Category: Daily Readings

Good Friday

First Reading

The Book of the Prophet Isaiah   52: 13-53: 12

52:13	Behold, my servant will understand; he will be exalted and lifted up, and he will be very sublime.
52:14	Just as they were stupefied over you, so will his countenance be without glory among men, and his appearance, among the sons of men.
52:15	He will sprinkle many nations; kings will close their mouth because of him. And those to whom he was not described, have seen. And those who have not heard, have considered.

53:1	Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
53:2	And he will rise up like a tender plant in his sight, and like a root from the thirsty ground. There is no beautiful or stately appearance in him. For we looked upon him, and there was no aspect, such that we would desire him.
53:3	He is despised and the least among men, a man of sorrows who knows infirmity. And his countenance was hidden and despised. Because of this, we did not esteem him.
53:4	Truly, he has taken away our weaknesses, and he himself has carried our sorrows. And we thought of him as if he were a leper, or as if he had been struck by God and humiliated.
53:5	But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.
53:6	We have all gone astray like sheep; each one has turned aside to his own way. And the Lord has placed all our iniquity upon him.
53:7	He was offered up, because it was his own will. And he did not open his mouth. He will be led like a sheep to the slaughter. And he will be mute like a lamb before his shearer. For he will not open his mouth.
53:8	He was lifted up from anguish and judgment. Who will describe his life? For he has been cut off from the land of the living. Because of the wickedness of my people, I have struck him down.
53:9	And he will be given a place with the impious for his burial, and with the rich for his death, though he has done no iniquity, nor was deceit in his mouth.
53:10	But it was the will of the Lord to crush him with infirmity. If he lays down his life because of sin, he will see offspring with long lives, and the will of the Lord will be directed by his hand.
53:11	Because his soul has labored, he will see and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my just servant will himself justify many, and he himself will carry their iniquities.
53:12	Therefore, I will allot to him a great number. And he will divide the spoils of the strong. For he has handed over his life to death, and he was reputed among criminals. And he has taken away the sins of many, and he has prayed for the transgressors.

Second Reading

The Letter to the Hebrews   4: 14-16; 5: 7-9

4:14	Therefore, since we have a great High Priest, who has pierced the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, we should hold to our confession.
4:15	For we do not have a high priest who is unable to have compassion on our infirmities, but rather one who was tempted in all things, just as we are, yet without sin.
4:16	Therefore, let us go forth with confidence toward the throne of grace, so that we may obtain mercy, and find grace, in a helpful time.

5:7	It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence.
5:8	And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.
5:9	And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,

Gospel

The Passion of our Lord According to John   18: 1-19: 42

18:1	When Jesus had said these things, he departed with his disciples across the Torrent of Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he entered with his disciples.
18:2	But Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus had frequently met with his disciples there.
18:3	Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4	And so Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to him, advanced and said to them, “Who are you seeking?”
18:5	They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was also standing with them.
18:6	Then, when he said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.
18:7	Then again he questioned them: “Who are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”
18:8	Jesus responded: “I told you that I am he. Therefore, if you are seeking me, permit these others to go away.”
18:9	This was so that the word might be fulfilled, which he said, “Of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any of them.”
18:10	Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, and he struck the servant of the high priest, and he cut off his right ear. Now the name of the servant was Malchus.
18:11	Therefore, Jesus said to Peter: “Set your sword into the scabbard. Should I not drink the chalice which my Father has given to me?”
18:12	Then the cohort, and the tribune, and the attendants of the Jews apprehended Jesus and bound him.
18:13	And they led him away, first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.
18:14	Now Caiaphas was the one who had given counsel to the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die for the people.
18:15	And Simon Peter was following Jesus with another disciple. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and so he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest.
18:16	But Peter was standing outside at the entrance. Therefore, the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the woman who was the doorkeeper, and he led in Peter.
18:17	Therefore, the woman servant keeping the door said to Peter, “Are you not also among the disciples of this man?” He said, “I am not.”
18:18	Now the servants and attendants were standing before burning coals, for it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was standing with them also, warming himself.
18:19	Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine.
18:20	Jesus responded to him: “I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews meet. And I have said nothing in secret.
18:21	Why do you question me? Question those who heard what I said to them. Behold, they know these things that I have said.”
18:22	Then, when he had said this, one the attendants standing nearby struck Jesus, saying: “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”
18:23	Jesus answered him: “If I have spoken wrongly, offer testimony about the wrong. But if I have spoken correctly, then why do you strike me?”
18:24	And Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
18:25	Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Then they said to him, “Are you not also one of his disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
18:26	One of the servants of the high priest (a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off) said to him, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”
18:27	Therefore, again, Peter denied it. And immediately the rooster crowed.
18:28	Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the praetorium. Now it was morning, and so they did not enter into the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
18:29	Therefore, Pilate went outside to them, and he said, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
18:30	They responded and said to him, “If he were not an evil-doer, we would not have handed him over you.”
18:31	Therefore, Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law.” Then the Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to execute anyone.”
18:32	This was so that the word of Jesus would be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying what kind of death he would die.
18:33	Then Pilate entered the praetorium again, and he called Jesus and said to him, “You are the king of the Jews?”
18:34	Jesus responded, “Are you saying this of yourself, or have others spoken to you about me?”
18:35	Pilate responded: “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the high priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?”
18:36	Jesus responded: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my ministers would certainly strive so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not now from here.”
18:37	And so Pilate said to him, “You are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You are saying that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world: so that I may offer testimony to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.”
18:38	Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and he said to them, “I find no case against him.
18:39	But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore, do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
18:40	Then they all cried out repeatedly, saying: “Not this one, but Barabbas.” Now Barabbas was a robber.

