How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?

^27 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when ^(B)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with ^(C)the seed of man and the seed of beast. ²⁸ And it shall come to pass that ^(D)as I have watched over them ^(E)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, ^(F)so I will watch over them ^(G)to build and to plant, declares the Lord. ²⁹ In those days they shall no longer say:

^30 (I)But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

The New Covenant

^31 (J)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make ^(K)a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, ³² not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when ^(L)I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, ^(M)though I was their husband, declares the Lord. ^33 (N)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: ^(O)I will put my law within them, and I will write it ^(P)on their hearts. ^(Q)And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ³⁴ And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ ^(R)for they shall all know me, ^(S)from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For ^(T)I will forgive their iniquity, and ^(U)I will remember their sin no more.”

The Mystery of Israel's Salvation

^25 (A)Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers:^{[a] (B)}a partial hardening has come upon Israel, ^(C)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. ²⁶ And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

²⁸ As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are ^(H)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. ²⁹ For the gifts and ^(I)the calling of God are irrevocable. ³⁰ For just as ^(J)you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, ³¹ so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now^[b] receive mercy. ³² For God ^(K)has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.

³³ Oh, the depth of the riches and ^(L)wisdom and knowledge of God! ^(M)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

³⁶ For ^(Q)from him and through him and to him are all things. ^(R)To him be glory forever. Amen.

Jesus Weeps

²⁸ When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, ^(A)“The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. ³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. ³¹ When the Jews ^(B)who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. ³² Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, ^(C)“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” ³³ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he ^(D)was deeply moved^[a] in his spirit and ^(E)greatly troubled. ³⁴ And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ^35 (F)Jesus wept. ³⁶ So the Jews said, “See ^(G)how he loved him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not he ^(H)who opened the eyes of the blind man ^(I)also have kept this man from dying?”

Jesus Raises Lazarus

³⁸ Then Jesus, ^(J)deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was ^(K)a cave, and ^(L)a stone lay against it. ³⁹ Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for ^(M)he has been dead four days.” ⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, ^(N)“Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see ^(O)the glory of God?” ⁴¹ So they took away the stone. And Jesus ^(P)lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ^42 (Q)I knew that you always hear me, but I said this ^(R)on account of the people standing around, ^(S)that they may believe that you sent me.” ⁴³ When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” ^44 (T)The man who had died came out, ^(U)his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and ^(V)his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

³⁷ Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, ^38 (A)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

³⁹ Therefore they ^(C)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because ^(F)he saw his glory and ^(G)spoke of him. ⁴² Nevertheless, ^(H)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(I)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(J)confess it, so that they would not be ^(K)put out of the synagogue; ^43 (L)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, ^(M)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(N)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵ And ^(O)whoever ^(P)sees me sees him who sent me. ^46 (Q)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone ^(R)hears my words and does not keep them, ^(S)I do not judge him; for ^(T)I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. ^48 (U)The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ^(V)the word that I have spoken will judge him ^(W)on the last day. ⁴⁹ For ^(X)I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^(Y)who sent me has himself given me ^(Z)a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”