Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
Prayer for the Lord’s Help.
A Song of Ascents.
Bildad Says Man Is Inferior
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite [a]answered,
2 “(A)Dominion and awe [b]belong to Him
Who establishes peace in (B)His heights.
3 “Is there any number to (C)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 “How then can a man be (D)just with God?
Or how can he be (E)clean who is born of woman?
5 “If even (F)the moon has no brightness
And the (G)stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less (H)man, that (I)maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”
Job Rebukes Bildad
26 Then Job [c]responded,
2 “What a help you are to [d](J)the weak!
How you have saved the arm (K)without strength!
3 “What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly [e]provided!
4 “To whom have you uttered words?
And whose [f]spirit was expressed through you?
The Greatness of God
5 “The [g](L)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 “Naked is [h](M)Sheol before Him,
And [i](N)Abaddon has no covering.
7 “He (O)stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 “He (P)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9 “He [j](Q)obscures the face of the [k]full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 “He has inscribed a (R)circle on the surface of the waters
At the (S)boundary of light and darkness.
11 “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 “He (T)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His (U)understanding He shattered (V)Rahab.
13 “By His breath the (W)heavens are [l]cleared;
His hand has pierced (X)the fleeing serpent.
14 “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint (Y)a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty (Z)thunder, who can understand?”
19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. 20 (B)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him (C)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and (D)gives them life, even so (E)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but (F)He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. (G)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and (H)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and (I)does not come into judgment, but has (J)passed out of death into life.
Two Resurrections
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, (K)an hour is coming and now is, when (L)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (M)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He (N)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (O)execute judgment, because He is [b]the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for (P)an hour is coming, in which (Q)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; (R)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
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