Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹² ¶ And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own virtue or godliness we had made this man walk?

¹³ The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom ye delivered up and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he had judged to let him go.

¹⁴ But ye denied the Holy One and the Just and desired a murderer to be granted unto you

¹⁵ and killed the Author of life, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

¹⁶ And in the faith of his name, unto this man whom ye see and know, has confirmed his name; and the faith which is by him has given this man this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it as did also your princes.

¹⁸ But God has thus fulfilled those things which he had showed in advance by the mouth of all his prophets, that his Christ should suffer.

¹⁹ Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, for the times of refreshing of the presence of the Lord are come;

To the Overcomer in Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

² O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah.

³ But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

⁴ Stand in awe, and sin not; meditate in your heart upon your bed, and desist. Selah.

⁵ Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

⁶ ¶ There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

⁷ Thou hast put gladness in my heart in the time that their grain and their wine multiplied.

⁸ I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident.

3 ¶ Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.

² Beloved, now we are the sons of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be; but we know that if he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

³ And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

⁴ ¶ Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

⁵ And ye know that he appeared to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

⁶ Whosoever abides in him does not sin: whosoever sins has not seen him or known him.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you; he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he also is righteous.

³⁶ ¶ And as they spoke these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them and said unto them, Peace be unto you.

³⁷ But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed that they were seeing a spirit.

³⁸ And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

³⁹ Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

⁴⁰ And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet.

⁴¹ And as they were not believing him yet for joy and wondering, he said unto them, Have ye here any food?

⁴² So they gave him a piece of a broiled fish and of a honeycomb.

⁴³ And he took it and ate before them.

⁴⁴ And he said unto them, These are the words which I spoke unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me.

⁴⁵ Then he opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures

⁴⁶ and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day;

⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these things.