Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 O fear the Lord, you (A)His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is (B)no want.
10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall (C)not be in want of any good thing.
11 (D)Come, you children, listen to me;
(E)I will teach you (F)the fear of the Lord.
12 (G)Who is the man who desires life
And loves length of days that he may (H)see good?
13 Keep (I)your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking (J)deceit.
14 (K)Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and (L)pursue it.
Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
13 “(A)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 “(B)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 “But (C)I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
And I desire to (D)argue with God.
4 “But you (E)smear with lies;
You are all (F)worthless physicians.
5 “O that you would (G)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!
6 “Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.
7 “Will you (H)speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8 “Will you (I)show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 “Will it be well when He examines you?
Or (J)will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10 “He will surely reprove you
If you secretly (K)show partiality.
11 “Will not (L)His [b]majesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?
12 “Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “(M)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.
14 “Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And (N)put my life in my [c]hands?
15 “(O)Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I (P)will argue my ways [d]before Him.
16 “This also will be my (Q)salvation,
For (R)a godless man may not come before His presence.
17 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18 “Behold now, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that (T)I will be vindicated.
19 “(U)Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and (V)die.
The Woman of Samaria
7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His (A)disciples had gone away into (B)the city to buy food. 9 Therefore the (C)Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For (D)Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you (E)living water.” 11 She *said to Him, “[a]Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that (F)living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who (G)gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him (H)shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to (I)eternal life.”
15 The woman *said to Him, “[b]Sir, (J)give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.” 16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “[c]Sir, I perceive that You are (K)a prophet. 20 (L)Our fathers worshiped in (M)this mountain, and you people say that (N)in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, (O)an hour is coming when (P)neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 (Q)You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for (R)salvation is from the Jews. 23 But (S)an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (T)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is [d]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship (U)in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that (V)Messiah is coming ((W)He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “(X)I who speak to you am He.”
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