷ I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long.

⁸ For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.

⁹ I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

¹⁰ Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

¹¹ My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

³⁵ But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? or with what manner of body shall they come?

³⁶ Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.

³⁷ And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be; but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.

³⁸ But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.

⁴³ It is sown in dishonour, it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness, it shall rise in power.

⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body, it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:

⁴⁵ The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.

⁴⁶ Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷ The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.

⁴⁸ Such as is the earthly, such also are the earthly: and such as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.

⁴⁹ Therefore as we have borne the image of the earthly, let us bear also the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.

²⁷ But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.

²⁸ Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you.

²⁹ And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

³⁰ Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

³¹ And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in like manner.

³² And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also love those that love them.

³³ And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to you? for sinners also do this.

³⁴ And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks are to you? for sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive as much.

³⁵ But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful, and to the evil.

³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

³⁷ Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.