19:1	Therefore, Pilate then took Jesus into custody and scourged him.
19:2	And the soldiers, plaiting a crown of thorns, imposed it on his head. And they put a purple garment around him.
19:3	And they were approaching him and saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they struck him repeatedly.
19:4	Then Pilate went outside again, and he said to them: “Behold, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may realize that I find no case against him.”
19:5	(Then Jesus went out, bearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment.) And he said to them, “Behold the man.”
19:6	Therefore, when the high priests and the attendants had seen him, they cried out, saying: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them: “Take him yourselves and crucify him. For I find no case against him.”
19:7	The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to the law, he ought to die, for he has made himself the Son of God.”
19:8	Therefore, when Pilate had heard this word, he was more fearful.
19:9	And he entered into the praetorium again. And he said to Jesus. “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no response.
19:10	Therefore, Pilate said to him: “Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you, and I have authority to release you?”
19:11	Jesus responded, “You would not have any authority over me, unless it were given to you from above. For this reason, he who has handed me over to you has the greater sin.”
19:12	And from then on, Pilate was seeking to release him. But the Jews were crying out, saying: “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. For anyone who makes himself a king contradicts Caesar.”
19:13	Now when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus outside, and he sat down in the seat of judgment, in a place which is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, it is called the Elevation.
19:14	Now it was the preparation day of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your king.”
19:15	But they were crying out: “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests responded, “We have no king except Caesar.”
19:16	Therefore, he then handed him over to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.
19:17	And carrying his own cross, he went forth to the place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew it is called the Place of the Skull.
19:18	There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
19:19	Then Pilate also wrote a title, and he set it above the cross. And it was written: JESUS THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS.
19:20	Therefore, many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was close to the city. And it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, and in Latin.
19:21	Then the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate: Do not write, ‘King of the Jews,’ but that he said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’
19:22	Pilate responded, “What I have written, I have written.”
19:23	Then the soldiers, when they had crucified him, took his garments, and they made four parts, one part to each soldier, and the tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven from above throughout the whole.
19:24	Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things.
19:25	And standing beside the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, and Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
19:26	Therefore, when Jesus had seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.”
19:27	Next, he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple accepted her as his own.
19:28	After this, Jesus knew that all had been accomplished, so in order that the Scripture might be completed, he said, “I thirst.”
19:29	And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.
19:30	Then Jesus, when he had received the vinegar, said: “It is consummated.” And bowing down his head, he surrendered his spirit.
19:31	Then the Jews, because it was the preparation day, so that the bodies would not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a great day), they petitioned Pilate in order that their legs might be broken, and they might be taken away.
19:32	Therefore, the soldiers approached, and, indeed, they broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who was crucified with him.
19:33	But after they had approached Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
19:34	Instead, one of the soldiers opened his side with a lance, and immediately there went out blood and water.
19:35	And he who saw this has offered testimony, and his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth, so that you also may believe.
19:36	For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “You shall not break a bone of him.”
19:37	And again, another Scripture says: “They shall look upon him, whom they have pierced.”
19:38	Then, after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, (because he was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews) petitioned Pilate so that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission. Therefore, he went and took away the body of Jesus.
19:39	Now Nicodemus also arrived, (who had gone to Jesus at first by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloe, weighing about seventy pounds.
19:40	Therefore, they took the body of Jesus, and they bound it with linen cloths and the aromatic spices, just as it is the manner of the Jews to bury.
19:41	Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden there was a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid.
19:42	Therefore, because of the preparation day of the Jews, since the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

