The Gold Calf^(A)

32 Now when the people saw that Moses ^(B)delayed coming down from the mountain, the people ^(C)gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, ^(D)“Come, make us ^[a]gods that shall ^(E)go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who ^(F)brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt ^(B)have corrupted themselves. ⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which ^(C)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ^(D)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ” ⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, ^(E)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a ^[a]stiff-necked people! ¹⁰ Now therefore, ^(F)let Me alone, that ^(G)My wrath may burn hot against them and I may ^[b]consume them. And ^(H)I will make of you a great nation.”

^11 (I)Then Moses pleaded with ^[c]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? ^12 (J)Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, ‘He brought them out to harm them, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and ^(K)relent from this harm to Your people. ¹³ Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You ^(L)swore by Your own self, and said to them, ^(M)‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ” ¹⁴ So the Lord ^(N)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

A Plea for Relief from Persecutors

A ^(A)Contemplation^[a] of David. A Prayer ^(B)when he was in the cave.

Prophecy and Tongues

14 Pursue love, and ^(A)desire spiritual gifts, ^(B)but especially that you may prophesy. ² For he who ^(C)speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. ³ But he who prophesies speaks ^(D)edification and ^(E)exhortation and comfort to men. ⁴ He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. ⁵ I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; ^[a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ^(A)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^(B)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^(C)is true, ^(D)whom you do not know. ^29 [a]But ^(E)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

³⁰ Therefore ^(F)they sought to take Him; but ^(G)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹ And ^(H)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. ³³ Then Jesus said ^[b]to them, ^(I)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I ^(J)go to Him who sent Me. ³⁴ You ^(K)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^(L)cannot come.”

³⁵ Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^(M)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

^37 (N)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^(O)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. ^38 (P)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ^(Q)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” ^39 (R)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those ^[c]believing in Him would receive; for the ^[d]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(S)glorified.