Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ ¶ And it came to pass on the next day that their princes and elders and scribes

⁶ and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest were gathered together at Jerusalem.

⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have ye done this?

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye princes of the people and elders of Israel,

⁹ if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole,

¹⁰ be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole.

¹¹ This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

¹² Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men in which we can be saved.

A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.

³ He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me.

⁵ Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over.

⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever.

¹⁶ In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷ But whosoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ And in this we know that we are of the truth and have our hearts certified before him.

²⁰ ¶ And if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence in God;

²² and whatsoever we ask, we receive of him because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

²³ ¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

²⁴ And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

¹¹ I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

¹² But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.

¹³ The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and the sheep do not belong to him.

¹⁴ I AM the good shepherd, and know my sheep and am known of mine.

¹⁵ As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down my soul for the sheep.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; it is expedient that I bring them also, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold and one shepherd.

¹⁷ Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my soul that I might take it again.

¹⁸ No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received of my Father.