Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God’s Mighty Deeds.
For the choir director; [a]according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
11 I shall remember the (A)deeds of [a]the Lord;
Surely I will (B)remember Your wonders of old.
12 I will (C)meditate on all Your work
And muse on Your deeds.
13 Your way, O God, is (D)holy;
(E)What god is great like our God?
14 You are the (F)God who works wonders;
You have (G)made known Your strength among the peoples.
15 You have by Your [b]power (H)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and (I)Joseph. Selah.
16 The (J)waters saw You, O God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The deeps also trembled.
17 The (K)clouds poured out water;
The skies (L)gave forth a sound;
Your (M)arrows [c]flashed here and there.
18 The (N)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The (O)lightnings lit up the world;
The (P)earth trembled and shook.
19 Your (Q)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.
20 You (R)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of (S)Moses and Aaron.
13 So he (A)again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight. 14 Behold fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my [a]life be precious in your sight.” 15 (B)The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; (C)do not be afraid of him.” So he arose and went down with him to the king. 16 Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have sent messengers (D)to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore [b]you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”
Jehoram Reigns over Israel
17 So Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place (E)in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
3 Then (A)the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over [a]you today?” And he said, “Yes, I know; be still.”
4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please (B)stay here, for the Lord has sent me to (C)Jericho.” But he said, “(D)As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. 5 (E)The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “(F)Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over [b]you today?” And he [c]answered, “Yes, I know; be still.”
21 But He [a](A)warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone, 22 (B)saying, “(C)The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”
23 And He was saying to them all, “(D)If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 24 For (E)whoever wishes to save his [b]life will lose it, but whoever loses his [c]life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. 25 For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and (F)loses or forfeits himself? 26 (G)For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. 27 But I say to you truthfully, (H)there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
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