Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Sing to the Lord a new song,^[b]
    for he has accomplished marvelous deeds.
His right hand and his holy arm
    have made him victorious.
² The Lord has made known his salvation;
    he has manifested his righteousness for all the nations to see.^[c]
3 He has remembered his kindness^[d] and his fidelity
    to the house of Israel.
The farthest ends of the earth have witnessed
    the salvation of our God.
⁴ Sing joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
    raise your voices in songs of praise.
⁵ Sing praise to the Lord with the harp,
    with the harp and melodious singing.
⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the horn
    sing joyfully to the King, the Lord.^[e]
7 [f]Let the sea resound and everything in it,
    the world^[g] and all its inhabitants.
⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands
    and the mountains shout for joy.
⁹ Let them sing before the Lord, who is coming,
    coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice
    and the nations with fairness.^[h]

    I am intensely jealous for Zion,
    and I am filled with jealous wrath for her.
³ Thus says the Lord:
    I will return to Zion,
    and I will dwell in the heart of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem will be called the faithful city,
    and the mountain of the Lord of hosts
    will be called the holy mountain.
⁴ The Lord of hosts says this:
    Old men and old women once again will sit
    in the squares of Jerusalem,
each one leaning on a stick
    because of old age.
⁵ And her streets will be filled
    with boys and girls at play.
⁶ The Lord of hosts says this:
    Even if this seems impossible
    to the remnant of this people in those days,
will it also seem impossible to me?
    says the Lord.

    I will rescue my people
from the countries of the east
    and from the countries of the west.
⁸ I will bring them back
    to dwell in Jerusalem.
They will be my people,
    and I will be their God,
    a God of faithfulness and justice.

“Amen, amen, I say to you,
the Son can do nothing by himself;
he can do only what he sees the Father doing.
For whatever the Father does,
the Son also does.
²⁰ For the Father loves the Son
and shows him everything
that he himself is doing.
And he will show him
even greater works than these,
so that you might be astonished.
²¹ “Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead
and gives them life,
so does the Son give life
to anyone he chooses.
²² The Father judges no one,
for he has entrusted all judgment to the Son,
²³ so that all may honor the Son
as they honor the Father.
Anyone who does not honor the Son
does not honor the Father who sent him.
²⁴ “Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever hears my words
and believes in the one who sent me
possesses eternal life.
He will not come to judgment
but has passed from death to life.
²⁵ “Amen, amen, I say to you,
the hour is coming,
indeed it is already here,
when the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of God,
and all those who hear it will live.
²⁶ For just as the Father has life in himself,
so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
²⁷ And he has also granted him
the power to pass judgment,
because he is the Son of Man.
²⁸ “Do not be astonished at this,
for the hour is coming
when all those who are in their graves
will hear his voice
²⁹ and will come forth from their graves.
Those who have done good deeds
will rise to life,
while those who have done evil
will rise to judgment.