Holy Thursday

Chrism Mass

First Reading

Isaiah   61: 1-3, 6, 8-9

61:1	The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,
61:2	and so to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vindication of our God: to console all who are mourning,
61:3	to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.
61:6	But you yourselves will be called the priests of the Lord. It will be said to you, “You are the ministers of our God.” You will eat from the strength of the Gentiles, and you will pride yourself on their glory.
61:8	For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them.
61:9	And they will know their offspring among the nations, and their progeny in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them: that these are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

Second Reading

Revelation   1: 5-8

1:5	and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,
1:6	and who has made us into a kingdom and into priests for God and for his Father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1:7	Behold, he arrives with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament for themselves over him. Even so. Amen.
1:8	“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke   4: 16-21

4:16	And he went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. And he entered into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the Sabbath day. And he rose up to read.
4:17	And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written:
4:18	“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,
4:19	to preach forgiveness to captives and sight to the blind, to release the broken into forgiveness, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution.”
4:20	And when he had rolled up the book, he returned it to the minister, and he sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.
4:21	Then he began to say to them, “On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Exodus 12: 1- 8, 11- 14

12:1	The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
12:2	“This month will be for you the beginning of the months. It will be first in the months of the year.
12:3	Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month, let everyone take a lamb, by their families and houses.
12:4	But if the number is less than may suffice to be able to consume the lamb, he shall accept his neighbor, who has been joined with his house according to the number of souls that may suffice to be able to eat the lamb.
12:5	And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a one year old male. According to this rite, you shall also take a young goat.
12:6	And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. And the entire multitude of the sons of Israel shall immolate it toward evening.
12:7	And they shall take from its blood, and place it on both the door posts and the upper threshold of the houses, in which they will consume it.
12:8	And that night they shall eat the flesh, roasted by fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce.
12:11	Now you shall consume it in this way: You shall gird your waist, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall consume it in haste. For it is the Passover (that is, the Crossing) of the Lord.
12:12	And I will cross through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man, even to cattle. And I will bring judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.
12:13	But the blood will be for you as a sign in the buildings where you will be. And I will see the blood, and I will pass over you. And the plague will not be with you to destroy, when I strike the land of Egypt.
12:14	Then you shall have this day as a memorial, and you shall celebrate it as a solemnity to the Lord, in your generations, as an everlasting devotion.

First Corinthians 11: 23- 26

11:23	For I have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread,
11:24	and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
11:25	Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
11:26	For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.

John 13: 1- 15

13:1	Before the feast day of the Passover, Jesus knew that the hour was approaching when he would pass from this world to the Father. And since he had always loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
13:2	And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,
13:3	knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God,
13:4	he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself.
13:5	Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped.
13:6	And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”
13:7	Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.”
13:8	Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you will have no place with me.”
13:9	Simon Peter said to him, “Then Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
13:10	Jesus said to him: “He who is washed need only wash his feet, and then he will be entirely clean. And you are clean, but not all.”
13:11	For he knew which one would betray him. For this reason, he said, “You are not all clean.”
13:12	And so, after he washed their feet and received his vestments, when he had sat down at table again, he said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you?
13:13	You call me Teacher and Lord, and you speak well: for so I am.
13:14	Therefore, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.
13:15	For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.

Reading

Isaiah 50: 4 – 9

50:4	The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.
50:5	The Lord God has opened my ear. And I do not contradict him. I have not turned back.
50:6	I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.
50:7	The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.
50:8	He who justifies me is near. Who will speak against me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him approach me.
50:9	Behold, the Lord God is my helper. Who is the one who would condemn me? Behold, they will all be worn away like a garment; the moth will devour them.

