Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
All Men Exhorted to Praise God.
A Psalm for [a]Thanksgiving.
17 “Israel is a (A)scattered [a]flock, the (B)lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the (C)king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 18 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I (E)punished the king of Assyria. 19 And I will (F)bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his [b]desire will be satisfied in the (G)hill country of Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but (H)there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those (I)whom I leave as a remnant.’
31 The Jews (A)picked up stones again to stone Him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for (B)blasphemy; and because You, being a man, (C)make Yourself out to be God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in (D)your (E)Law, ‘(F)I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father (G)sanctified and (H)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘(I)I am the Son of God’? 37 (J)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; 38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe (K)the works, so that you may [a]know and understand that (L)the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.” 39 Therefore (M)they were seeking again to seize Him, and (N)He eluded their grasp.
40 And He went away (O)again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. 41 Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no (P)sign, yet (Q)everything John said about this man was true.” 42 (R)Many believed in Him there.
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