1st Scripture Reading – 1 Samuel 3:1-10
Samuel’s Calling and Prophetic Activity
1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in
those days; visions were not widespread.
2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying
down in his room; 3
the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the
temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he
said, “Here I am!” 5 and ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not
call; lie down again.” So he went and lay down. 6 The Lord called again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up
and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call, my son; lie
down again.”
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet
been revealed to him. 8 The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to
Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, ‘Speak, Lord, for
your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said,
“Speak, for your servant is listening.”
2nd Scripture Reading – John 1:43-51
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
44
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael and said
to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus
son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of
Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward
him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” 48Nathanael asked
him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before
Philip called you.”
49Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of
Israel!” 50
Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?
You will see greater things than these.”
51And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see
heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
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