Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Lord the Keeper of Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

Isaiah’s Vision

6 In the year of ^(A)King Uzziah’s death ^(B)I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. ² Seraphim stood above Him, ^(C)each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. ³ And one called out to another and said,

⁴ And the ^[b]foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the ^[c](F)temple was filling with smoke. ⁵ Then I said,

⁶ Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the ^(K)altar with tongs. ⁷ He ^(L)touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and ^(M)your iniquity is taken away and your sin is ^[d]forgiven.”

Isaiah’s Commission

⁸ Then I heard the ^(N)voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then ^(O)I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

The First Disciples

5 ^(A)Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by ^(B)the lake of Gennesaret; ² and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. ³ And ^(C)He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the ^[a]people from the boat. ⁴ When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and ^(D)let down your nets for a catch.” ⁵ Simon answered and said, “^(E)Master, ^(F)we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but ^[b]I will do as You say and let down the nets.” ⁶ When they had done this, ^(G)they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; ⁷ so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. ⁸ But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ ^[c]feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” ⁹ For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; ¹⁰ and so also were ^[d]James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “^(H)Do not fear, from now on you will be ^(I)catching men.” ¹¹ When they had brought their boats to land, ^(J)they left everything and followed Him.