Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²² And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two womenservants and his eleven sons and passed over the ford Jabbok.

²³ And he took them and sent them over the brook and sent over all that he had.

²⁴ ¶ And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

²⁵ And when the man saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was disjointed as he wrestled with him.

²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.

²⁷ And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast fought with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

²⁹ And Jacob asked him and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why dost thou ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; for I have seen God face to face, and my soul was saved.

³¹ And as he passed over Penuel, the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh.

A Prayer of David.

¹ ¶ Hear righteousness, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips.

² Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold uprightness.

³ Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.

⁴ Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have observed the ways of the violent.

⁵ Sustain my steps in thy ways that my footsteps not slip.

⁶ I have called upon thee, because thou dost hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech.

⁷ Show thy mercy to be marvellous, O Saviour of those who put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right hand.

¹⁵ As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.

9 ¶ I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

² that I have great sorrow and continual pain in my heart.

³ For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

⁴ who are Israelites, to whom pertains the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises,

⁵ whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh is the Christ, who is God over all things, blessed for all the ages. Amen.

¹³ ¶ When Jesus heard of it, he departed from there by ship into a desert place apart; and when the people had heard of it, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

¹⁴ And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

¹⁵ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.

¹⁶ But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

¹⁷ And they said unto him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes.

¹⁸ He said, Bring them here to me.

¹⁹ And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass and took the five loaves and the two fishes; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

²⁰ And they all ate and were filled, and they took up of the fragments that remained, twelve baskets full.

²¹ And those that had eaten were about five thousand men besides women and children.