Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ ¶ O come, let us bring joy unto the LORD; let us sing with joy unto the rock of our saving health.

² Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and sing unto him with joy.

³ For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.

⁴ In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

⁵ The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

⁷ ¶ For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,

²¹ ¶ Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel: that thou art my slave: I have formed thee; thou art my slave, O Israel, do not forget me.

²² I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

²³ Sing praises, O ye heavens; for the LORD has done it; shout with joy, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into praise, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and in Israel he shall be glorified.

²⁴ Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things, that stretches forth the heavens alone, that spreads abroad the earth by myself;

²⁵ that undoes the signs of the fortune tellers and makes the diviners mad; that turns the wise men backward and makes their wisdom fade away;

²⁶ that awakes the word of his slave and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, that says unto Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be rebuilt, and I will raise up thy ruins

²⁷ that says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers

²⁸ that calls Cyrus, my shepherd, and all that I desire, he shall fulfil, by saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

⁴⁶ ¶ While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him.

⁴⁷ Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

⁴⁸ But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

⁴⁹ And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

⁵⁰ For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother and sister and mother.