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2019-04-07
2019-04-07
16 Long ago the Lord made a road through the sea, a path through the swirling waters.
17 He led a mighty army to destruction, an army of chariots and horses. Down they fell, never to rise, snuffed out like the flame of a lamp!
18 But the Lord says, “Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago.
19 Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already—you can see it now! I will make a road through the wilderness and give you streams of water there.
20 Even the wild animals will honour me; jackals and ostriches will praise me when I make rivers flow in the desert to give water to my chosen people.
21 They are the people I made for myself, and they will sing my praises!”
1 When the Lord brought us back to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!
2 How we laughed, how we sang for joy! Then the other nations said about us, “The Lord did great things for them.”
3 Indeed he did great things for us; how happy we were!
4 Lord, make us prosperous again, just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.
5 Let those who wept as they sowed their seed, gather the harvest with joy!
6 Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed will come back singing for joy, as they bring in the harvest.
4 I could, of course, put my trust in such things. If anyone thinks they can trust in external ceremonies, I have even more reason to feel that way.
5 I was circumcised when I was a week old. I am an Israelite by birth, of the tribe of Benjamin, a pure-blooded Hebrew. As far as keeping the Jewish Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee,
6 and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.
7 But all those things that I might count as profit I now reckon as loss for Christ’s sake.
8 Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere refuse, so that I may gain Christ
9 and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
10 All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
11 in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.
12 I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself.
13 Of course, my brothers and sisters, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
14 So I run straight towards the goal in order to win the prize, which is God’s call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.
2 They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped to serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus.
3 Then Mary took half a litre of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house.
4 One of Jesus’ disciples, Judas Iscariot—the one who was going to betray him—said,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.
7 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”
2019-04-14
2019-04-14
1 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.
2 Let the people of Israel say, “His love is eternal.”
19 Open to me the gates of the Temple; I will go in and give thanks to the Lord!
20 This is the gate of the Lord; only the righteous can come in.
21 I praise you, Lord, because you heard me, because you have given me victory.
22 The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.
23 This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!
24 This is the day of the Lord’s victory; let us be happy, let us celebrate!
25 Save us, Lord, save us! Give us success, O Lord!
26 May God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! From the Temple of the Lord we bless you.
27 The Lord is God; he has been good to us. With branches in your hands, start the festival and march round the altar.
28 You are my God, and I give you thanks; I will proclaim your greatness.
29 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.
28 After Jesus said this, he went on ahead of them to Jerusalem.
29 As he came near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples ahead
30 with these instructions: “Go to the village there ahead of you; as you go in, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.
31 If someone asks you why you are untying it, tell him that the Master needs it.”
32 They went on their way and found everything just as Jesus had told them.
33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying it?”
34 “The Master needs it,” they answered,
35 and they took the colt to Jesus. Then they threw their cloaks over the animal and helped Jesus get on.
36 As he rode on, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37 When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:
38 “God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!”
39 Then some of the Pharisees in the crowd spoke to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “command your disciples to be quiet!”
40 Jesus answered, “I tell you that if they keep quiet, the stones themselves will start shouting.”
2019-04-15
2019-04-15
1 The Lord says, “Here is my servant, whom I strengthen— the one I have chosen, with whom I am pleased. I have filled him with my Spirit, and he will bring justice to every nation.
2 He will not shout or raise his voice or make loud speeches in the streets.
3 He will not break off a bent reed or put out a flickering lamp. He will bring lasting justice to all.
4 He will not lose hope or courage; he will establish justice on the earth. Distant lands eagerly wait for his teaching.”
5 God created the heavens and stretched them out; he fashioned the earth and all that lives there; he gave life and breath to all its people. And now the Lord God says to his servant,
6 “I, the Lord, have called you and given you power to see that justice is done on earth. Through you I will make a covenant with all peoples; through you I will bring light to the nations.
7 You will open the eyes of the blind and set free those who sit in dark prisons.
8 “I alone am the Lord your God. No other god may share my glory; I will not let idols share my praise.
9 The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen.”
5 Lord, your constant love reaches the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is towering like the mountains; your justice is like the depths of the sea. People and animals are in your care.
