Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁴ But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them: Ye men of Judea, and all you that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and with your ears receive my words.

³⁶ Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly, that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified.

³⁷ Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?

³⁸ But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

³⁹ For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

⁴⁰ And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

⁴¹ They therefore that received his word, were baptized; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

116 O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

² For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.

¹⁷ And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one's work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

¹⁸ Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as gold or silver, from your vain conversation of the tradition of your fathers:

¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unspotted and undefiled,

²⁰ Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you,

²¹ Who through him are faithful in God, who raised him up from the dead, and hath given him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

²² Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:

²³ Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

¹³ And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus.

¹⁴ And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also drawing near, went with them.

¹⁶ But their eyes were held, that they should not know him.

¹⁷ And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk, and are sad?

¹⁸ And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger to Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days?

¹⁹ To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people;

²⁰ And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

²¹ But we hoped, that it was he that should have redeemed Israel: and now besides all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

²² Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us, who before it was light, were at the sepulchre,

²³ And not finding his body, came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.

²⁴ And some of our people went to the sepulchre, and found it so as the women had said, but him they found not.

²⁵ Then he said to them: O foolish, and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken.

²⁶ Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?

²⁷ And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures, the things that were concerning him.

²⁸ And they drew nigh to the town, whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther.

²⁹ But they constrained him; saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them.

³⁰ And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread, and blessed, and brake, and gave to them.

³¹ And their eyes were opened, and they knew him: and he vanished out of their sight.

³² And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in this way, and opened to us the scriptures?

³³ And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were staying with them,

³⁴ Saying: The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.

³⁵ And they told what things were done in the way; and how they knew him in the breaking of the bread.