Gospel according to Matthew 26:14 – 25

26:14	Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the leaders of the priests,
26:15	and he said to them, “What are you willing to give me, if I hand him over to you?” So they appointed thirty pieces of silver for him.
26:16	And from then on, he sought an opportunity to betray him.
26:17	Then, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
26:18	So Jesus said, “Go into the city, to a certain one, and say to him: ‘The Teacher said: My time is near. I am observing the Passover with you, along with my disciples.’ ”
26:19	And the disciples did just as Jesus appointed to them. And they prepared the Passover.
26:20	Then, when evening arrived, he sat at table with his twelve disciples.
26:21	And while they were eating, he said: “Amen I say to you, that one of you is about to betray me.”
26:22	And being greatly saddened, each one of them began to say, “Surely, it is not I, Lord?”
26:23	But he responded by saying: “He who dips his hand with me into the dish, the same will betray me.
26:24	Indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
26:25	Then Judas, who betrayed him, responded by saying, “Surely, it is not I, Master?” He said to him, “You have said it.”

Isaiah 49: 1- 6

49:1	Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name.
49:2	And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
49:3	And he has said to me: “You are my servant, Israel. For in you, I will glory.”
49:4	And I said: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
49:5	And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb as his servant, so that I may bring back Jacob to him, for Israel will not be gathered together, but I have been glorified in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength,
49:6	and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”

John 13: 21- 33, 36- 38

13:21	When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit. And he bore witness by saying: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that one among you shall betray me.”
13:22	Therefore, the disciples looked around at one another, uncertain about whom he spoke.
13:23	And leaning against the bosom of Jesus was one of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved.
13:24	Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to this one and said to him, “Who is it that he is speaking about?”
13:25	And so, leaning against the chest of Jesus, he said to him, “Lord, who is it?”
13:26	Jesus responded, “It is he to whom I shall extend the dipped bread.” And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.
13:27	And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
13:28	Now none of those sitting at table knew why he had said this to him.
13:29	For some were thinking that, because Judas held the purse, that Jesus had told him, “Buy those things which are needed by us for the feast day,” or that he might give something to the needy.
13:30	Therefore, having accepted the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.
13:31	Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
13:32	If God has been glorified in him, then God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him without delay.
13:33	Little sons, for a brief while, I am with you. You shall seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go,’ so also I say to you now.

13:36	Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus responded: “Where I am going, you are not able to follow me now. But you shall follow afterward.”
13:37	Peter said to him: “Why am I unable to follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”
13:38	Jesus answered him: “You will lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the rooster will not crow, until you deny me three times.”

Isaiah 42: 1- 7

42:1	Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.
42:2	He will not cry out, and he will not show favoritism to anyone; neither will his voice be heard abroad.
42:3	The bruised reed he will not break, and the smoldering wick he will not extinguish. He will lead forth judgment unto truth.
42:4	He will not be saddened or troubled, until he establishes judgment on earth. And the islands will await his law.
42:5	Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.
42:6	I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles,
42:7	so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.

John 12: 1- 11

12:1	Then six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethania, where Lazarus had died, whom Jesus raised up.
12:2	And they made a dinner for him there. And Martha was ministering. And truly, Lazarus was one of those who were sitting at table with him.
12:3	And then Mary took twelve ounces of pure spikenard ointment, very precious, and she anointed the feet of Jesus, and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
12:4	Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was soon to betray him, said,
12:5	“Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the needy?”
12:6	Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.
12:7	But Jesus said: “Permit her, so that she may keep it against the day of my burial.
12:8	For the poor, you have with you always. But me, you do always not have.”
12:9	Now a great multitude of the Jews knew that he was in that place, and so they came, not so much because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
12:10	And the leaders of the priests planned to put Lazarus to death also.
12:11	For many of the Jews, because of him, were going away and were believing in Jesus.

Palm Sunday

Procession

Mark 11: 1- 10

11:1	And as they were approaching Jerusalem and Bethania, toward the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
11:2	and he said to them: “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately upon entering there, you will find a colt tied, on which no man has yet sat. Release him and bring him.
11:3	And if anyone will say to you: ‘What are you doing?’ Say that the Lord has need of him. And he will immediately send him here.”
11:4	And going out, they found the colt tied before the outer gate, at the meeting of two ways. And they untied him.
11:5	And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing by releasing the colt?”
11:6	And they spoke to them just as Jesus had instructed them. And they permitted them.
11:7	And they led the colt to Jesus. And they placed their garments on it; and he sat upon it.
11:8	Then many spread their garments along the way; but others cut down leafy branches from trees and scattered them on the way.
11:9	And those who went ahead, and those who followed, cried out saying: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who has arrived in the name of the Lord.
11:10	Blessed is the advent of the kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest!”

or,

John 12: 12- 16

12:12	Then, on the next day, the great crowd that had come to the feast day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
12:13	took branches of palm trees, and they went ahead to meet him. And they were crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!”
12:14	And Jesus found a small donkey, and he sat upon it, just as it is written:
12:15	“Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king arrives, sitting on the colt of a donkey.”
12:16	At first, his disciples did not realize these things. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that these things happened to him.