7 How precious, O God, is your constant love! We find protection under the shadow of your wings.
8 We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness.
9 You are the source of all life, and because of your light we see the light.
10 Continue to love those who know you and to do good to those who are righteous.
11 Do not let proud people attack me or the wicked make me run away.
11 But Christ has already come as the High Priest of the good things that are already here. The tent in which he serves is greater and more perfect; it is not a tent made by human hands, that is, it is not a part of this created world.
12 When Christ went through the tent and entered once and for all into the Most Holy Place, he did not take the blood of goats and bulls to offer as a sacrifice; rather, he took his own blood and obtained eternal salvation for us.
13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a burnt calf are sprinkled on the people who are ritually unclean, and this purifies them by taking away their ritual impurity.
14 Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.
15 For this reason Christ is the one who arranges a new covenant, so that those who have been called by God may receive the eternal blessings that God has promised. This can be done because there has been a death which sets people free from the wrongs they did while the first covenant was in force.
1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, the man he had raised from death.
2 They prepared a dinner for him there, which Martha helped to serve; Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at the table with Jesus.
3 Then Mary took half a litre of a very expensive perfume made of pure nard, poured it on Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The sweet smell of the perfume filled the whole house.
4 One of Jesus’ disciples, Judas Iscariot—the one who was going to betray him—said,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?”
6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.
7 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Let her keep what she has for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”
9 A large number of people heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there, not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from death.
10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,
11 because on his account many Jews were rejecting them and believing in Jesus.
2019-04-16
2019-04-16
1 Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the Lord chose me and appointed me to be his servant.
2 He made my words as sharp as a sword. With his own hand he protected me. He made me like an arrow, sharp and ready for use.
3 He said to me, “Israel, you are my servant; because of you, people will praise me.”
4 I said, “I have worked, but how hopeless it is! I have used up my strength, but have accomplished nothing.” Yet I can trust the Lord to defend my cause; he will reward me for what I do.
5 Before I was born, the Lord appointed me; he made me his servant to bring back his people, to bring back the scattered people of Israel. The Lord gives me honour; he is the source of my strength.
6 The Lord said to me, “I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations— so that all the world may be saved.”
7 Israel’s holy God and saviour says to the one who is deeply despised, who is hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect; princes also will see it, and they will bow low to honour you.” This will happen because the Lord has chosen his servant; the holy God of Israel keeps his promises.
1 Lord, I have come to you for protection; never let me be defeated!
2 Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me!
3 Be my secure shelter and a strong fortress to protect me; you are my refuge and defence.
4 My God, rescue me from the wicked, from the power of those who are cruel and evil.
5 Sovereign Lord, I put my hope in you; I have trusted in you since I was young.
6 I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.
7 My life has been an example to many, because you have been my strong defender.
8 All day long I praise you and proclaim your glory.
9 Do not reject me now that I am old; do not abandon me now that I am feeble.
10 My enemies want to kill me; they talk and plot against me.
11 They say, “God has abandoned him; let’s go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him.”
12 Don’t stay so far away, O God; my God, hurry to my aid!
13 May those who attack me be defeated and destroyed. May those who try to hurt me be shamed and disgraced.
14 I will always put my hope in you; I will praise you more and more.
18 For the message about Christ’s death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God’s power.
19 The scripture says: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and set aside the understanding of the scholars.”
20 So then, where does that leave the wise? or the scholars? or the skilful debaters of this world? God has shown that this world’s wisdom is foolishness!
21 For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called “foolish” message we preach, God decided to save those who believe.
22 Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom.
23 As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;
24 but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 For what seems to be God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
26 Now remember what you were, my brothers and sisters, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.
27 God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.
28 He chose what the world looks down on and despises, and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
29 This means that no one can boast in God’s presence.
30 But God has brought you into union with Christ Jesus, and God has made Christ to be our wisdom. By him we are put right with God; we become God’s holy people and are set free.
31 So then, as the scripture says, “Whoever wants to boast must boast of what the Lord has done.”
20 Some Greeks were among those who had gone to Jerusalem to worship during the festival.
21 They went to Philip (he was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and said, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
22 Philip went and told Andrew, and the two of them went and told Jesus.
23 Jesus answered them, “The hour has now come for the Son of Man to receive great glory.
24 I am telling you the truth: a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the ground and dies. If it does die, then it produces many grains.
25 Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.
26 Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honour anyone who serves me.
