Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language. ^7 (G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[k](K)Asia, ^10 (L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[l](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[o]taking his stand with ^(S)the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. ¹⁵ For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, ^(T)for it is only the ^[p]third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

²⁴ So Moses went out and ^(A)told the people the words of the Lord. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent. ^25 (B)Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.

²⁶ But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the ^[a]other Medad. And ^(C)the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp. ²⁷ So a young man ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” ²⁸ Then ^(D)Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “^(E)Moses, my lord, restrain them.” ²⁹ But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? ^(F)Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!” ³⁰ Then Moses ^[b]returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel.

³ Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking ^[a](A)by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is ^[b](B)accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is ^(C)Lord,” except ^[c](D)by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ Now there are ^(E)varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. ⁶ There are varieties of effects, but the same ^(F)God who works all things in all persons. ⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit ^(G)for the common good. ⁸ For to one is given the word of ^(H)wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of ^(I)knowledge according to the same Spirit; ⁹ to another ^(J)faith ^[d]by the same Spirit, and to another ^(K)gifts of ^[e]healing ^[f]by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ and to another the ^[g]effecting of ^[h](L)miracles, and to another ^(M)prophecy, and to another the ^[i](N)distinguishing of spirits, to another various ^(O)kinds of tongues, and to another the ^(P)interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But one and the same Spirit works all these things, ^(Q)distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

¹² For even ^(R)as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, ^(S)so also is Christ. ¹³ For ^[j](T)by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether ^(U)Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to ^(V)drink of one Spirit.

The Day of Pentecost

2 When ^(A)the day of Pentecost ^[a]had come, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled ^(B)the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire ^[b]distributing themselves, and ^[c]they ^[d]rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^(D)speak with other ^[e]tongues, as the Spirit was giving them ^[f]utterance.

⁵ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, ^(E)devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And when ^(F)this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own ^[g]language. ^7 (G)They were amazed and astonished, saying, “^[h]Why, are not all these who are speaking ^(H)Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we each hear them in our own ^[i]language ^[j]to which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and ^(I)Cappadocia, ^(J)Pontus and ^[k](K)Asia, ^10 (L)Phrygia and ^(M)Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around ^(N)Cyrene, and ^[l](O)visitors from Rome, both Jews and ^[m](P)proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.” ¹² And ^(Q)they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” ¹³ But others were mocking and saying, “^(R)They are full of ^[n]sweet wine.”

Peter’s Sermon

¹⁴ But Peter, ^[o]taking his stand with ^(S)the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. ¹⁵ For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, ^(T)for it is only the ^[p]third hour of the day; ¹⁶ but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel:

Jesus among His Disciples

¹⁹ So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for ^(A)fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, “^[a](B)Peace be with you.” ²⁰ And when He had said this, ^(C)He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^(D)rejoiced when they saw the Lord. ²¹ So Jesus said to them again, “^(E)Peace be with you; ^(F)as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” ²² And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (G)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins ^[b]have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

³⁷ Now on ^(A)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^[a](B)If anyone is thirsty, ^[b]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(C)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[c]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(D)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He spoke ^(E)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(F)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(G)glorified.