Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
38 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
2 “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 “Now gird up your loins, like a man. I will demand of you, and you declare to Me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
5 “Who has laid its measures, if you know. Or who has stretched the line over it.
6 “Upon what are its foundations set. Or who laid its cornerstone
7 “when the stars of the morning praised together, and all the children of God rejoiced?
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that the abundance of water may cover you?
35 “Can you send the lightning so that it may walk, and say to you, ‘Lo, here we are’?
36 “Who has put wisdom in the core? Or who has given the heart understanding?
37 “Who can number clouds by wisdom? Or who can cause the bottles of heaven to cease
38 “when the Earth grows into hardness, and the clots hold together?”
104 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, You are exceedingly great. You are clothed with Glory and honor.
2 The One Who covers Himself with light, as with a garment, and spread the heavens like a curtain.
3 The One Who lays the beams of His chambers in the waters, and makes the clouds His chariot, and walks upon the wings of the wind.
4 The One Who makes the spirits His messengers, and a flaming fire His ministers.
5 The One Who sets the Earth upon her foundations, so that it shall never move.
6 You cover it with the deep, as with a garment. The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they flee; at the voice of Your thunder they hurry away.
8 The mountains ascend. The valleys descend to the place which You have established for them.
9 You have set them a boundary which they shall not pass. They shall not return to cover the Earth.
24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom, You have made them all. The Earth is full of Your riches!
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the Earth, and the wicked, until there are no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!
5 For every High Priest is taken from among man (and is ordained for man, in things pertaining to God), so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to have compassion on the ignorant and the wayward, because he also is encompassed by infirmity.
3 And for the same reason he must also offer for his own sins as well as for the people’s.
4 And no man takes this honor for himself, but rather he who is called by God (as was Aaron).
5 So likewise, Christ did not take this honor for Himself (to be made the High Priest), but He Who said to Him, “You are My Son. This day I begat You”.
6 As He also, in another place states, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek”,
7 Who, in the days of his flesh, offered up prayers and supplications (with strong crying and tears) to Him Who was able to save him from death. And He was heard because he feared.
8 And though He was the Son, he still learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
9 And being consecrated, He was made the Author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him.
10 And He is called by God “A High Priest after the order of Melchizedek”,
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, “Master, we ask that You would do for us that which we desire.”
36 And He said to them, “What would that be?”
37 And they said to Him, “Grant to us that we may sit - one at Your right hand, and the other at Your left hand - in Your Glory.
38 But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Can you drink of the same cup as Me, and be baptized with the same baptism?”
39 And they said to Him, “We can.” But Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink of the same cup, and be baptized with the same baptism.
40 “But to sit at My right hand and at My left is not Mine to give. But rather, it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared.”
41 And when the other ten heard that, they began to be angry about James and John.
42 But Jesus called them to Him, and said to them, “You know that those who are princes among the Gentiles, have dominion over them. And those who are great among them exercise authority over them.
43 “But it shall not be so among you. For whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant.
44 “And whoever desires to be your leader shall be the servant of all.
45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve; and to give His life for the ransom of many.”
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