Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

1 The burden that Habacuc the prophet saw.

² How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?

³ Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.

⁴ Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

2 I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the tower: and I will watch, to see what will be said to me, and what I may answer to him that reproveth me.

² And the Lord answered me, and said: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables: that he that readeth it may run over it.

³ For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.

⁴ Behold, he that is unbelieving, his soul shall not be right in himself: but the just shall live in his faith.

1 Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² Grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you towards each other, aboundeth:

⁴ So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith, and in all your persecutions and tribulations, which you endure,

¹¹ Wherefore also we pray always for you; that our God would make you worthy of his vocation, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power;

¹² That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

19 And entering in, he walked through Jericho.

² And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.

⁴ And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.

⁵ And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must abide in thy house.

⁶ And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.

⁷ And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

⁸ But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, I restore him fourfold.

⁹ Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰ For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.