Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁴⁴ `Our fathers had the tent for the laws of God in the wilderness. It was built the way God showed Moses to make it.

⁴⁵ Our fathers brought that tent with them when they came to this country. Joshua was their leader. God put aside the people who lived here first. Our fathers kept that tent with them until the time of David.

⁴⁶ God blessed David who asked God to let him make a better house for Jacob's God.

⁴⁷ But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

⁴⁸ But even so, God is above all. He does not live in houses that people make with their hands. The prophet says,

⁴⁹ "The Lord said, `The sky is the big chair from which I rule. I put my feet on the earth. So then, what kind of house will you build for me? Or where will I rest myself?

⁵⁰ I have made all these things myself.''

⁵¹ `You hard-hearted people! You have hearts and ears like the people who are not Jews. You always fight against the Holy Spirit just as your fathers did long ago.

⁵² What did your fathers do to the prophets of God? They made a lot of trouble for every one of them. They killed the ones who told that the Right and True One would come. He is the One you gave up to be killed. You are the killers.

⁵³ You received the law given by angels, but you have not kept it.'