Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,
and He carried our pains;(A)
but we in turn regarded Him stricken,
struck down by God,(B) and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions,(C)
crushed because of our iniquities;(D)
punishment(E) for our peace was on Him,
and we are healed by His wounds.(F)
6 We all went astray like sheep;(G)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for[a] the iniquity(H) of us all.(I)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.(J)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered His fate?[b]
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.
9 They[c] made His grave with the wicked
and with a rich man at His death,(K)
although He had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(L)
10 Yet the Lord was pleased(M) to crush Him severely.[d](N)
When[e] You make Him a restitution offering,(O)
He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,
and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.(P)
11 He will see it[f] out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous(Q) Servant(R) will justify many,(S)
and He will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give Him[g] the many as a portion,
and He will receive[h] the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,(T)
and was counted among the rebels;(U)
yet He bore the sin of many(V)
and interceded for the rebels.(W)
9 Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,(A)
the Most High—your dwelling place,(B)
10 no harm will come to you;
no plague will come near your tent.(C)
11 For He will give His angels orders concerning you,
to protect you in all your ways.(D)
12 They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.(E)
13 You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
you will trample the young lion and the serpent.(F)
The Messiah, a High Priest
5 For every high priest taken from men is appointed in service[a] to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.(A) 3 Because of this, he must make a sin offering for himself as well as for the people.(B) 4 No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.(C) 5 In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,(D)[b] 6 also said in another passage, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.(E)[c]
7 During His earthly life,[d] He offered prayers and appeals(F) with loud cries and tears(G) to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence. 8 Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.(H) 9 After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him, 10 and He was declared by God a high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Suffering and Service
35 Then(A) James(B) and John,(C) the sons of Zebedee,(D) approached Him and said, “Teacher,(E) we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”
36 “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked them.
37 They answered Him, “Allow us to sit at Your right and at Your left in Your glory.”(F)
38 But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking.(G) Are you able to drink the cup(H) I drink or to be baptized with the baptism(I) I am baptized with?”(J)
39 “We are able,” they told Him.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.(K) 40 But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to give; instead, it is for those it has been prepared for.” 41 When the other 10 disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John.(L)
42 Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles dominate(M) them, and their men of high positions exercise power over them. 43 But it must not be like that among you.(N) On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,(O) 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave(P) to all. 45 For even the Son of Man(Q) did not come to be served, but to serve,(R) and to give His life(S)—a ransom(T) for many.”[a](U)
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