Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

85 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land. You have brought back the captives of Jacob.

² You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people and covered all their sins. Selah.

⁸ I will listen to what the LORD God will say. For He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints, so that they do not turn again to folly.

⁹ Surely, His salvation is near to those who fear Him, so that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Mercy and truth shall meet, righteousness and peace shall kiss.

¹¹ Truth shall bud out of the Earth and righteousness shall look down from Heaven.

¹² Indeed, the LORD shall give good things and our land shall give her increase.

¹³ Righteousness shall go before Him and shall set her steps in the way. A prayer of David

²⁴ “For I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land.

²⁵ “Then I will pour clean water upon you; and you shall be clean. From all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you.

²⁶ “I will also give you a new heart; and a new spirit will I put within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your body; and I will give you a heart of flesh.

²⁷ “And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My Statutes. And you shall keep My Judgments and do them.

²⁸ “And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be My people. And I will be your God.

²⁷ Then they came to Jerusalem again. And as He walked in the Temple, the chief priests came to Him, and the scribes and the elders,

²⁸ and said to Him, “By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority, that You should do these things?”

²⁹ Then Jesus answered, and said to them, “I will also ask you a certain thing. Answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

³⁰ “The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or from man? answer Me.”

³¹ And they thought amongst themselves, saying, “If we shall say, ‘From Heaven’, He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

³² “But if we say, ‘From man’, we fear the people.” For all men counted John as a Prophet, indeed.

³³ Then they answered, and said to Jesus, “We cannot tell.” And Jesus answered, and said to them, “Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”