Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.

² Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness.

³ Praise him with the sound of the shofar; praise him with the psaltery and harp.

⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals; praise him upon the cymbals of joy.

⁶ Let every thing that has breath praise JAH. Halelu-JAH.

9 ¶ Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars:

² She has killed her sacrifice; she has mingled her wine; and she has furnished her table.

³ She has sent forth her maidens; she cries upon the highest places of the city,

⁴ whosoever is simple, let him turn in here; as for those that lack understanding, {Heb. lacking of heart} she saith unto him,

⁵ Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

⁶ Forsake that which is foolish and live and go in the way of understanding.

⁹ ¶ Now as Jesus rose early the first of the sabbaths, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

¹⁰ And she went and told those that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

¹¹ And they, when they had heard that he was alive and had been seen of her, did not believe.

¹² After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked and went into the country.

¹³ And they went and told it unto the others, yet they did not believe them.

¹⁴ ¶ Finally he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at the table and upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart because they did not believe those who had seen him after he was risen.

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶ He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believes not shall be condemned.

¹⁷ And these signs shall follow those that believe: In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

¹⁸ they shall take away serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands upon the sick, and they shall be healed.