Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

32 ¶ And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him, Rise up, make us gods which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

² And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

³ Then all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them unto Aaron,

⁴ who took them from their hands and fashioned it with a graving tool and made of it a molten calf. Then they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

⁵ And seeing this, Aaron built an altar before the calf; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast unto the LORD.

⁶ And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play.

⁷ ¶ Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go, descend; for thy people, which thou didst bring out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten calf and have worshipped it and have sacrificed unto it and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

⁹ The LORD further said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and for certain it is a stiffnecked people.

¹⁰ Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot in them and consume them; and I will put thee over a great nation.

¹¹ Then Moses grieved before the LORD his God and said, LORD, why shall thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

¹² Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from upon the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of the evil of thy people.

¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy slaves, to whom thou didst sware by thine own self and hast said unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall take it for inheritance for ever.

¹⁴ Then the LORD repented of the evil which he said should be done unto his people.

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.

² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?

³ Happy are those that keep judgment and he that does righteousness at all times.

⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou dost bear unto thy people; O visit me with thy saving health,

⁵ that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.

⁶ ¶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image.

²⁰ Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass.

²¹ They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt,

²² wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things upon the Red Sea.

²³ Therefore 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.

4 ¶ Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

² I beseech Euodias and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

³ And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women who laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also and with my other fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, Rejoice.

⁵ Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is near.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.

⁷ And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, exercise yourselves in these things.

⁹ Those things, which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, do, and the God of peace shall be with you.

22 ¶ And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

² The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

³ and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

⁴ Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.

⁵ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

⁶ and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

⁷ But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

⁸ Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

⁹ Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage.

¹⁰ So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,

¹² and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

¹³ Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.