Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Fathers Had The Tabernacle And The Temple. But God Does Not Dwell In Either

⁴⁴ “The tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as the One speaking to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen; ⁴⁵ which our fathers, having received-it-in-succession, also brought in with Joshua during the taking-possession of the nations whom God drove-out from the presence of our fathers— until the days of David, ⁴⁶ who found favor before God. And he asked that he might find a dwelling-place^[a] for the house of Jacob, ⁴⁷ but Solomon built a house for Him. ⁴⁸ But the Most-High does not dwell in things made-by-human-hands, just as the prophet says [in Isa 66:1-2]: ⁴⁹ ‘The heaven is a throne for Me, and the earth is a footstool of My feet. What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord, ‘or what will be the place of My rest? ⁵⁰ Did not My hand make all these things?’

You Always Resist God! Your Fathers Killed The Prophets, And You The Messiah

⁵¹ “Stiff-necked ones, and uncircumcised in your hearts and ears— you are always resisting^[b] the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, you also^[c] are doing. ⁵² Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed the ones having announced-beforehand about the coming of the righteous One, of Whom you now became^[d] betrayers^[e] and murderers— ⁵³ you who received the Law by the directions^[f] of ^[g] angels and did not keep it!”