Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
2 And when the LORD was ready to take up Elijah into Heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here. For the LORD has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So, they came down to Bethel.
6 Moreover, Elijah said to him, “Please wait here. For the LORD has sent me to Jordan.” But he said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So, they both went.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went and stood on the other side, far off. And those two stood by Jordan.
8 Then, Elijah took his cloak and wrapped it up and struck the waters. And they were divided here and there. And the two of them went over on the dry land.
9 Now, when they had passed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let your spirit be double upon me.”
10 And he said, “You have asked a hard thing. If, when I am taken from you, you see me, you shall have it so. But if not, it shall not be.”
11 And as they went walking and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which separated the two of them. So, Elijah went up, in a whirlwind, into Heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father! My father! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he no longer saw him. And he took his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 He also took up the cloak of Elijah which fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of Jordan.
14 Afterward, he took the cloak of Elijah which fell from him and struck the waters, and said, “Where is the LORD God of Elijah?” And so, he also, after he had struck the waters, so that they were divided this way and that way, went over, Elisha.
77 My voice came to God when I cried. My voice came to God and He heard me.
2 On the day of my trouble, I sought the LORD. My hand did not cease in the night. My soul refused comfort.
11 I remembered the works of the LORD. Certainly, I remembered Your wonders of old.
12 I will also meditate on all Your works and talk of Your acts.
13 Your way, O God, is in the Sanctuary. Who is so great a God as our God!
14 You are the God Who does wonders. You have declared Your power among the people.
15 You have redeemed Your people with Your arm, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw You, O God. The waters saw You and were afraid. Indeed, the depths trembled.
17 The clouds poured out water. The heavens gave a sound. Indeed, Your arrows went all over.
18 The voice of Your thunder was all round. The lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook.
19 Your way is in the sea, Your paths in the great waters; and Your footsteps are not known.
20 You led Your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. A Psalm to give instruction, committed to Asaph
5 Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty whereby Christ has made us free. And be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
13 For brothers, you have been called to freedom. Only, do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14 For all the Law is fulfilled in one Word, which is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 If, however, you bite and devour one another, take heed, for you might be consumed by one another.
16 Then I say, walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary one to another, so that you cannot do the things you would like.
18 And if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.
19 Moreover, the works of the flesh are obvious: adultery, fornication, impurity, lewdness,
20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalry, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, gluttony, and the like. And, just as I have told you before, those who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 For those who are Christ’s, have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live in the Spirit, we should also walk in the Spirit.
51 And it happened that when it was time for Him to be received up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem,
52 And sent messengers before Him. And they went and entered into a town of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.
53 But they would not receive Him, because His face was set toward Jerusalem.
54 And when His disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command that fire come down from Heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”
55 But Jesus turned around and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know of what spirit you are.
56 “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” Then they went to another town.
57 And it happened that as they went on the way, a certain man said to Him, “I will follow You, Lord, wherever You go!”
58 And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven nests. But the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”
59 But He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 And Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their dead. But go and preach the Kingdom of God.”
61 Then another said, “I will follow You, Lord. But first let me go and bid farewell to those who are at my house.
62 And Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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