Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
126 When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with joy. Then they said among the heathen, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
3 The LORD has done great things for us! We rejoice!
4 O LORD, bring back our captives as the rivers in the south.
5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 They went weeping and carried precious seed. They shall return with joy and bring their sheaves. A song of degrees, or Psalm, of Solomon
3 Strengthen the weak hands and comfort the feeble knees.
4 Say to those who are fearful, “Be strong! Do not fear! Behold, your God comes with vengeance! God, with a recompense, He will come and save you!”
5 Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf be opened.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as a deer. And the mute man’s tongue shall shout for joy. For waters shall break out in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
7 And the dry ground shall be as a pool, and the thirsty as springs of water. In the habitation of dragons, where they lay, shall be a place for reeds and rushes.
18 And the disciples of John reported all these things to him.
19 So John called two certain men of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are You the coming One? Or shall we wait for another?”
20 And when the men had come to Him, they said, “John Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the coming One? Or shall we wait for another?’”
21 And at that time, He cured many of their sicknesses and plagues and evil spirits. And He gave sight freely to many of the blind.
22 And Jesus answered, and said to them, “Go your ways and show John what things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor receive the Gospel.
23 “And whoever does not stumble because of Me is blessed.”
24 And when the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak to the people of John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see - a reed shaken with the wind?
25 “But what did you go out to see - a man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
26 “But what did you go forth to see - a Prophet? ‘Yes’, I say to you, ‘and greater than a Prophet.’
27 “This is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.’
28 “For I say to you there is no greater Prophet than John among those who are born of women. Nevertheless, whoever is the least in the Kingdom of God, is greater than him.”
29 Then all the people who heard, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and the expounders of the Law despised the counsel of God against themselves and were not baptized by him.
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