Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

60 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

² For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

³ And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.

⁴ Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side.

⁵ Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the. strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.

⁶ The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord.

72 A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

² But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.

³ Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

⁴ For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.

⁵ They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.

⁶ Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

⁷ Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.

¹⁰ Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.

¹¹ And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

¹² Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.

¹³ And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

¹⁴ And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.

3 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you Gentiles;

² If yet you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me towards you:

³ How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words;

⁴ As you reading, may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ,

⁵ Which in other generations was not known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:

⁶ That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and co-partners of his promise in Christ Jesus, by the gospel:

⁷ Of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God, which is given to me according to the operation of his power:

⁸ To me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles, the unsearchable riches of Christ,

⁹ And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things:

¹⁰ That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church,

¹¹ According to the eternal purpose, which he made, in Christ Jesus our Lord:

¹² In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

2 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.

² Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.

³ And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁴ And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.

⁵ But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

⁶ And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.

⁷ Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;

⁸ And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.

⁹ Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

¹⁰ And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

¹¹ And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

¹² And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.