First Reading

Isaiah 50: 4-7

50:4 The Lord has given me a learned tongue, so that I would know how to uphold with a word, one who has weakened. He rises in the morning, he rises to my ear in the morning, so that I may heed him like a teacher.

50:5 The Lord God has opened my ear. And I do not contradict him. I have not turned back.

50:6 I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.

50:7 The Lord God is my helper. Therefore, I have not been confounded. Therefore, I have set my face like a very hard rock, and I know that I will not be confounded.

Second Reading

Saint Paul’s Letter to Philippians 2:6-11

2:6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized.

2:7 Instead, he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and accepting the state of a man.

2:8 He humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, even the death of the Cross.

2:9 Because of this, God has also exalted him and has given him a name which is above every name,

2:10 so that, at the name of Jesus, every knee would bend, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those in hell,

2:11 and so that every tongue would confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

Gospel

Mark 14: 1- 15: 47

14:1	Now the feast of Passover and of Unleavened Bread was two days away. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking a means by which they might deceitfully seize him and kill him.
14:2	But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”
14:3	And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was reclining to eat, a woman arrived having an alabaster container of ointment, of precious spikenard. And breaking open the alabaster container, she poured it over his head.
14:4	But there were some who became indignant within themselves and who were saying: “What is the reason for this waste of the ointment?
14:5	For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and been given to the poor.” And they murmured against her.
14:6	But Jesus said: “Permit her. What is the reason that you trouble her? She has done a good deed for me.
14:7	For the poor, you have with you always. And whenever you wish, you are able to do good to them. But you do not have me always.
14:8	But she has done what she could. She has arrived in advance to anoint my body for burial.
14:9	Amen I say to you, wherever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the entire world, the things she has done also shall be told, in memory of her.”
14:10	And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away, to the leaders of the priests, in order to betray him to them.
14:11	And they, upon hearing it, were gladdened. And they promised him that they would give him money. And he sought an opportune means by which he might betray him.
14:12	And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they immolate the Passover, the disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
14:13	And he sent two of his disciples, and he said to them: “Go into the city. And you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.
14:14	And wherever he will have entered, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says: Where is my dining room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
14:15	And he will show you a large cenacle, fully furnished. And there, you shall prepare it for us.”
14:16	And his disciples departed and went into the city. And they found it just as he had told them. And they prepared the Passover.
14:17	Then, when evening came, he arrived with the twelve.
14:18	And while reclining and eating with them at table, Jesus said, “Amen I say to you, that one of you, who eats with me, will betray me.”
14:19	But they began to be sorrowful and to say to him, one at a time: “Is it I?”
14:20	And he said to them: “It is one of the twelve, who dips his hand with me in the dish.
14:21	And indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”
14:22	And while eating with them, Jesus took bread. And blessing it, he broke it and gave it to them, and he said: “Take. This is my body.”
14:23	And having taken the chalice, giving thanks, he gave it to them. And they all drank from it.
14:24	And he said to them: “This is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many.
14:25	Amen I say to you, that I will no longer drink from this fruit of the vine, until that day when I will drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
14:26	And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
14:27	And Jesus said to them: “You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
14:28	But after I have risen again, I will go before you to Galilee.”
14:29	Then Peter said to him, “Even if all will have fallen away from you, yet I will not.”
14:30	And Jesus said to him, “Amen I say to you, that this day, in this night, before the rooster has uttered its voice twice, you will deny me three times.”
14:31	But he spoke further, “Even if I must die along with you, I will not deny you.” And they all spoke similarly also.
14:32	And they went to a country estate, by the name of Gethsemani. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I pray.”
14:33	And he took Peter, and James, and John with him. And he began to be afraid and wearied.
14:34	And he said to them: “My soul is sorrowful, even unto death. Remain here and be vigilant.”
14:35	And when he had proceeded on a little ways, he fell prostrate on the ground. And he prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
14:36	And he said: “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this chalice from me. But let it be, not as I will, but as you will.”
14:37	And he went and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter: “Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to be vigilant for one hour?
14:38	Watch and pray, so that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
14:39	And going away again, he prayed, saying the same words.
14:40	And upon returning, he found them sleeping yet again, (for their eyes were heavy) and they did not know how to respond to him.
14:41	And he arrived for the third time, and he said to them: “Sleep now, and take rest. It is enough. The hour has arrived. Behold, the Son of man will be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42	Rise up, let us go. Behold, he who will betray me is near.”
14:43	And while he was still speaking, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, arrived, and with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, sent from the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, and the elders.
14:44	Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying: “He whom I shall kiss, it is he. Take hold of him, and lead him away cautiously.”
14:45	And when he had arrived, immediately drawing near to him, he said: “Hail, Master!” And he kissed him.
14:46	But they laid hands on him and held him.
14:47	Then a certain one of those standing near, drawing a sword, struck a servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
14:48	And in response, Jesus said to them: “Have you set out to apprehend me, just as if to a robber, with swords and clubs?
14:49	Daily, I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not take hold of me. But in this way, the scriptures are fulfilled.”
14:50	Then his disciples, leaving him behind, all fled away.
14:51	Now a certain young man followed him, having nothing but a fine linen cloth over himself. And they took hold of him.
14:52	But he, rejecting the fine linen cloth, escaped from them naked.
14:53	And they led Jesus to the high priest. And all the priests and the scribes and the elders came together.
14:54	But Peter followed him from a distance, even into the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants at the fire and warmed himself.
14:55	Yet truly, the leaders of the priests and the entire council sought testimony against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death, and they found none.
14:56	For many spoke false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.
14:57	And certain ones, rising up, bore false witness against him, saying:
14:58	“For we heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple, made with hands, and within three days I will build another, not made with hands.’ ”
14:59	And their testimony did not agree.
14:60	And the high priest, rising up in their midst, questioned Jesus, saying, “Do you have nothing to say in answer to the things that are brought against you by these ones?”
14:61	But he was silent and gave no answer. Again, the high priest questioned him, and he said to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed God?”
14:62	Then Jesus said to him: “I am. And you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God and arriving with the clouds of heaven.”
14:63	Then the high priest, rending his garments, said: “Why do we still require witnesses?
14:64	You have heard the blasphemy. How does it seem to you?” And they all condemned him, as guilty unto death.
14:65	And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and to strike him with fists, and to say to him, “Prophesy.” And the servants struck him with the palms their hands.
14:66	And while Peter was in the court below, one of the maidservants of the high priest arrived.
14:67	And when she had seen Peter warming himself, she stared at him, and she said: “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”
14:68	But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you saying.” And he went outside, in front of the court; and a rooster crowed.
14:69	Then again, when a maidservant had seen him, she began to say to the bystanders, “For this is one of them.”
14:70	But he denied it again. And after a little while, again those standing near said to Peter: “In truth, you are one of them. For you, too, are a Galilean.”
14:71	Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, “For I do not know this man, about whom you are speaking.”
14:72	And immediately the rooster crowed again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he began to weep.

