June 22, 2025

Proper 7 (12)

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43
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¹And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
³And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
⁴But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
⁶And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
⁷And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
⁸And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
⁹And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
¹⁰And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
¹¹And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
¹²And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
¹³And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
¹⁴And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
¹⁵And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
¹⁶And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
¹⁸Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
¹⁹So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve* yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth*: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow* thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
²¹And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
Psalm: Isaiah 65:1-9 Psalm 22:19-28
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¹I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
²I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
³A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
⁴Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth* of abominable things is in their vessels;
⁵Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
⁶Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
⁷Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
⁸Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
¹⁰And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
¹¹But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop*, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
¹²Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
¹⁴Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
¹⁵And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
¹⁶That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
¹⁷For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
¹⁸But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
¹⁹And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
²⁰There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
²¹And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
²²They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
²³They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
²⁴And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
²⁵The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Second Reading: Galatians 3:23-29
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¹O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
²This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
³Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
⁴Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
⁵He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
⁶Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
⁷Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
⁸And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
⁹So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
¹⁰For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
¹¹But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
¹²And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
¹³Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
¹⁴That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
¹⁵Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
¹⁶Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
¹⁷And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
¹⁸For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
¹⁹Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
²⁰Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid*: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
²²But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
²³But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
²⁴Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
²⁵But after that faith is come, we are no longer* under a schoolmaster.
²⁶For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
²⁹And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Gospel: Luke 8:26-39
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¹And it came to pass afterward*, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
²And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
³And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
⁴And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
⁵A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some* fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
⁶And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked* moisture.
⁷And some fell among* thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
⁸And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
⁹And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
¹⁰And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
¹²Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
¹³They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
¹⁴And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
¹⁵But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
¹⁶No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
¹⁷For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad*.
¹⁸Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever* hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever* hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
¹⁹Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
²⁰And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
²¹And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
²²Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
²³But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
²⁴And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
²⁵And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another*, What manner of man* is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
²⁶And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
²⁷And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long* time, and ware no clothes, neither* abode in any house, but in the tombs.
²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
²⁹(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
³⁰And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
³¹And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
³²And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
³³Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
³⁴When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
³⁵Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
³⁶They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
³⁷Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
³⁸Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
³⁹Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
⁴⁰And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
⁴¹And, behold, there came a man named* Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
⁴²For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she* lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
⁴³And a woman having* an issue of blood twelve years*, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
⁴⁴Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
⁴⁵And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
⁴⁶And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
⁴⁷And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
⁴⁸And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
⁴⁹While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him*, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
⁵⁰But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
⁵¹And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
⁵²And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
⁵³And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
⁵⁴And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
⁵⁵And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
⁵⁶And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.