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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
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Psalm 126

A Song of Ascents

The Exiles Restored

126 When the Lord brought back Zion’s exiles,[a]
    we were like dreamers.[b]
2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter,
    and our tongues formed joyful shouts.
Then it was said among the nations,
    “The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The great things that the Lord has done for us
    gladden us.

4 Restore our exiles,[c] Lord,
    like the streams of the Negev.[d]
5 Those who weep while they plant
    will sing for joy while they harvest.
6 The one who goes out weeping,[e]
    carrying a bag of seeds,
will surely return with a joyful song,
    bearing sheaves from his harvest.[f]

Isaiah 43:8-15

8 “Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes,
    who are deaf, yet still have ears!
9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
    and let the peoples be assembled.

“Who is there among them who[a] can declare this,
    or announce[b] the former things?
Let them produce their witnesses to prove them right,
    and let them proclaim[c] so people will say, ‘It’s true.’

10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and trust me
    and understand that I am the One.[d]
Before me no God was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.
11 I, yes I, am the Lord,
    and apart from me there is no savior.
12 I’ve revealed and saved and proclaimed,
    when there was no foreign god among you —
        and you are my witnesses,” declares the Lord.
13 “I am God; also[e] from ancient days[f] I am the one.
    And there is no one who can deliver out of my hand;
        when I act, who can reverse it?”

14 This is what the Lord says,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon,[g]
    and bring them all down as fugitives.
Now as for the Babylonians,
    their ringing cry will become lamentation.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
    Creator of Israel, and your King.”

Philippians 2:25-3:1

25 Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus—my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need—back to you. 26 For he has been longing for[a] all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick. 27 Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.[b] 28 Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved. 29 So joyfully welcome him in the Lord and make sure you honor such people highly, 30 because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah[c] by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.

Warning against Pride

3 So then,[d] my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety.

International Standard Version (ISV)

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