Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

15 Lord, who may go and find refuge and shelter in your tabernacle up on your holy hill?

² Anyone who leads a blameless life and is truly sincere. ³ Anyone who refuses to slander others, does not listen to gossip, never harms his neighbor, ⁴ speaks out against sin, criticizes those committing it, commends the faithful followers of the Lord, keeps a promise even if it ruins him, ⁵ does not crush his debtors with high interest rates, and refuses to testify against the innocent despite the bribes offered him—such a man shall stand firm forever.

3 Listen, you leaders of Israel—you are supposed to know right from wrong, ² yet you are the very ones who hate good and love evil; you skin my people and strip them to the bone.

³ You devour them, flog them, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the cooking pot— ⁴ and then you plead with the Lord for his help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? He will look the other way!

³¹ As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “My time has come; the glory of God will soon surround me—and God shall receive great praise because of all that happens to me. ³² And God shall give me his own glory, and this so very soon. ³³ Dear, dear children, how brief are these moments before I must go away and leave you! Then, though you search for me, you cannot come to me—just as I told the Jewish leaders.

³⁴ “And so I am giving a new commandment to you now—love each other just as much as I love you. ³⁵ Your strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”