2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into

salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. ,

4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s

sight, and 5 like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy

priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in

scripture:

“See, I am laying in Zion a stone,

a cornerstone chosen and precious,

and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”

7 This honor, then, is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,

“The stone that the builders rejected

has become the very head of the corner,”

8 and

“A stone that makes them stumble

and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order

that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous

light.

10 Once you were not a people,

but now you are God’s people;

once you had not received mercy,

but now you have received mercy.

JOHN 14:1-14 (NRSVue)

Jesus the Way to the Father

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s

house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to

prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take

you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you know the way to the place

where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can

we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes

to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on

you do know him and have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus said to him,

“Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me

has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in

the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own, but

the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father

is in me, but if you do not, then believe because of the works themselves. 12 Very truly, I tell you,

the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works

than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that

the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.