Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

12 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

² This month shall be unto you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

³ Speak unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month let each man take a lamb according to the families of the fathers, a lamb per family;

⁴ and if the household is too small and is not able to eat the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of persons; each one according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

⁵ The lamb shall be without blemish, a male of one year; ye shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats;

⁶ and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

⁷ And they shall take of the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses in which they shall eat it.

⁸ And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

⁹ Eat none of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire, his head with his legs, and with the entrails thereof.

¹⁰ And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

¹¹ And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.

¹² For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both among man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

¹³ And this blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it as a feast unto the LORD throughout your ages; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Sing unto the LORD a new song, let his praise be in the congregation of the merciful.

² Let Israel rejoice with his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful with their King.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

⁴ For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he will beautify the humble with saving health.

⁵ The merciful shall be joyful with glory; they shall sing aloud upon their beds.

⁶ ¶ The high praises of God shall be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand,

⁷ to execute vengeance upon the Gentiles and punishments upon the peoples,

⁸ to imprison their kings with fetters and their nobles with chains of iron,

⁹ to execute upon them the judgment written: this shall be glory for all his merciful ones. Halelu-JAH.

⁸ Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.

⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

¹⁰ Charity works no evil to a neighbour; therefore, charity is the fulfillment of the law.

¹¹ ¶ And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awaken ourselves out of sleep, for now is our saving health nearer than when we believed.

¹² The night is past, and the day is come; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us clothe ourselves with the weapons of light.

¹³ Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

¹⁴ But be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not listen to the flesh, to fulfil its desires.

¹⁵ ¶ Therefore if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the congregation; {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} but if he neglects to hear the congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} let him be unto thee as a worldly man and a publican.

¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in the heaven; and whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in the heaven.

¹⁹ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in the heavens.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.