15:1	And immediately in the morning, after the leaders of the priests had taken counsel with the elders and the scribes and the entire council, binding Jesus, they led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
15:2	And Pilate questioned him, “You are the king of the Jews?” But in response, he said to him, “You are saying it.”
15:3	And the leaders of the priests accused him in many things.
15:4	Then Pilate again questioned him, saying: “Do you not have any response? See how greatly they accuse you.”
15:5	But Jesus continued to give no response, so that Pilate wondered.
15:6	Now on the feast day, he was accustomed to release to them one of the prisoners, whomever they requested.
15:7	But there was one called Barabbas, who had committed murder in the sedition, who was confined with those of the sedition.
15:8	And when the crowd had ascended, they began to petition him to do as he always did for them.
15:9	But Pilate answered them and said, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?”
15:10	For he knew that it was out of envy that the leaders of the priests had betrayed him.
15:11	Then the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.
15:12	But Pilate, responding again, said to them: “Then what do you want me to do with the king of the Jews?”
15:13	But again they cried out, “Crucify him.”
15:14	Yet truly, Pilate said to them: “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him.”
15:15	Then Pilate, wishing to satisfy the people, released Barabbas to them, and he delivered Jesus, having severely scourged him, to be crucified.
15:16	Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort.
15:17	And they clothed him with purple. And platting a crown of thorns, they placed it on him.
15:18	And they began to salute him: “Hail, king of the Jews.”
15:19	And they struck his head with a reed, and they spit on him. And kneeling down, they reverenced him.
15:20	And after they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple, and they clothed him in his own garments. And they led him away, so that they might crucify him.
15:21	And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.
15:22	And they led him through to the place called Golgotha, which means, ‘the Place of Calvary.’
15:23	And they gave him wine with myrrh to drink. But he did not accept it.
15:24	And while crucifying him, they divided his garments, casting lots over them, to see who would take what.
15:25	Now it was the third hour. And they crucified him.
15:26	And the title of his case was written as: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
15:27	And with him they crucified two robbers: one at his right, and the other at his left.
15:28	And the scripture was fulfilled, which says: “And with the iniquitous he was reputed.”
15:29	And the passersby blasphemed him, shaking their heads and saying, “Ah, you who would destroy the temple of God, and in three days rebuild it,
15:30	save yourself by descending from the cross.”
15:31	And similarly the leaders of the priests, mocking him with the scribes, said to one another: “He saved others. He is not able to save himself.
15:32	Let the Christ, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross, so that we may see and believe.” Those who were crucified with him also insulted him.
15:33	And when the sixth hour arrived, a darkness occurred over the entire earth, until the ninth hour.
15:34	And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
15:35	And some of those standing near, upon hearing this, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
15:36	Then one of them, running and filling a sponge with vinegar, and placing it around a reed, gave it to him to drink, saying: “Wait. Let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.”
15:37	Then Jesus, having emitted a loud cry, expired.
15:38	And the veil of the temple was torn in two, from the top to the bottom.
15:39	Then the centurion who stood opposite him, seeing that he had expired while crying out in this way, said: “Truly, this man was the Son of God.”
15:40	Now there were also women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome,
15:41	(and while he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him) and many other women, who had ascended along with him to Jerusalem.
15:42	And when evening had now arrived (because it was the Preparation Day, which is before the Sabbath)
15:43	there arrived Joseph of Arimathea, a noble council member, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God. And he boldly entered to Pilate and petitioned for the body of Jesus.
15:44	But Pilate wondered if he had already died. And summoning a centurion, he questioned him as to whether he was already dead.
15:45	And when he had been informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
15:46	Then Joseph, having bought a fine linen cloth, and taking him down, wrapped him in the fine linen and laid him in a sepulcher, which was hewn from a rock. And he rolled a stone to the entrance of the tomb.
15:47	Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph observed where he was laid.