27 “Now my heart is troubled—and what shall I say? Shall I say, ‘Father, do not let this hour come upon me’? But that is why I came—so that I might go through this hour of suffering.
28 Father, bring glory to your name!” Then a voice spoke from heaven, “I have brought glory to it, and I will do so again.”
29 The crowd standing there heard the voice, and some of them said it was thunder, while others said, “An angel spoke to him!”
30 But Jesus said to them, “It was not for my sake that this voice spoke, but for yours.
31 Now is the time for this world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be overthrown.
32 When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to me.”
33 (In saying this he indicated the kind of death he was going to suffer.)
34 The crowd answered, “Our Law tells us that the Messiah will live for ever. How, then, can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
35 Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
36 Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light.” The Unbelief of the People After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.
2019-04-17
2019-04-17
4 The Sovereign Lord has taught me what to say, so that I can strengthen the weary. Every morning he makes me eager to hear what he is going to teach me.
5 The Lord has given me understanding, and I have not rebelled or turned away from him.
6 I bared my back to those who beat me. I did not stop them when they insulted me, when they pulled out the hairs of my beard and spat in my face.
7 But their insults cannot hurt me because the Sovereign Lord gives me help. I brace myself to endure them. I know that I will not be disgraced,
8 for God is near, and he will prove me innocent. Does anyone dare to bring charges against me? Let us go to court together! Let him bring his accusation!
9 The Sovereign Lord himself defends me— who, then, can prove me guilty? All my accusers will disappear; they will vanish like moth-eaten cloth.
1 Save me, O God!
2 May those who try to kill me be defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.
3 May those who jeer at me be dismayed by their defeat.
4 May all who come to you be glad and joyful. May all who are thankful for your salvation always say, “How great is God!”
5 I am weak and poor; come to me quickly, O God. You are my saviour, O Lord— hurry to my aid!
1 As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses round us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.
2 Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right-hand side of God’s throne.
3 Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
21 After Jesus had said this, he was deeply troubled and declared openly, “I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me.”
22 The disciples looked at one another, completely puzzled about whom he meant.
23 One of the disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was sitting next to Jesus.
24 Simon Peter motioned to him and said, “Ask him whom he is talking about.”
25 So that disciple moved closer to Jesus’ side and asked, “Who is it, Lord?”
26 Jesus answered, “I will dip some bread in the sauce and give it to him; he is the man.” So he took a piece of bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus said to him, “Be quick about what you are doing!”
28 None of the others at the table understood why Jesus said this to him.
29 Since Judas was in charge of the money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.
30 Judas accepted the bread and went out at once. It was night.
31 After Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man’s glory is revealed; now God’s glory is revealed through him.
32 And if God’s glory is revealed through him, then God will reveal the glory of the Son of Man in himself, and he will do so at once.
2019-04-18
2019-04-18
1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:
2 “This month is to be the first month of the year for you.
3 Give these instructions to the whole community of Israel: on the tenth day of this month each man must choose either a lamb or a young goat for his household.
4 If his family is too small to eat a whole animal, he and his next-door neighbour may share an animal, in proportion to the number of people and the amount that each person can eat.
11 You are to eat it quickly, for you are to be dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your stick in your hand. It is the Passover Festival to honour me, the Lord.
12 “On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every firstborn male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.
13 The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will pass over you and will not harm you when I punish the Egyptians.
14 You must celebrate this day as a religious festival to remind you of what I, the Lord, have done. Celebrate it for all time to come.”
1 I love the Lord, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers.
2 He listens to me every time I call to him.
12 What can I offer the Lord for all his goodness to me?
13 I will bring a wine offering to the Lord, to thank him for saving me.
14 In the assembly of all his people I will give him what I have promised.
15 How painful it is to the Lord when one of his people dies!
16 I am your servant, Lord; I serve you, just as my mother did. You have saved me from death.
17 I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.
18 In the assembly of all your people, in the sanctuary of your Temple in Jerusalem, I will give you what I have promised. Praise the Lord!
23 For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread,
24 gave thanks to God, broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in memory of me.”
25 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup and said, “This cup is God’s new covenant, sealed with my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me.”
26 This means that every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 It was now the day before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. He had always loved those in the world who were his own, and he loved them to the very end.
2 Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus.
3 Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God.
4 So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel round his waist.
5 Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel round his waist.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Are you going to wash my feet, Lord?”
