Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

David’s Command to Solomon

2 As David’s ^[a](A)time to die drew near, he commanded his son Solomon, saying, ² “^(B)I am going the way of all the earth. So ^(C)be strong, and ^[b]prove yourself a man. ³ Do your duty to the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to ^[c]keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, ^(D)according to what is written in the Law of Moses, so that ^(E)you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, ⁴ so that ^(F)the Lord may fulfill His ^[d]promise which He spoke regarding me, saying, ‘^(G)If your sons are careful about their way, ^(H)to walk before Me in ^[e]truth with all their heart and all their soul, ^[f](I)you shall not be deprived of a man to occupy the throne of Israel.’

Death of David

¹⁰ Then ^(A)David ^[a]lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in ^(B)the city of David. ¹¹ Now ^(C)the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned for ^(D)seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years. ¹² Then ^(E)Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

The First Disciples

5 ^(A)Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by ^(B)the lake of Gennesaret; ² and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. ³ And ^(C)He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little distance from the land. And He sat down and continued teaching the crowds from the boat. ⁴ Now when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and ^(D)let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵ Simon responded and said, “^(E)Master, ^(F)we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but ^[a]I will do as You say and let down the nets.” ⁶ And when they had done this, ^(G)they caught a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to tear; ⁷ so they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, to the point that they were sinking. ⁸ But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” ⁹ For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; ¹⁰ and likewise also were ^[b]James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “^(H)Do not fear; from now on you will be ^(I)catching people.” ¹¹ When they had brought their boats to land, ^(J)they left everything and followed Him.