Ezekiel 37: 21- 28

37:21	And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil.
37:22	And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be ruler over all. And they will no longer be two nations, nor will they be divided any more into two kingdoms.
37:23	And they will no longer be defiled by their idols, and by their abominations, and by all their iniquities. And I will save them, out of all the settlements in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be my people, and I will be their God.
37:24	And my servant David shall be the king over them, and they shall have one shepherd. They shall walk in my judgments, and they shall keep my commandments, and they shall do them.
37:25	And they shall live upon the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived. And they shall live upon it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, even for all time. And David, my servant, shall be their leader, in perpetuity.
37:26	And I will strike a covenant of peace with them. This will be an everlasting covenant for them. And I will establish them, and multiply them. And I will set my sanctuary in their midst, unceasingly.
37:27	And my tabernacle shall be among them. And I will be their God, and they will be my people.
37:28	And the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Sanctifier of Israel, when my sanctuary will be in their midst, forever.”

John 11: 45- 56

11:45	Therefore, many of the Jews, who had come to Mary and Martha, and who had seen the things that Jesus did, believed in him.
11:46	But certain ones among them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.
11:47	And so, the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and they were saying: “What can we do? For this man accomplishes many signs.
11:48	If we leave him alone, in this way all will believe in him. And then the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.”
11:49	Then one of them, named Caiaphas, since he was the high priest that year, said to them: “You do not understand anything.
11:50	Nor do you realize that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the entire nation should not perish.”
11:51	Yet he did not say this from himself, but since he was the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.
11:52	And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.
11:53	Therefore, from that day, they planned to put him to death.
11:54	And so, Jesus no longer walked in public with the Jews. But he went into a region near the desert, to a city which is called Ephraim. And he lodged there with his disciples.
11:55	Now the Passover of the Jews was near. And many from the countryside ascended to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might sanctify themselves.
11:56	Therefore, they were seeking Jesus. And they conferred with one another, while standing in the temple: “What do you think? Will he come to the feast day?”