7 Jesus answered him, “You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later.”
8 Peter declared, “Never at any time will you wash my feet!” “If I do not wash your feet,” Jesus answered, “you will no longer be my disciple.”
9 Simon Peter answered, “Lord, do not wash only my feet, then! Wash my hands and head, too!”
10 Jesus said, “Those who have had a bath are completely clean and do not have to wash themselves, except for their feet. All of you are clean—all except one.”
11 (Jesus already knew who was going to betray him; that is why he said, “All of you, except one, are clean.”)
12 After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his outer garment back on and returned to his place at the table. “Do you understand what I have just done to you?” he asked.
13 “You call me Teacher and Lord, and it is right that you do so, because that is what I am.
14 I, your Lord and Teacher, have just washed your feet. You, then, should wash one another’s feet.
15 I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.
16 I am telling you the truth: slaves are never greater than their master, and messengers are never greater than the one who sent them.
17 Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!
31 After Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man’s glory is revealed; now God’s glory is revealed through him.
32 And if God’s glory is revealed through him, then God will reveal the glory of the Son of Man in himself, and he will do so at once.
33 My children, I shall not be with you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’
34 And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
35 If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples.”
2019-04-19
2019-04-19
13 The Lord says, “My servant will succeed in his task; he will be highly honoured.
14 Many people were shocked when they saw him; he was so disfigured that he hardly looked human.
15 But now many nations will marvel at him, and kings will be speechless with amazement. They will see and understand something they had never known.”
1 The people reply, “Who would have believed what we now report? Who could have seen the Lord’s hand in this?
2 It was the will of the Lord that his servant should grow like a plant taking root in dry ground. He had no dignity or beauty to make us take notice of him. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing that would draw us to him.
3 We despised him and rejected him; he endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at him— we ignored him as if he were nothing.
4 “But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that his suffering was punishment sent by God.
5 But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.
6 All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the Lord made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.
7 “He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly; he never said a word. Like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, he never said a word.
8 He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.
9 He was placed in a grave with the wicked, he was buried with the rich, even though he had never committed a crime or ever told a lie.”
10 The Lord says, “It was my will that he should suffer; his death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness. And so he will see his descendants; he will live a long life, and through him my purpose will succeed.
11 After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.
12 And so I will give him a place of honour, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven.”
1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I have cried desperately for help, but still it does not come.
2 During the day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer; I call at night, but get no rest.
3 But you are enthroned as the Holy One, the one whom Israel praises.
4 Our ancestors put their trust in you; they trusted you, and you saved them.
5 They called to you and escaped from danger; they trusted you and were not disappointed.
6 But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone!
7 All who see me jeer at me; they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.
8 “You relied on the Lord,” they say. “Why doesn’t he save you? If the Lord likes you, why doesn’t he help you?”
9 It was you who brought me safely through birth, and when I was a baby, you kept me safe.
10 I have relied on you since the day I was born, and you have always been my God.
11 Do not stay away from me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help.
12 Many enemies surround me like bulls; they are all round me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
13 They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me.
14 My strength is gone, gone like water spilt on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.
15 My throat is as dry as dust, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have left me for dead in the dust.
16 An evil gang is round me; like a pack of dogs they close in on me; they tear at my hands and feet.
17 All my bones can be seen. My enemies look at me and stare.
18 They gamble for my clothes and divide them among themselves.
19 O Lord, don’t stay away from me! Come quickly to my rescue!
20 Save me from the sword; save my life from these dogs.
21 Rescue me from these lions; I am helpless before these wild bulls.
22 I will tell my people what you have done; I will praise you in their assembly:
23 “Praise him, you servants of the Lord! Honour him, you descendants of Jacob! Worship him, you people of Israel!
24 He does not neglect the poor or ignore their suffering; he does not turn away from them, but answers when they call for help.”
25 In the full assembly I will praise you for what you have done; in the presence of those who worship you I will offer the sacrifices I promised.
26 The poor will eat as much as they want; those who come to the Lord will praise him. May they prosper for ever!
27 All nations will remember the Lord. From every part of the world they will turn to him; all races will worship him.
28 The Lord is king, and he rules the nations.
29 All proud people will bow down to him; all mortals will bow down before him.
30 Future generations will serve him; they will speak of the Lord to the coming generation.
31 People not yet born will be told: “The Lord saved his people.”
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and write them on their minds.”
