Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

³ And Joseph said unto his brethren, “I am Joseph. Doth my father yet live?” And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.

⁴ And Joseph said unto his brethren, “Come near to me, I pray you.” And they came near; and he said, “I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

⁵ Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

⁶ For these two years hath the famine been in the land, and yet there are five years in which there shall neither be planting nor harvest.

⁷ And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

⁸ So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

⁹ Hasten ye, and go up to my father and say unto him, ‘Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of all Egypt. Come down unto me, tarry not;

¹⁰ and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me — thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks and thy herds and all that thou hast.

¹¹ And there will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine), lest thou and thy household and all that thou hast come to poverty.’

¹⁵ Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

⁴ Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵ Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.

⁶ And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰ For yet a little while and the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently look for his place, and it shall not be.

¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is in the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰ And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in Him.

³⁵ But some man will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?”

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, unless it die.

³⁷ And that which thou sowest is not that body which shall be, but bare grain, by chance of wheat or of some other grain.

³⁸ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.

⁴³ It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

⁴⁵ And so it is written: “The first man Adam was made a living soul.” The last Adam was made a quickening Spirit.

⁴⁶ However that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from Heaven.

⁴⁸ As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

²⁷ “But I say unto you that hear: Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you.

²⁸ Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that despitefully use you.

²⁹ And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

³⁰ Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not back.

³¹ And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

³² For if ye love them that love you, what thanks have ye? For sinners also love those that love them.

³³ And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thanks have ye? For sinners also do even the same.

³⁴ And if ye lend to them from whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

³⁵ But love ye your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest; for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

³⁷ “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged. Condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete, therewith it shall be measured to you again.”