Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

100 Shout with joy before the Lord, O earth! ² Obey him gladly; come before him, singing with joy.

³ Try to realize what this means—the Lord is God! He made us—we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Go through his open gates with great thanksgiving; enter his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name. ⁵ For the Lord is always good. He is always loving and kind, and his faithfulness goes on and on to each succeeding generation.

²⁵ “I will make a peace pact with them and drive away the dangerous animals from the land, so that my people can safely camp in the wildest places and sleep safely in the woods. ²⁶ I will make my people and their homes around my hill a blessing. And there shall be showers, showers of blessing, for I will not shut off the rains but send them in their seasons. ²⁷ Their fruit trees and fields will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken off their chains of slavery and delivered them from those who profiteered at their expense, they shall know I am the Lord. ²⁸ No more will other nations conquer them nor wild animals attack. They shall live in safety and no one shall make them afraid.

²⁹ “And I will raise up a notable Vine (the Messiah),^[a] in Israel so that my people will never again go hungry nor be shamed by heathen conquest. ³⁰ In this way they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the people of Israel, are my people,” says the Lord God. ³¹ “You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my men and I am your God, so says the Lord.”

^46-47 As Jesus was speaking in a crowded house,^[a] his mother and brothers were outside, wanting to talk with him. When someone told him they were there, ⁴⁸ he remarked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” ⁴⁹ He pointed to his disciples. “Look!” he said, “these are my mother and brothers.” ⁵⁰ Then he added, “Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother!”