Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 Fear the Lord, you holy people who belong to him.
Those who fear him are never in need.
10 Young lions go hungry and may starve,
but those who seek the Lord’s help have all the good things they need.
11 Come, children, listen to me.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Which of you wants a full life?
Who would like to live long enough to enjoy good things?
13 Keep your tongue from saying evil things
and your lips from speaking deceitful things.
14 Turn away from evil, and do good.
Seek peace, and pursue it!
Job Continues: You Are Not Listening to Me
13 “My eye has certainly seen all of this!
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 After all, I know it as well as you do.
I am not inferior to you.
3 However, I want to speak to the Almighty,
and I wish to argue my case in front of God.
4 But you are smearing me with lies.
All of you are worthless physicians.
5 I wish you would keep silent.
For you, that would be wisdom.
6 Please listen to my argument,
and pay attention to my plea.
Your Wisdom Misrepresents God
7 “Will you talk wickedly for God
and talk deceitfully on his behalf?
8 Will you favor him
⌞as⌟ if you were arguing in court on God’s behalf?
9 Will it go well when he cross-examines you?
Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another?
10 Will he really defend you
if you secretly favor ⌞him⌟?
11 Doesn’t his majesty terrify you?
Doesn’t the fear of him fall upon you?
12 “Your recollections are worthless proverbs.[a]
Your answers are absolutely useless.[b]
13 Be quiet, because I want to speak.
Let whatever may happen to me ⌞happen⌟!
14 I am biting off more than I can chew
and taking my life in my own hands.
15 If God would kill me, I would have no hope ⌞left⌟.[c]
Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face.
16 This also will be my salvation
because no godless person could face him.
Job Speaks to God
17 “Listen carefully to my words.
Hear my declaration.
18 I have prepared my case.
I know that I will be declared righteous.
19 Who can make a case against me?
If someone could, I’d be silent and die.
7 A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.” 8 (His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)
9 The Samaritan woman asked him, “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (Jews, of course, don’t associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have anything to use to get water, and the well is deep. So where are you going to get this living water? 12 You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”
13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water that I will give them will never become thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give them will become in them a spring that gushes up to eternal life.”
15 The woman told Jesus, “Sir, give me this water! Then I won’t get thirsty or have to come here to get water.”
16 Jesus told her, “Go to your husband, and bring him here.”
17 The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.”
Jesus told her, “You’re right when you say that you don’t have a husband. 18 You’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. You’ve told the truth.”
19 The woman said to Jesus, “I see that you’re a prophet! 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that people must worship in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus told her, “Believe me. A time is coming when you Samaritans won’t be worshiping the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You don’t know what you’re worshiping. We ⌞Jews⌟ know what we’re worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23 Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. 24 God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything.” (Messiah is the one called Christ.)
26 Jesus told her, “I am he, and I am speaking to you now.”
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