Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

55 ¶ Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

² Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an eternal covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

⁴ Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a captain and teacher to the peoples.

⁵ Behold, thou shalt call a people that thou knowest not, and Gentiles that did not know thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has honoured thee.

⁶ ¶ Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near:

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

⁸ For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the LORD.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts more than your thoughts.

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

¹ ¶ O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;

² in this manner I beheld thee in holiness when I beheld thy power and thy glory.

³ ¶ Because thy mercy is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

⁴ Thus will I bless thee in my life; in thy name shall I lift up my hands.

⁵ My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips

⁶ When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches.

⁷ ¶ Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

⁸ My soul has followed hard after thee; thy right hand has upheld me.

10 ¶ Moreover, brothers, I would that ye not ignore how our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea

² and were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea

³ and did all eat the same spiritual food

⁴ and did all drink the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was the Christ.

⁵ But with many of them God was not pleased; therefore, they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶ ¶ Now these things became types of us, that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.

⁷ Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed and fell dead: in one day, twenty-three thousand.

⁹ Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them also tempted and perished by the serpents.

¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured and perished by the destroyer.

¹¹ Now all these things happened unto them as types, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.

¹² Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

¹³ No temptation has taken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

13 ¶ There were present at the same time some that told him of the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with his sacrifices.

² And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans suffered such things because they were greater sinners than all the other Galilaeans?

³ I tell you, No; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

⁴ Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, think ye that they were greater debtors than all the other men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

⁵ I tell you, No; but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

⁶ ¶ And He spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came and sought fruit upon it and found none.

⁷ Then he said unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it down; why does it cumber the ground?

⁸ And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also until I shall dig about it and dung it,

⁹ and if it bears fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.