Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

⁷ and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

⁸ Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

⁹ if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

¹⁰ be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹¹ *He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹² And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

A Psalm of David.

23 Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.

³ He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

⁵ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

⁶ Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

¹⁶ Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.

¹⁷ But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

¹⁸ Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹ And hereby we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall persuade our hearts before him—

²⁰ that if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

²¹ Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness towards God,

²² and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and practise the things which are pleasing in his sight.

²³ And this is his commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love one another, even as he has given us commandment.

²⁴ And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given to us.

¹¹ I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:

¹² but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

¹³ Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

¹⁵ as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

¹⁷ On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

¹⁸ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.