Scripture Readings

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany
For Year B

Scripture readings are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® NIV® ©1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.

Old Testament
Psalm
Epistle Reading
Gospel Reading

Old Testament

     Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
     Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city—a visit required three days. On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
     When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.
—Jonah 3:1-5, 10, NIV

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Psalm

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;
     my hope comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation;
     he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honor depend on God;
     he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
     pour out your hearts to him,
     for God is our refuge.
Lowborn men are but a breath,
     the highborn are but a lie;
if weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
     together they are only a breath.
Do not trust in extortion
     or take pride in stolen goods;
though your riches increase,
     do not set your heart on them.
One thing God has spoken,
     two things have I heard:
that you, O God, are strong,
     and that you, O Lord, are loving.
     Surely you will reward each person
     according to what he has done.
—Psalm 62:5-12, NIV

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Epistle

What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
—1 Corinthians 7:29-31, NIV

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Gospel

     After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”
     As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
     When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
—Mark 1:14-20, NIV

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