Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹⁰ So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

¹¹ David reigned over Israel forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ¹² So Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

³ Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, though he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.

⁴ The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place, and he offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. ⁵ While he was in Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night, and He said, “Ask what you want from Me.”

⁶ Solomon answered, “You have shown great mercy to your servant David my father, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart toward You. And You have shown him great kindness in giving him a son to sit on his throne this day.

⁷ “Now, O Lord, my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, and I am still a little child and do not know how to go out or come in. ⁸ And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, so numerous that they cannot be numbered or counted. ⁹ Give Your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge among so great a people?”

¹⁰ It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. ¹¹ God said to him, “Because you have asked this and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself wisdom so that you may have discernment in judging, ¹² I now do according to your words. I have given you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you in the past, and there shall never arise another like you. ¹³ I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no kings will compare to you all of your days. ¹⁴ If you will walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.”

Psalm 111

¹⁵ See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise men, ¹⁶ making the most of the time because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸ Do not be drunk with wine, for that is reckless living. But be filled with the Spirit. ¹⁹ Speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. ²⁰ Give thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. The bread which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

⁵² The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life. And I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate manna and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”