17 And then he says, “I will not remember their sins and evil deeds any longer.”
18 So when these have been forgiven, an offering to take away sins is no longer needed.
19 We have, then, my brothers and sisters, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.
20 He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain—that is, through his own body.
21 We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.
22 So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.
23 Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.
24 Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good.
25 Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.
14 Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God—Jesus, the Son of God.
15 Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.
16 Let us have confidence, then, and approach God’s throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.
7 In his life on earth Jesus made his prayers and requests with loud cries and tears to God, who could save him from death. Because he was humble and devoted, God heard him.
8 But even though he was God’s Son, he learnt through his sufferings to be obedient.
9 When he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him,
1 After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across the brook called Kidron. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in.
2 Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples.
3 So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches.
4 Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?”
5 “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “I am he,” he said. Judas , the traitor, was standing there with them.
6 When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.
7 Again Jesus asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said.
8 “I have already told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “If, then, you are looking for me, let these others go.”
9 (He said this so that what he had said might come true: “Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.”)
10 Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the High Priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear. The name of the slave was Malchus.
11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! Do you think that I will not drink the cup of suffering which my Father has given me?”
12 Then the Roman soldiers with their commanding officer and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus, bound him,
13 and took him first to Annas. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year.
14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish authorities that it was better that one man should die for all the people.
15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. That other disciple was well known to the High Priest, so he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the High Priest’s house,
16 while Peter stayed outside by the gate. Then the other disciple went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Peter inside.
17 The girl at the gate said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of the disciples of that man?” “No, I am not,” answered Peter.
18 It was cold, so the servants and guards had built a charcoal fire and were standing round it, warming themselves. So Peter went over and stood with them, warming himself.
19 The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
20 Jesus answered, “I have always spoken publicly to everyone; all my teaching was done in the synagogues and in the Temple, where all the people come together. I have never said anything in secret.
21 Why, then, do you question me? Question the people who heard me. Ask them what I told them—they know what I said.”
22 When Jesus said this, one of the guards there slapped him and said, “How dare you talk like that to the High Priest!”
23 Jesus answered him, “If I have said anything wrong, tell everyone here what it was. But if I am right in what I have said, why do you hit me?”
24 Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the High Priest.
25 Peter was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, “Aren’t you also one of the disciples of that man?” But Peter denied it. “No, I am not,” he said.
26 One of the High Priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, spoke up. “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?” he asked.
27 Again Peter said “No”—and at once a cock crowed.
28 Early in the morning Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jewish authorities did not go inside the palace, for they wanted to keep themselves ritually clean, in order to be able to eat the Passover meal.
29 So Pilate went outside to them and asked, “What do you accuse this man of?”
30 Their answer was, “We would not have brought him to you if he had not committed a crime.”
31 Pilate said to them, “Then you yourselves take him and try him according to your own law.” They replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.”
32 (This happened in order to make the words of Jesus come true, the words he used when he indicated the kind of death he would die.)
33 Pilate went back into the palace and called Jesus. “Are you the King of the Jews?” he asked him.
34 Jesus answered, “Does this question come from you or have others told you about me?”
35 Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?”
36 Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!”
37 So Pilate asked him, “Are you a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me.”
38 “And what is truth?” Pilate asked. Jesus Is Sentenced to Death (Matt 27:15–31; Mark 15:6–20; Luke 23:13–25) Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, “I cannot find any reason to condemn him.
39 But according to the custom you have, I always set free a prisoner for you during the Passover. Do you want me to set free for you the King of the Jews?”
40 They answered him with a shout, “No, not him! We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a bandit.)
1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.
2 The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him
3 and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him.
4 Pilate went out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”
5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!”
6 When the chief priests and the temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him.”
7 The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”
8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.
9 He went back into the palace and asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus did not answer.
10 Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Remember, I have the authority to set you free and also to have you crucified.”
11 Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”
12 When Pilate heard this, he tried to find a way to set Jesus free. But the crowd shouted back, “If you set him free, that means that you are not the Emperor’s friend! Anyone who claims to be a king is a rebel against the Emperor!”
13 When Pilate heard these words, he took Jesus outside and sat down on the judge’s seat in the place called “The Stone Pavement”. (In Hebrew the name is “Gabbatha”.)
