Scripture Readings
The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
For Year C
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
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
The nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah;
for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
As a young man marries a maiden,
so will your sons marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice over you.
—Isaiah 62:1-5, NIV
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Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
How priceless is your unfailing love!
Both high and low among men
find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
Continue your love to those who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in heart.
—Psalm 36:5-10
Epistle
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do
not want you to be ignorant. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or
other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore I tell you
that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and
no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same
Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different
kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message
of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to
another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing
between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still
another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the
same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
—1 Corinthians 12:1-11, NIV
Gospel
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana
in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been
invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him,
“They have no more wine.”
“Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied.
“My time has not yet come.”
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he
tells you.”
Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used
by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with
water”; so they filled them to the brim.
Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take
it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted
the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come
from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom
aside and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper
wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best
till now.”
This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus
performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put
their faith in him.
—John 2:1-11, NIV
