Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

3 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim so that he could not see,

³ and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down to sleep,

⁴ that the Lord called Samuel; and he answered, “Here am I.”

⁵ And he ran unto Eli and said, “Here am I, for thou called me.” And he said, “I called not; lie down again.” And he went and lay down.

⁶ And the Lord called yet again, “Samuel.” And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here am I, for thou didst call me.” And he answered, “I called not, my son; lie down again.”

⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

⁸ And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here am I, for thou didst call me.” And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child.

⁹ Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He call thee, that thou shalt say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

¹⁰ And the Lord came and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel, Samuel.” Then Samuel answered, “Speak, for Thy servant heareth.”

¹¹ And the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of every one who heareth it shall tingle.

¹² In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house. When I begin, I will also make an end;

¹³ for I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth, because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

¹⁴ And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering, for ever.”

¹⁵ And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he answered, “Here am I.”

¹⁷ And he said, “What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me. God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any word from me of all the things that He said unto thee.”

¹⁸ And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord. Let Him do what seemeth to Him good.”

¹⁹ And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

²⁰ And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

139 O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me.

² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

³ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue, but lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether.

⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid Thine hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

¹³ For Thou hast possessed my reins. Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.

¹⁵ My substance was not hid from Thee when I was made in secret, and intricately wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in Thy book all my members were written, which in continuity were fashioned, when as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with Thee.

¹² “All things are lawful unto me,” but all things are not expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of any.

¹³ “Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats,” but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

¹⁴ And God hath both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by His own power.

¹⁵ Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid!

¹⁶ What? Know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? “For two,” saith He, “shall be one flesh.”

¹⁷ But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man doeth is outside the body, but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

¹⁹ What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you and which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own?

²⁰ For ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

⁴³ The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and found Philip and said unto him, “Follow Me.”

⁴⁴ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said unto him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶ And Nathanael said unto him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said unto him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

⁴⁸ Nathanael said unto Him, “How knowest Thou me?” Jesus answered and said unto him, “Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.”

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and said unto Him, “Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel.”

⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, “Because I said unto thee, ‘I saw thee under the fig tree,’ believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.”

⁵¹ And He said unto him, “Verily, verily I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”