Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁷ For thus hath the LORD said; Rejoice in Jacob with joy, and give shouts of joy at the head of the Gentiles; cause this to be heard, give praise, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

⁸ Behold, I turn them from the land of the north wind and gather them from the coasts of the earth; there shall be blind and lame among them, and women with child and those that travail with child together; a great company shall return there.

⁹ They shall come with weeping, but with mercies I will cause them to return; I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble; for I shall be a father to Israel, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.

¹⁰ ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye Gentiles, and cause it to be known in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.

¹¹ For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

¹² Therefore they shall come and do praises in the height of Zion and shall run unto the goodness of the LORD, unto the bread, and unto the wine, and unto the oil, and unto the gain of the flock and of the herd and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

¹³ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

¹⁴ And I will satiate the soul of the priest with fatness, and my people shall be filled with my goodness, said the LORD.

¹² ¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy sons within thee.

¹⁴ He who makes peace to be thy borders shall fill thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sends forth his word upon earth; his word runs very swiftly.

¹⁶ He who gives snow like wool scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.

¹⁷ He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?

¹⁸ He shall send forth his word and melt them; his wind shall blow, and the waters shall flow.

¹⁹ He declares his words unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

²⁰ He has not dealt so with the other nations, which have not known his judgments. Halelu-JAH.

³ ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;

⁴ according as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in charity;

⁵ having marked out beforehand the way for us to be adopted as sons by Jesus Christ in himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved;

⁷ in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace,

⁸ which has over abounded in us in all wisdom and prudence;

⁹ having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself,

¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fulfillment of the times he might restore all things by the Christ, both those which are in heaven and those which are on earth,

¹¹ in him in whom likewise we have obtained an inheritance, having had the way marked out beforehand according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will,

¹² so that we should be to the praise of his glory, those of us who first trusted in the Christ.

¹³ In whom ye also trusted, hearing the word of truth, the gospel of your saving health; in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of the promise,

¹⁴ which is the earnest of our inheritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with the God.

³ All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵ ¶ And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not the Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light.

⁹ That Word was the true Light, which lightens every man that comes into this world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹ He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,

¹³ who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ ¶ John bore witness of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

¹⁶ And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth of God came through Jesus, the Christ.

¹⁸ No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.