14 It was then almost noon of the day before the Passover. Pilate said to the people, “Here is your king!”
15 They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “The only king we have is the Emperor!”
16 Then Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be crucified. Jesus Is Crucified (Matt 27:32–44; Mark 15:21–32; Luke 23:26–43) So they took charge of Jesus.
17 He went out, carrying his cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull”, as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called “Golgotha”.)
18 There they crucified him; and they also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them.
19 Pilate wrote a notice and had it put on the cross. “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”, is what he wrote.
20 Many people read it, because the place where Jesus was crucified was not far from the city. The notice was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.
21 The chief priests said to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews’ , but rather, ‘This man said, I am the King of the Jews.’ ”
22 Pilate answered, “What I have written stays written.”
23 After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. They also took the robe, which was made of one piece of woven cloth without any seams in it.
24 The soldiers said to one another, “Let’s not tear it; let’s throw dice to see who will get it.” This happened in order to make the scripture come true: “They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my robe.” And this is what the soldiers did.
25 Standing close to Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there; so he said to his mother, “He is your son.”
27 Then he said to the disciple, “She is your mother.” From that time the disciple took her to live in his home.
28 Jesus knew that by now everything had been completed; and in order to make the scripture come true, he said, “I am thirsty.”
29 A bowl was there, full of cheap wine; so a sponge was soaked in the wine, put on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted up to his lips.
30 Jesus drank the wine and said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and died.
31 Then the Jewish authorities asked Pilate to allow them to break the legs of the men who had been crucified, and to take the bodies down from the crosses. They requested this because it was Friday, and they did not want the bodies to stay on the crosses on the Sabbath, since the coming Sabbath was especially holy.
32 So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with Jesus.
33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they did not break his legs.
34 One of the soldiers, however, plunged his spear into Jesus’ side, and at once blood and water poured out.
35 (The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you also may believe. What he said is true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.)
36 This was done to make the scripture come true: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
37 And there is another scripture that says, “People will look at him whom they pierced.”
38 After this, Joseph, who was from the town of Arimathea, asked Pilate if he could take Jesus’ body. (Joseph was a follower of Jesus, but in secret, because he was afraid of the Jewish authorities.) Pilate told him he could have the body, so Joseph went and took it away.
39 Nicodemus, who at first had gone to see Jesus at night, went with Joseph, taking with him about 30 kilogrammes of spices, a mixture of myrrh and aloes.
40 The two men took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in linen with the spices according to the Jewish custom of preparing a body for burial.
41 There was a garden in the place where Jesus had been put to death, and in it there was a new tomb where no one had ever been buried.
42 Since it was the day before the Sabbath and because the tomb was close by, they placed Jesus’ body there.
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34 Peter began to speak: “I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis.
35 Those who worship him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to.
36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
37 You know of the great event that took place throughout the land of Israel, beginning in Galilee after John preached his message of baptism.
38 You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.
39 We are witnesses of everything that he did in the land of Israel and in Jerusalem. Then they put him to death by nailing him to a cross.
40 But God raised him from death three days later and caused him to appear,
41 not to everyone, but only to the witnesses that God had already chosen, that is, to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from death.
42 And he commanded us to preach the gospel to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God has appointed judge of the living and the dead.
43 All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name.”
17 The Lord says, “I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.
18 Be glad and rejoice for ever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I make will be full of joy, and her people will be happy.
19 I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help.
20 Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.
21 People will build houses and live in them themselves—they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine—it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.
23 The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.
24 Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers.
25 Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil.”
1 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.
2 Let the people of Israel say, “His love is eternal.”
14 The Lord makes me powerful and strong; he has saved me.
15 Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God’s people: “The Lord’s mighty power has done it!
16 His power has brought us victory— his mighty power in battle!”
17 I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.
18 He has punished me severely, but he has not let me die.
19 Open to me the gates of the Temple; I will go in and give thanks to the Lord!
20 This is the gate of the Lord; only the righteous can come in.
21 I praise you, Lord, because you heard me, because you have given me victory.
22 The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.
23 This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!
24 This is the day of the Lord’s victory; let us be happy, let us celebrate!
19 If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.
20 But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised.
21 For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.
22 For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ.
23 But each one will be raised in the right order: Christ, first of all; then, at the time of his coming, those who belong to him.
