Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

45 ¶ Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all those that stood by him, and he cried, Cause everyone to go out from me. And no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

² And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

³ And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were terrified at his presence.

⁴ Then Joseph said unto his brethren, Now come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me here, for God sent me before you for life.

⁶ For these two years the famine has been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest.

⁷ And God sent me before you that you might remain in the earth and that you might be given life by great liberty.

⁸ So now it was not you that sent me here, but God; and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁹ Make haste and go up to my father and say unto him: Thus saith thy son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not.

¹⁰ And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou and thy sons and thy sons’ sons and thy herds and thy cows and all that thou hast.

¹¹ And there I will nourish thee, for yet there are five years of famine, lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast perish of poverty.

¹² And, behold, your eyes see and the eyes of my brother Benjamin that it is my mouth that speaks unto you.

¹³ And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father here.

¹⁴ And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

¹⁵ Moreover he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them, and after that his brethren talked with him.

A Song of degrees of David.

¹ ¶ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

² It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that goes down to the skirts of his garments;

³ as the dew of Hermon, that descends upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commands blessing and eternal life.

11 ¶ I say then, Has God cast away his people? No, in no wise. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

² God has not cast away his people whom he knew beforehand. Know ye not what the scripture says of Elijah? how speaking to God against Israel, he said,

²⁹ For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

³⁰ For as ye in time past have not obeyed God, yet have now obtained mercy through the occasion of their disobedience,

³¹ likewise these also have not believed now that through the mercy shown unto you they also may obtain mercy.

³² For God enclosed everyone in disobedience, that he might have mercy upon everyone.

¹⁰ ¶ And calling the multitude unto him, he said unto them, Hear and understand:

¹¹ not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹² Then his disciples came and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word?

¹³ But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

¹⁴ Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

¹⁵ Then Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

¹⁷ Do not ye yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the draught?

¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and they defile the man.

¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

²⁰ these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.

²¹ ¶ Then Jesus left there and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

²² And, behold, a woman of Canaan having come out of the same borders cried unto him, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me; my daughter is sick, possessed by a demon.

²³ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she cries out after us.

²⁴ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁵ Then she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread and to cast it to the little dogs.

²⁷ And she said, Yes, Lord, yet the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou desire. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.