Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
To You I Lift Up My Eyes
A Song of Ascents.
Bildad Asks, Can Man Be Right with God?
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “(A)Rule and dread [a]belong to Him
Who makes 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 mortal man be (D)right with God?
Or how can he be (E)pure who is born of woman?
5 Behold even (F)the moon has no brightness,
And the (G)stars are not pure in His sight;
6 How much less (H)mortal man, that (I)maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”
Who Can Understand God?
26 Then Job answered and said,
2 “What a help you are to (J)the one without power!
How you have saved the arm (K)without strength!
3 What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What sound wisdom you have abundantly made known!
4 To whom have you declared words?
And whose breath comes out from you?
5 “The [b](L)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 Naked is (M)Sheol before Him,
And [c](N)Abaddon has no covering.
7 He (O)stretches out the north over what is formless
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He (P)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not break out under them.
9 He [d](Q)obscures the face of His [e]throne
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 He has marked 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 astonished at His rebuke.
12 He (T)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His (U)understanding He crushed (V)Rahab.
13 By His breath the (W)heavens are made beautiful;
His hand has pierced (X)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how only with a whisper of (Y)a word do 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 from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same 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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