Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

105 Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

² Who shall declare the powers of the Lord? who shall set forth all his praises?

³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do justice at all times.

⁴ Remember us, O Lord, in the favour of thy people: visit us with thy salvation.

⁵ That we may see the good of thy chosen, that we may rejoice in the joy of thy nation: that thou mayst be praised with thy inheritance.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers: we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

²³ And he said that he would destroy them: had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

²⁴ And they set at nought the desirable land. They believed not his word,

²⁵ And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

²⁶ And he lifted up his hand over them: to overthrow them in the desert;

⁴⁵ And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

4 Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.

² Then he said to him: What is that thou holdest in thy hand? He answered: A rod.

³ And the Lord said: Cast it down upon the ground. He cast it down, and it was turned into a serpent: so that Moses fled from it.

⁴ And the Lord said: Put out thy hand and take it by the tail. He put forth his hand, and took hold of it, and it was turned into a rod.

⁵ That they may believe, saith he, that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to thee.

⁶ And the Lord said again: Put thy hand into thy bosom. And when he had put it into his bosom, he brought it forth leprous as snow.

⁷ And he said: Put back thy hand into thy bosom. He put it back, and brought it out again, and it was like the other flesh.

⁸ If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign.

⁹ But if they will not even believe these two signs, nor hear thy voice: take of the river water, and pour it out upon the dry land, and whatsoever thou drawest out of the river shall be turned into blood.

¹⁴ And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying, and sick of a fever:

¹⁵ And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.

¹⁶ And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:

¹⁷ That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.