Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁷ ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, From this day I will begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

⁸ Therefore, thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are entered into the brink of the water of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.

⁹ And Joshua said unto the sons of Israel, Draw near and hear the words of the LORD your God.

¹⁰ And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.

¹¹ Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes the Jordan before you.

¹² Now, therefore, take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of each tribe a man.

¹³ And when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off; for the waters that come down from above shall stand in a heap.

¹⁴ ¶ And it came to pass when the people removed from their tents to pass the Jordan and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

¹⁵ when those that bore the ark entered into the Jordan, as soon as the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water (for Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),

¹⁶ that the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far from the city of Adam, that is beside Zaretan; and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed and were cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.

¹⁷ But the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan until all the people finished passing the Jordan; and all Israel passed on dry ground.

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

² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

³ and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

⁴ They wandered lost in the wilderness, alone and out of the way; they found no city to dwell in.

⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

⁶ Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷ And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

³³ ¶ He turned rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground;

³⁴ the fruitful land into salt flats, because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein.

³⁵ He turns the wilderness into reservoirs of water and dry ground into watersprings.

³⁶ And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation

³⁷ and sow the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

⁹ For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and God also, of how holy and just and irreprehensible our behaviour was among you that believe,

¹¹ as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father with his children,

¹² that ye would walk worthy of God, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹³ ¶ For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that having received from us the word to hear from God, ye received it not as the word of men, (but as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.

23 ¶ Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples,

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in Moses’ seat;

³ therefore, whatever they bid you to observe, observe it and do it, but do not act according to their works, for they say and do not do it.

⁴ For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

⁵ But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments

⁶ and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues

⁷ and greetings in the markets and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁸ But, as for you, desire not to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, the Christ; and you are all brothers.

⁹ And call no one your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens.

¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, the Christ.

¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.