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⁶When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
⁷And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
⁸But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
⁹And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
¹⁰And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
¹¹Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
¹²Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
¹³And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
¹⁴These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Psalm 136

¹O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
²O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
³O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁴To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁵To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁶To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁷To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
⁸The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
⁹The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
¹⁰To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹¹And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹²With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
¹³To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹⁴And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹⁵But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
¹⁶To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
¹⁷To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹⁸And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
²⁰And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
²¹And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
²²Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
²³Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
²⁴And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
²⁵Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
²⁶O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

17These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
²As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
⁴I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
⁵And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
⁶I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
⁷Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
⁸For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
⁹I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
¹⁰And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
¹¹And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.