Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
8 I will listen to what God will say;
surely the Lord will declare peace
to His people, His godly ones,
and not let them go back to foolish ways.(A)
9 His salvation is very near those who fear Him,
so that glory may dwell in our land.(B)
10 Faithful love and truth will join together;
righteousness and peace will embrace.(C)
11 Truth will spring up from the earth,
and righteousness will look down from heaven.(D)
12 Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.(E)
13 Righteousness will go before Him
to prepare the way for His steps.(F)
24 “For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.(A) 25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.(B) I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.(C) 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;(D) I will remove your heart of stone[a] and give you a heart of flesh.(E) 27 I will place My Spirit within you(F) and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.(G) 28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;(H) you will be My people, and I will be your God.(I)
Messiah’s Authority Challenged
27 They(A) came again to Jerusalem.(B) As He was walking in the temple complex,(C) the chief priests, the scribes,(D) and the elders(E) came 28 and asked Him, “By what authority(F) are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority to do these things?”
29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question;(G) then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 Was John’s baptism(H) from heaven or from men? Answer Me.”
31 They began to argue among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe(I) him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘From men’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.(J) 33 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
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