Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

¹ ¶ Do not keep silence, O God; do not hold thy peace, and do not be still, O God.

² For, behold, thine enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lifted up their head.

³ They have taken prudent counsel in secret against thy people and consulted against thy hidden ones.

⁴ They have said, Come and let us cut them off from being a people that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

¹³ O my God, make them like a whirlwind, as the stubble before the wind.

¹⁴ As the fire burns a wood and as the flame sets the mountains on fire

¹⁵ so persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy whirlwind.

¹⁶ Fill their faces with shame that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

¹⁷ Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and perish

¹⁸ That they may know that thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the most high over all the earth.

¹⁴ ¶ Then the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is become grievous, for he refuses to let the people go.

¹⁵ Go unto Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he goes out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink before him and take in thy hand the rod which was turned to a serpent

¹⁶ and say unto him, The LORD, the God of the Hebrews has sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; and, behold, until now thou hast not desired to hear.

¹⁷ Thus hath the LORD said, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD; behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

¹⁸ And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water of the river.

¹⁹ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their rivers, upon their streams, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

²⁰ And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and lifting up the rod, he smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his slaves; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

²¹ And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became corrupted, so that the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

²² And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their enchantments; and Pharaoh’s heart hardened itself, and he did not hearken unto them, as the LORD had said.

²³ And Pharaoh turned and returned to his house, and even with all this he did not take this to heart.

²⁴ And in all Egypt they dug wells round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the river.

²⁵ And seven days were fulfilled after the LORD had smitten the river.

²² ¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.

²³ And all the people were amazed and said, Is not this the son of David?

²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out demons but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.

²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not remain;

²⁶ and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom remain?

²⁷ And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

²⁸ But if I cast out the demons by the Spirit of God, then certainly the kingdom of God is come unto you.

²⁹ Or else how can one enter into the strong man’s house and spoil his goods except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

³⁰ He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.

³¹ Therefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

³² And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him, but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, neither in the age to come.