Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

83 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.

² How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!

³ My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

⁴ For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

¹³ He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

¹⁴ And the Lord said to Moses: Pharao's heart is hardened, he will not let the people go.

¹⁵ Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

¹⁶ And thou shalt say to him: The Lord God of the Hebrews sent me to thee saying: Let my people go to sacrifice to me in the desert: and hitherto thou wouldst not hear.

¹⁷ Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rods that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

¹⁸ And the fishes that are in the river shall die, and the waters shall be corrupted, and the Egyptians shall be afflicted when they drink the water of the river.

¹⁹ The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.

²⁰ And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood.

²¹ And the fishes that were in the river died: and the river corrupted, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river, and there was blood in all the land of Egypt.

²² And the magicians of the Egyptians with their enchantments did in like manner: and Pharao's heart was hardened, neither did he hear them, as the Lord had commanded.

²³ And he turned himself away and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

²⁴ And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink: for they could not drink of the water of the river.

²⁵ And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.

²² Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

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

²⁴ But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out the devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

²⁵ And Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate: and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

²⁶ And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand?

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

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

²⁹ Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unless he first bind the strong? and then he will rifle his house.

³⁰ He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

³¹ Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

³² And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.