Jeremiah 20: 10- 13

20:10	For I heard the insults of many, and terror all around: ‘Persecute him!’ and, ‘Let us persecute him!’ from all the men who had been at peace with me and who had kept watch by my side. ‘If only there were some way that he might be deceived, and we might prevail against him and obtain vengeance from him!’
20:11	But the Lord is with me, like a strong warrior. For this reason, those who persecute me will fall, and they will be ineffective. They will be greatly confounded. For they have not understood the everlasting disgrace that will never be wiped away.
20:12	And you, O Lord of hosts, the Tester of the just, who sees the temperament and the heart: I beg you to let me see your vengeance upon them. For I have revealed my case to you.
20:13	Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he has freed the soul of the poor from the hand of the wicked.

John 10: 31- 42

10:31	Therefore, the Jews took up stones, in order to stone him.
10:32	Jesus answered them: “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
10:33	The Jews answered him: “We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy and because, though you are a man, you make yourself God.”
10:34	Jesus responded to them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said: you are gods?’
10:35	If he called those to whom the word of God was given gods, and Scripture cannot be broken,
10:36	why do you say, about him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You have blasphemed,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
10:37	If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe in me.
10:38	But if I do them, even if you are not willing to believe in me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
10:39	Therefore, they sought to apprehend him, but he escaped from their hands.
10:40	And he went again across the Jordan, to that place where John first was baptizing. And he lodged there.
10:41	And many went out to him. And they were saying: “Indeed, John accomplished no signs.
10:42	But all things whatsoever that John said about this man were true.” And many believed in him.

Reading

The Book of Genesis   17: 3-9

17:3	Abram fell prone on his face.
17:4	And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
17:5	No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
17:6	And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
17:7	And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
17:8	And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
17:9	Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to John   8: 51-59

8:51	Amen, amen, I say to you, if anyone will have kept my word, he will not see death for eternity.”
8:52	Therefore, the Jews said: “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets; and yet you say, ‘If anyone will have kept my word, he shall not taste death for eternity.’
8:53	Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. So who do you make yourself to be?”
8:54	Jesus responded: “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me. And you say about him that he is your God.
8:55	And yet you have not known him. But I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, then I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
8:56	Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he might see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
8:57	And so the Jews said to him, “You have not yet reached fifty years, and you have seen Abraham?”
8:58	Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I am.”
8:59	Therefore, they took up stones to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself, and he departed from the temple.

Daniel 3: 14- 20, 91- 92, 95

3:14	And king Nebuchadnezzar addressed them and said, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not worship my gods, nor adore the gold statue, which I have set up?
3:15	Therefore, if you are prepared now, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, pipe, lute, harp and psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, prostrate yourselves and adore the statue which I have made. But if you will not adore, in the same hour you will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. And who is the God that will rescue you from my hand?”
3:16	Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, “It is not right for us to obey you in this matter.
3:17	For behold our God, whom we worship, is able to rescue us from the oven of burning fire and to free us from your hands, O king.
3:18	But even if he will not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not worship your gods, nor adore the gold statue, which you have raised up.”
3:19	Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury and the appearance of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he commanded that the furnace should be heated to seven times its usual fire.
3:20	And he ordered the strongest men of his army to bind the feet of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the furnace of burning fire.

3:91	Then king Nebuchadnezzar was astonished, and he quickly got up and said to his nobles: “Did we not cast three men shackled into the midst of the fire?” Answering the king, they said, “True, O king.”
3:92	He answered and said, “Behold, I see four men unbound and walking in the midst of the fire, and no harm is in them, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of God.”

3:95

Then Nebuchadnezzar, bursting out, said, “Blessed is their God, the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and rescued his servants who believed in him. And they altered the verdict of the king, and they delivered up their bodies, so that they would not serve or adore any god except their God.

John 8: 31- 42

8:31	Therefore, Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him: “If you will abide in my word, you will truly be my disciples.
8:32	And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
8:33	They answered him: “We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been a slave to anyone. How can you say, ‘You shall be set free?’ ”
8:34	Jesus answered them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.
8:35	Now the slave does not abide in the house for eternity. Yet the Son does abide in eternity.
8:36	Therefore, if the Son has set you free, then you will truly be free.
8:37	I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you.
8:38	I speak what I have seen with my Father. And you do what you have seen with your father.”
8:39	They responded and said to him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them: “If you are the sons of Abraham, then do the works of Abraham.
8:40	But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
8:41	You do the works of your father.” Therefore, they said to him: “We were not born out of fornication. We have one father: God.”
8:42	Then Jesus said to them: “If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me.