Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

The Voice of the Lord in the Storm.

A Psalm of David.

¹⁰ Then the Lord came and stood, and called as at the other times: “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” ¹¹ Then the Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, ^(A)I am going to do a thing in Israel, and both ears of everyone who hears about it will ring. ¹² On that day ^(B)I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end. ¹³ For ^(C)I have told him that I am going to judge his house forever for ^(D)the wrongdoing that he knew, because ^(E)his sons were bringing a curse on themselves and ^(F)he did not rebuke them. ¹⁴ Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that ^(G)the wrongdoing of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”

¹⁵ So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he ^(H)opened the doors of the house of the Lord. But Samuel was afraid to tell ^(I)the vision to Eli. ¹⁶ Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.” ¹⁷ He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. ^(J)May God do the same to you, and more so, if you hide a single word from me of all the words that He spoke to you!” ¹⁸ So Samuel told him ^[a]everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “^(K)He is the Lord; let Him do ^[b]what seems good to Him.”

¹⁹ Now ^(L)Samuel grew, and ^(M)the Lord was with him, and He ^(N)let none of his words ^[c]fail. ²⁰ And all Israel ^(O)from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord. ²¹ And ^(P)the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, ^(Q)because the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory

4 So the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and they camped beside ^(R)Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped in ^(S)Aphek.

¹⁰ Now there was a disciple in ^(A)Damascus named ^(B)Ananias; and the Lord said to him in ^(C)a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from ^(D)Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, ¹² and he has seen ^[a]in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ^(E)lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” ¹³ But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, ^(F)how much harm he did to ^(G)Your ^[b]saints in Jerusalem; ¹⁴ and here he ^(H)has authority from the chief priests to ^[c]arrest all who ^(I)call on Your name.” ¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^(J)he is a chosen ^[d]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before ^(K)the Gentiles and ^(L)kings and the sons of Israel; ¹⁶ for ^(M)I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.” ¹⁷ So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after ^(N)laying his hands on him said, “^(O)Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be ^(P)filled with the Holy Spirit.” ¹⁸ And immediately something like fish scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; ¹⁹ and he took food and was strengthened.

Saul Begins to Preach Christ

Now ^(Q)for several days he was with ^(R)the disciples who were in Damascus,