Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
III
23 Then I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the assembly I will praise you:[a](A)
24 “You who fear the Lord, give praise!
All descendants of Jacob, give honor;
show reverence, all descendants of Israel!
25 For he has not spurned or disdained
the misery of this poor wretch,
Did not turn away[b] from me,
but heard me when I cried out.
26 I will offer praise in the great assembly;
my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.
27 The poor[c] will eat their fill;
those who seek the Lord will offer praise.
May your hearts enjoy life forever!”(B)
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28 All the ends of the earth
will remember and turn to the Lord;
All the families of nations
will bow low before him.(C)
29 For kingship belongs to the Lord,
the ruler over the nations.(D)
30 [d]All who sleep in the earth
will bow low before God;
All who have gone down into the dust
will kneel in homage.
31 And I will live for the Lord;
my descendants will serve you.
7 The Lord’s angel[a] found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,(A) 8 and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.” 9 But the Lord’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority. 10 I will make your descendants so numerous,” added the Lord’s angel, “that they will be too many to count.”(B) 11 Then the Lord’s angel said to her:
“You are now pregnant and shall bear a son;
you shall name him Ishmael,[b]
For the Lord has heeded your affliction.
12 He shall be a wild ass of a man,
his hand against everyone,
and everyone’s hand against him;
Alongside[c] all his kindred
shall he encamp.”(C)
13 To the Lord who spoke to her she gave a name, saying, “You are God who sees me”;[d] she meant, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after he saw me?”(D) 14 That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi.[e] It is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.(E)
27 Now Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi.(A) Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Messiah.” 30 Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
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