Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Psalm 28
My Strength
Of David.
1 Lord, I call to you;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.(A)
If you remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.(B)
2 Listen to the sound of my pleading
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your holy sanctuary.(C)
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with the evildoers,
who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.(D)
4 Repay them according to what they have done—
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.(E)
5 Because they do not consider
what the Lord has done
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and not rebuild them.(F)
10 Nations, hear the word of the Lord,
and tell it among the far off coasts and islands!(A)
Say, “The one who scattered Israel will gather him.(B)
He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
11 for the Lord has ransomed Jacob
and redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.”(C)
12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;(D)
they will be radiant with joy(E)
because of the Lord’s goodness,
because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,(F)
and because of the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like an irrigated garden,
and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
13 Then the young women will rejoice with dancing,
while young and old men rejoice together.
I will turn their mourning into joy,(G)
give them consolation,
and bring happiness out of grief.
14 I will refresh the priests with an abundance,[a](H)
and my people will be satisfied with my goodness.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
19 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[a] does, the Son likewise does these things.(A) 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him greater works(B) than these so that you will be amazed. 21 And just as the Father raises(C) the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.(D) 22 The Father,(E) in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.(F) Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(G)
Life and Judgment
24 “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life(H) and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly I tell you, an hour is coming, and is now here,(I) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(J) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son(K) to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him the right to pass judgment,(L) because he is the Son of Man.(M) 28 Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment(N) is just,(O) because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.(P)
Witnesses to Jesus
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.(Q) 33 You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.(R) 34 I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 John[b](S) was a burning and shining lamp,(T) and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.(U)
36 “But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish.(V) These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent(W) me. 37 The Father who sent me has himself testified(X) about me. You have not heard his voice at any time, and you haven’t seen his form.(Y) 38 You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. 39 You pore over the Scriptures(Z) because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.(AA) 40 But you are not willing(AB) to come to me(AC) so that you may have life.
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