Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Death of David

^10 (A)Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in ^(B)the city of David. ¹¹ And the time that David reigned over Israel was ^(C)forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ^12 (D)So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

³ Solomon ^(A)loved the Lord, ^(B)walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places. ⁴ And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, ^(C)for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. ^5 (D)At Gibeon ^(E)the Lord appeared to Solomon ^(F)in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” ⁶ And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because ^(G)he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and ^(H)have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. ⁷ And now, O Lord my God, ^(I)you have made your servant king in place of David my father, ^(J)although I am but a little child. I do not know ^(K)how to go out or come in. ^8 (L)And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, ^(M)too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. ^9 (N)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind ^(O)to govern your people, that I may ^(P)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

¹⁰ It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. ¹¹ And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, ¹² behold, ^(Q)I now do according to your word. Behold, ^(R)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. ^13 (S)I give you also what you have not asked, ^(T)both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. ¹⁴ And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, ^(U)as your father David walked, then ^(V)I will lengthen your days.”

Great Are the Lord's Works

^15 (A)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ^16 (B)making the best use of the time, because ^(C)the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what ^(D)the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸ And ^(E)do not get drunk with wine, for that is ^(F)debauchery, but ^(G)be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ addressing one another in ^(H)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ^20 (I)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father ^(J)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(A)that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^(B)for the life of the world is ^(C)my flesh.”

⁵² The Jews then ^(D)disputed among themselves, saying, ^(E)“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(F)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(G)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(H)has eternal life, and ^(I)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(J)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(K)the living Father ^(L)sent me, and ^(M)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (N)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”