Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

⁷ Then the Lord said, ^(A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^(B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, ⁸ and ^(C)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and ^(D)to bring them up out of that land to a ^(E)good and broad land, a land ^(F)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of ^(G)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ⁹ And now, behold, ^(H)the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^(I)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. ^10 (J)Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” ¹¹ But Moses said to God, ^(K)“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” ¹² He said, ^(L)“But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, ^(M)you shall serve God on this mountain.”

¹³ Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” ¹⁴ God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”^[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ^(N)‘I am has sent me to you.’” ¹⁵ God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord,^[b] the ^(O)God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is ^(P)my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

You Are of Your Father the Devil

³⁹ They answered him, ^(A)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ^(B)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, ⁴⁰ but now ^(C)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ^(D)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. ⁴¹ You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, ^(E)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ^(F)one Father—even God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, ^(G)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ^(H)I came from God and ^(I)I am here. ^(J)I came not of my own accord, but ^(K)he sent me. ^43 (L)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ^(M)bear to hear my word. ^44 (N)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(O)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(P)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(Q)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ^47 (R)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ^(S)The reason why you do not hear them is that ^(T)you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I Am

⁴⁸ The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ^(U)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but ^(V)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ Yet ^(W)I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹ Truly, truly, ^(X)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(Y)see death.” ⁵² The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ^(Z)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ^(AA)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(AB)taste death.’ ^53 (AC)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, ^(AD)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ^(AE)It is my Father who glorifies me, ^(AF)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’^{[a] 55} But ^(AG)you have not known him. ^(AH)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ^(AI)a liar ^(AJ)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. ^56 (AK)Your father Abraham ^(AL)rejoiced ^(AM)that he would see my day. ^(AN)He saw it and was glad.” ⁵⁷ So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”^{[b] 58} Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ^(AO)I am.” ⁵⁹ So ^(AP)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.