Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
12 1 The Lord instituteth the passover. 26 The fathers must teach their children the mystery thereof. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 35 The Egyptians are spoiled. 37 The number that departeth out of Egypt.
1 Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This [a]month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be to you the first [b]month of the year.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month let every man take unto him a lamb, according to the house of the [c]fathers, a lamb for an house.
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, he shall take his neighbor, which is next unto his house, according to the number of the persons: every one of you, according to his [d]eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of a year old: ye shall take it of the lambs, or of the kids.
6 And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: then [e]all the multitude of the congregation of Israel shall kill it [f]at even.
7 After, they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two posts, and on the upper doorpost of the houses where they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread: with sour herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not thereof raw, boiled nor sodden in water, but roast with fire, both his [g]head, his feet, and his purtenance.
10 And ye shall reserve nothing of it unto the morning: but that, which remaineth of it unto the morrow shall ye burn with fire.
11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it, Your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staves in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste: for [h]it is the Lord’s Passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt the same night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment upon all the [i]gods of Egypt, I am the Lord.
13 And the blood shall be a token for you upon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destruction, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you a [j]remembrance: and ye shall keep it an holy feast unto the Lord, throughout your generations: ye shall keep it holy by an ordinance [k]forever.
149 1 An exhortation to the Church to praise the Lord for his victory and conquest, that he giveth his Saints against all man’s power.
Praise ye the Lord.
1 Sing ye unto the Lord [a]a new song: let his praise be heard in the Congregation of Saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that [b]made him, and let the children of Zion rejoice in their [c]King.
3 Let them praise his Name with the flute: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meek glorious by deliverance.
5 Let the Saints be joyful with glory: let them sing loud upon their [d]beds.
6 Let the high Acts of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands,
7 [e]To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and corrections among the people:
8 To bind [f]their kings in chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 That they may execute upon them the judgment that is [g]written: this honor shall be to all his Saints. Praise ye the Lord.
8 [a]Owe nothing to any man, but to love one another: [b]for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the [c]Law.
9 For this, (A)Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment, it is [d]briefly comprehended in this saying, even in this, (B)Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
10 Love doeth not evil to his neighbor: therefore is love the (C)fulfilling of the Law.
11 [e]And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleep: for now is our salvation nearer, than when we believed it.
12 The night is past, and the day is [f]at hand, let us therefore cast away the works [g]of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light,
13 So that we walk honestly, as in the day: not in (D)gluttony, and drunkenness, neither in chambering and wantonness, nor in strife and envying.
14 (E)But [h]put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lust of it.
15 ¶ (A)[a]Moreover, if thy brother trespass against [b]thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother.
16 But if he hear thee not, take yet with thee one or two, that by the (B)[c]mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be [d]confirmed.
17 [e]And if he [f]refuse to hear them, tell it unto the [g]Church: and if he refuse to hear the Church also, let him be unto thee as an [h]heathen man, and a Publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, (C)Whatsoever ye bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and (D)whatsoever ye loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again, verily I say unto you, that if two of you shall [i]agree in earth upon anything, whatsoever they shall desire, it shall be given them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them.
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