Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
25 I will give praise[a] in the great congregation
because of You;(A)
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.[b](B)
26 The humble[c] will eat and be satisfied;(C)
those who seek the Lord will praise Him.
May your hearts live forever!(D)
27 All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before You,(E)
28 for kingship belongs to the Lord;
He rules over the nations.(F)
29 All who prosper on earth will eat and bow down;
all those who go down to the dust
will kneel before Him—
even the one who cannot preserve his life.(G)
30 Their descendants will serve Him;
the next generation will be told about the Lord.(H)
31 They will come and tell a people yet to be born
about His righteousness—
what He has done.(I)
Fourth Vision: A Basket of Summer Fruit
8 The Lord God showed me this: A basket of summer fruit. 2 He asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”(A)
I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.”(B)
The Lord said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel;(C) I will no longer spare them.(D) 3 In that day the temple[a] songs(E) will become wailing”(F)—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere!(G) Silence!”(H)
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy(I)
and do away with the poor of the land,(J)
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over
so we may sell grain,(K)
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?(L)
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price[b]
and cheat with dishonest scales.(M)
6 We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals(N)
and even sell the chaff!”
7 The Lord has sworn(O) by the Pride of Jacob:[c](P)
I will never forget all their deeds.(Q)
Saul the Persecutor
8 Saul agreed with putting him to death.
On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.(A) 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. 3 Saul,(B) however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.(C)
Philip in Samaria
4 So those who were scattered went on their way preaching the message of good news. 5 Philip went down to a[a] city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.(D) 6 The crowds paid attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the signs he was performing. 7 For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed, and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.(E) 8 So there was great joy in that city.
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