Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Majesty of the Lord.

¹³ He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴ He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” And when he also had ^(A)struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over.

Elisha Succeeds Elijah

¹⁵ Now when ^(B)the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

²¹ Then He said again to them, “I go away, and ^(A)you will seek Me, and ^(B)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So ^(C)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘^(D)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “^(E)You are from below, I am from above; ^(F)you are of this world, ^(G)I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you ^(H)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[a](I)I am He, ^(J)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[b]What have I been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but ^(K)He who sent Me is true; and ^(L)the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you ^(M)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[c](N)I am He, and ^(O)I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(P)He ^[d]has not left Me alone, for ^(Q)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He spoke these things, ^(R)many came to believe in Him.