24 Then the end will come; Christ will overcome all spiritual rulers, authorities, and powers, and will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father.
25 For Christ must rule until God defeats all enemies and puts them under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be defeated will be death.
34 Peter began to speak: “I now realize that it is true that God treats everyone on the same basis.
35 Those who worship him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to.
36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the Good News of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
37 You know of the great event that took place throughout the land of Israel, beginning in Galilee after John preached his message of baptism.
38 You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.
39 We are witnesses of everything that he did in the land of Israel and in Jerusalem. Then they put him to death by nailing him to a cross.
40 But God raised him from death three days later and caused him to appear,
41 not to everyone, but only to the witnesses that God had already chosen, that is, to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from death.
42 And he commanded us to preach the gospel to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God has appointed judge of the living and the dead.
43 All the prophets spoke about him, saying that all who believe in him will have their sins forgiven through the power of his name.”
1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance.
2 She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.
4 The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 He bent over and saw the linen wrappings, but he did not go in.
6 Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there
7 and the cloth which had been round Jesus’ head. It was not lying with the linen wrappings but was rolled up by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed.
9 (They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)
10 Then the disciples went back home.
11 Mary stood crying outside the tomb. While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tomb
12 and saw two angels there dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.
13 “Woman, why are you crying?” they asked her. She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
14 Then she turned round and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 “Woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who is it that you are looking for?” She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, “If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned towards him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means “Teacher”.)
17 “Do not hold on to me,” Jesus told her, “because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.”
18 So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.
1 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,
3 so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them.
5 Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive?
6 He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee:
7 ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.’ ”
8 Then the women remembered his words,
9 returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest.
10 The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; they and the other women with them told these things to the apostles.
11 But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them.
12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the linen wrappings but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened.
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27 They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.
28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man,” he said; “but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
29 Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God, not men.
30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
31 God raised him to his right-hand side as Leader and Saviour, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.
32 We are witnesses to these things—we and the Holy Spirit, who is God’s gift to those who obey him.”
14 The Lord makes me powerful and strong; he has saved me.
15 Listen to the glad shouts of victory in the tents of God’s people: “The Lord’s mighty power has done it!
16 His power has brought us victory— his mighty power in battle!”
17 I will not die; instead, I will live and proclaim what the Lord has done.
18 He has punished me severely, but he has not let me die.
19 Open to me the gates of the Temple; I will go in and give thanks to the Lord!
20 This is the gate of the Lord; only the righteous can come in.
21 I praise you, Lord, because you heard me, because you have given me victory.
22 The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.
23 This was done by the Lord; what a wonderful sight it is!
24 This is the day of the Lord’s victory; let us be happy, let us celebrate!
25 Save us, Lord, save us! Give us success, O Lord!
26 May God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! From the Temple of the Lord we bless you.
27 The Lord is God; he has been good to us. With branches in your hands, start the festival and march round the altar.
28 You are my God, and I give you thanks; I will proclaim your greatness.
29 Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good, and his love is eternal.
1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his Temple! Praise his strength in heaven!
2 Praise him for the mighty things he has done. Praise his supreme greatness.
3 Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres.
4 Praise him with drums and dancing. Praise him with harps and flutes.
5 Praise him with cymbals. Praise him with loud cymbals.
6 Praise the Lord, all living creatures! Praise the Lord!
4 From John to the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace be yours from God, who is, who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits in front of his throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins
6 and made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God and Father. To Jesus Christ be the glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
7 Look, he is coming on the clouds! Everyone will see him, including those who pierced him. All peoples on earth will mourn over him. So shall it be!
8 “I am the first and the last,” says the Lord God Almighty, who is, who was, and who is to come.
19 It was late that Sunday evening, and the disciples were gathered together behind locked doors, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities. Then Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.
20 After saying this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Lord.
21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.”
22 Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
23 If you forgive people’s sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
24 One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (called the Twin), was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the scars of the nails in his hands and put my finger on those scars and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later the disciples were together again indoors, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands; then stretch out your hand and put it in my side. Stop your doubting, and believe!”
28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Do you believe because you see me? How happy are those who believe without seeing me!”
30 In his disciples’ presence Jesus performed many other miracles which are not written down in this book.
31 But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.