King Herod heard of Jesus and his disciples, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly...

This is what the Lord God showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the...

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. David and all the people with him set out and went from Baale-judah,...

Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him...

I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know;...

The Lord said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and...

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said, “Look, we are your bone and flesh. For some time, while Saul was king over...

When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the...

As you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you– so we want you to excel also...

God did not make death, And he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the...

The first verse is 2 Samuel 1:1. After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, David remained two days...

When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him...

As we work together with Christ, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, “At an acceptable time I have...

The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, ...

On David’s return from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand....

This reading actually covers verses 1a, 4-11, 19-23, and 32-49, with only 32-49 mandatory. [The Philistines gathered their armies for...

Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed...

We are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord– for we walk by faith, not...

[The presentation shown on the Episcopal Lectionary site has this selection produced in song verse format. I have reduced that to prose,...