Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm 93

Elisha succeeds Elijah

¹³ Then Elisha picked up the coat that had fallen from Elijah. He went back and stood beside the banks of the Jordan River. ¹⁴ He took the coat that had fallen from Elijah and hit the water. He said, “Where is the Lord, Elijah’s God?” And when he hit the water, it divided in two! Then Elisha crossed over.

¹⁵ The group of prophets from Jericho saw him from a distance. They said, “Elijah’s spirit has settled on Elisha!” So they came out to meet him, bowing down before him.

²¹ Jesus continued, “I’m going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you can’t come.”

²² The Jewish leaders said, “He isn’t going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, ‘Where I’m going, you can’t come’?”

²³ He said to them, “You are from below; I’m from above. You are from this world; I’m not from this world. ²⁴ This is why I told you that you would die in your sins. If you don’t believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ “Who are you?” they asked.

Jesus replied, “I’m exactly who I have claimed to be from the beginning. ²⁶ I have many things to say in judgment concerning you. The one who sent me is true, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.” ²⁷ They didn’t know he was speaking about his Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When the Human One^[a] is lifted up,^[b] then you will know that I Am.^[c] Then you will know that I do nothing on my own, but I say just what the Father has taught me. ²⁹ He who sent me is with me. He doesn’t leave me by myself, because I always do what makes him happy.” ³⁰ While Jesus was saying these things, many people came to believe in him.