Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 But you, Lord, are enthroned forever;(A)
your fame endures to all generations.(B)
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her—
the appointed time has come.(C)
14 For your servants take delight in its stones
and favor its dust.(D)
15 Then the nations will fear the name of the Lord,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,(E)
16 for the Lord will rebuild Zion;
he will appear in his glory.(F)
17 He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.(G)
18 This will be written for a later generation,
and a people who have not yet been created will praise the Lord:(H)
19 He looked down from his holy heights—
the Lord gazed out from heaven to earth(I)—
20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning,
to set free those condemned to die,[a](J)
21 so that they might declare
the name of the Lord in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem(K)
22 when peoples and kingdoms are assembled
to serve the Lord.(L)
23 He has broken my[b] strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.(M)
24 I say, “My God, do not take me
in the middle of my life![c]
Your years continue through all generations.(N)
25 Long ago you established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(O)
26 They will perish, but you will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.(P)
27 But you are the same,
and your years will never end.(Q)
28 Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before you.”(R)
The Shunammite’s Land Restored
8 Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life,(A) “Get ready, you and your household, and go live as a resident alien wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine,(B) and it has already come to the land.”
2 So the woman got ready and did what the man of God said. She and her household lived as resident aliens in the land of the Philistines for seven years. 3 When the woman returned from the land of the Philistines at the end of seven years,(C) she went to appeal to the king for her house and field.(D)
4 The king had been speaking to Gehazi,(E) the attendant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things Elisha has done.”
5 While he was telling the king how Elisha restored the dead son to life, the woman whose son he had restored to life came to appeal to the king for her house and field. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”(F)
6 When the king asked the woman, she told him the story. So the king appointed a court official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the income from the field from the day she left the country until now.”
Paul and Barnabas Part Company
36 After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town(A) where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” 37 Barnabas wanted to take along John who was called Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take along this man who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company, and Barnabas took Mark(B) with him and sailed off to Cyprus. 40 But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.(C) 41 He traveled through Syria(D) and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
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