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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
Duration: 1245 days
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
Version
Psalm 35:11-28

11 (A)Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They (B)repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
13 But as for me, (C)when they were sick, my (D)clothing was sackcloth;
I (E)humbled my soul with fasting,
And my (F)prayer kept returning to my bosom.
14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I (G)bowed down [a]mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother.
15 But (H)at my [b]stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The [c](I)smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They [d](J)slandered me without ceasing.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast,
They (K)gnashed at me with their teeth.

17 Lord, (L)how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul (M)from their ravages,
My (N)only life from the lions.
18 I will (O)give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will (P)praise You among a mighty throng.
19 (Q)Do not let those who are wrongfully (R)my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those (S)who hate me without cause [e](T)wink maliciously.
20 For they do not speak peace,
But they devise (U)deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 They (V)opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “(W)Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

22 (X)You have seen it, O Lord, (Y)do not keep silent;
O Lord, (Z)do not be far from me.
23 (AA)Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 (AB)Judge me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,
And (AC)do not let them rejoice over me.
25 Do not let them say in their heart, “(AD)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have (AE)swallowed him up!”
26 Let (AF)those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be (AG)clothed with shame and dishonor who (AH)magnify themselves over me.

27 Let them (AI)shout for joy and rejoice, who favor (AJ)my vindication;
And (AK)let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified,
Who (AL)delights in the prosperity of His servant.”
28 And (AM)my tongue shall declare Your righteousness
And Your praise all day long.

Ezekiel 1:1-2

The Vision of Four Figures

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the (A)river Chebar among the exiles, the (B)heavens were opened and I saw [a](C)visions of God. (On the fifth of the month [b]in the (D)fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, the (E)word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the (F)land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there (G)the hand of the Lord came upon him.)

As I looked, behold, a (H)storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like (I)glowing metal in the midst of the fire. Within it there were figures resembling (J)four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human (K)form. Each of them had (L)four faces and (M)four wings. Their legs were straight and [c]their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like (N)burnished bronze. Under their wings on their (O)four sides were human (P)hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, their wings touched one another; their faces did (Q)not turn when they moved, each (R)went straight forward. 10 As for the (S)form of their faces, each had the (T)face of a man; [d]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and [e]all four had the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and (U)two covering their bodies. 12 And (V)each went straight forward; (W)wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 [f]In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of (X)fire, [g]like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was [h]flashing from the fire. 14 And the living beings (Y)ran to and fro like bolts of (Z)lightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one (AA)wheel on the earth beside the living beings, [i]for each of the four of them. 16 The (AB)appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like [j]sparkling (AC)beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if [k]one wheel were within another. 17 Whenever they [l]moved, they [m]moved in any of their four [n]directions without (AD)turning as they [o]moved. 18 As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were (AE)full of eyes round about. 19 (AF)Whenever the living beings [p]moved, the wheels [q]moved with them. And whenever the living beings (AG)rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 (AH)Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction[r]. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living [s]beings was in the wheels. 21 (AI)Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living [t]beings was in the wheels.

Vision of Divine Glory

22 Now (AJ)over the heads of the living [u]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of [v]crystal, spread out over their heads. 23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had (AK)two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24 I also heard the sound of their wings like the (AL)sound of abundant waters as they went, like the (AM)voice of [w]the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the (AN)sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above the (AO)expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.

26 Now (AP)above the expanse that was over their heads there was something (AQ)resembling a throne, like [x](AR)lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a (AS)man. 27 Then I [y]noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something (AT)like [z]glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. 28 As the appearance of the (AU)rainbow [aa]in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the (AV)glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I (AW)fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.

The Prophet’s Call

Then He said to me, “Son of man, (AX)stand on your feet that I may speak with you!”

Acts 10:23-33

23 So he invited them in and gave them lodging.

Peter at Caesarea

And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and (A)some of (B)the brethren from (C)Joppa accompanied him. 24 On the following day he entered (D)Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and [a](E)worshiped him. 26 But Peter raised him up, saying, “(F)Stand up; I too am just a man.” 27 As he talked with him, he entered and *found (G)many people assembled. 28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how (H)unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet (I)God has shown me that I should not call any man [b]unholy or unclean. 29 That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask for what reason you have sent for me.”

30 Cornelius said, “(J)Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during (K)the [c]ninth hour; and behold, (L)a man stood before me in shining garments, 31 and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your [d]alms have been remembered before God. 32 Therefore send to (M)Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is staying at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.’ 33 So I sent for you immediately, and you have [e]been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

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