Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁵ And how can people tell about him if no one sends them? The holy writings say, `How good are the feet of those who bring the good news of peace and happiness.'

¹⁶ But they have not all obeyed the good news. It is as Isaiah said it would be, `Lord, who has believed what we have told them?'

¹⁷ So people believe because they hear. They hear because people tell them about Christ.

¹⁸ But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have. The holy writings say, `Their voice has gone out all over the earth. And their words have gone out all over the world.'

¹⁹ But I ask, did not the Jews know? First the book of Moses says, `I will make you jealous through people who are not a nation like the Jews. I will make you angry through people who do not even know or understand these things.'

²⁰ But the book of Isaiah says even stronger words. `The people who did not look for me have found me. I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.'

²¹ But he says about the Jews, `All day I held out my hands to a people who did not obey me, who said wrong things against me.'