Daily Lectionary

Job 11:1-20

¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
² “Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right?
³ Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
⁴ For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God’s eyes.’
⁵ But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you,
⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
⁷ “Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
⁸ It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
⁹ Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
¹⁰ If he passes through and imprisons and summons the court, who can turn him back?
¹¹ For he knows worthless men; when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
¹² But a stupid man will get understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!
¹³ “If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
¹⁵ Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear.
¹⁶ You will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that have passed away.
¹⁷ And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
¹⁹ You will lie down, and none will make you afraid; many will court your favor.
²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.” (ESV)

John 5:19-29

¹⁹ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
²² For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
²³ that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
²⁵ “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
²⁷ And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
²⁸ Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
²⁹ and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. (ESV)