Second Sunday in Lent
Morning
Prayer
Sunday
1st
Lesson
1 Kings 8:37-43
If there be in the land famine, if there be
pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague,
whatsoever sickness there be; 38 What prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man
the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for
thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) 40
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou
gavest unto our fathers. 41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of
thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; 42
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy
stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; 43 Hear
thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the
stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy
name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that
this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
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2nd
Lesson
Colossians 3:12-17
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also
do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond
of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the
which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatsoever ye do in word
or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and
the Father by him.
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1st
Lesson
Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
1 The word of the Lord came unto me again,
saying, 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of
Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's
teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not
have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. 4 Behold, all
souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son
is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal.
Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways
unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he
hath done shall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from
his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful
and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considereth, and
turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he
shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet saith the house of Israel,
The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways
equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house
of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent,
and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not
be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye
have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why
will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death
of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and
live ye.
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2nd
Lesson
Matthew 5:27-37
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That
whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that
one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a
writing of divorcement: 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put
away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to
commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
committeth adultery. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all;
neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it
is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great
King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not
make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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Second Sunday in Lent
Evening Prayer
Sunday
1st
Lesson
2 Samuel 12:1-10, 13-14
1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he
came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the
one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks
and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him,
and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there
came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own
flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come
unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that
was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the
man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done
this thing shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Nathan said
to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I
anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of
Saul; 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into
thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that
had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such
things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to
do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword,
and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the
sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never
depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned
against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put
away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou
hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the
child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
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2nd
Lesson
1 Corinthians 6:9
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves
with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers,
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of
any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall
destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for
the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God hath both raised up the
Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that
your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of
Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What?
know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two,
saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is
one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without
the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own
body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God's.
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1st Lesson
Ecclesiasticus.
51:1-12
1 I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise
thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name:
2 For thou art my defender and helper, and has
preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous
tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and has been mine helper
against mine adversaries:
3 And hast delivered
me, according to the multitude of they mercies and greatness of thy
name, from the teeth of them that were ready to devour me, and out of
the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the manifold
afflictions which I had;
4 From the choking of
fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not;
5 From the depth of the belly of hell, from an
unclean tongue, and from lying words.
6 By an
accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even
unto death, my life was near to the hell beneath.
7 They compassed me on every side, and there was no
man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.
8 Then thought I upon thy mercy, O Lord, and upon
thy acts of old, how thou deliverest such as wait for thee, and savest
them out of the hands of the enemies.
9 Then
lifted I up my supplications from the earth, and prayed for deliverance
from death.
10 I called upon the Lord, the
Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble,
and in the time of the proud, when there was no help.
11 I will praise thy name continually, and will
sing praises with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard:
12 For thou savedst me from destruction, and
deliveredst me from the evil time: therefore will I give thanks, and
praise thee, and bless they name, O Lord.
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2nd
Lesson
Luke 18:1-18
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in
a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there
was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of
mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said
within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming
she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto
him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge
them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find
faith on the earth?
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Second Sunday in Lent
Monday
Morning Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 27:1-29
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old,
and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his
eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,
here am I. 2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
death: 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and
thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; 4 And make
me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat;
that my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac
spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison,
and to bring it. 6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold,
I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 7 Bring me
venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before
the Lord before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch
me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury
meat for thy father, such as he loveth: 10 And thou shalt bring it to
thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his
death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother
is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: 12 My father peradventure will
feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a
curse upon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon
me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother
made savoury meat, such as his father loved. 15 And Rebekah took goodly
raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and
put them upon Jacob her younger son: 16 And she put the skins of the
kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: 17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and
said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? 19 And
Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How
is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because
the Lord thy God brought it to me. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come
near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very
son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he
felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the
hands of Esau. 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were
hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said,
Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 25 And he said, Bring it
near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him
wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near
now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he
smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the
smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and
nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy
mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee,
and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
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2nd
Lesson
1 Corinthians 5
1 It is reported commonly that there is
fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named
among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. 2 And ye are
puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed
might be taken away from among you. 3 For I verily, as absent in body,
but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present,
concerning him that hath so done this deed, 4 In the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the
power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of
the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven,
that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our
passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not
with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in
an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with
the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or
with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I
have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a
brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a
drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what
have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them
that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put
away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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Second Sunday in Lent
Monday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 4:23
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I beheld the
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25 I
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were
fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all
the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by
his fierce anger. 27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall
be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. 28 For this shall the earth
mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have
purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. 29
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they
shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be
forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 30 And when thou art spoiled,
what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though
thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face
with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will
despise thee, they will seek thy life. 31 For I have heard a voice as of
a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her
first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself,
that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied
because of murderers.
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2nd
Lesson
John 10:11-21
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and
leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and
scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling,
and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my
sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I
the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I
have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall
hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
This commandment have I received of my Father. 19 There was a division
therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them
said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? 21 Others said,
These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the
eyes of the blind?
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Second Sunday in Lent
Tuesday
Morning
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 27:30-40
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had
made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from
the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his
hunting. 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his
son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said
unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before
thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 And
when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also,
O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath
taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob?
for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;
and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou
not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answered and said unto
Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I
given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him:
and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? 38 And Esau said unto his
father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O
my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. 39 And Isaac his
father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the
fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40 And by thy
sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to
pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke
from off thy neck.
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2nd
Lesson
1 Corinthians 6:1-11
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye
not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall
be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know
ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to
this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this
life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak
to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not
one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother
goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now
therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one
with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather
suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and
that your brethren. 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of
you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in
the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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Second Sunday in Lent
Tuesday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 5:1-9
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof,
if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that
seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The Lord
liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the
truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast
consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have
made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know
not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will get me
unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the
way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have
altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. 6 Wherefore a lion out
of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil
them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out
thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many,
and their backslidings are increased. 7 How shall I pardon thee for
this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods:
when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and
assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were as
fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my
soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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2nd
Lesson
John 10:22-38
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the
dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple in
Solomon's porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto
him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye
believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give
unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's
hand. 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then the Jews took up stones again
to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you
from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 33 The Jews
answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the
scripture cannot be broken; 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I
am the Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me
not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that
ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
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Second Sunday in Lent
Wednesday
Morning
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 27:46—4, 10-22
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my
life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the
daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me?
1 And Isaac called Jaob, and blessed him, and
charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the
daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel
thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters
of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of
people; 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy
seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went
toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there
all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that
place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to
sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and
the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending
and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said,
I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy
seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to
the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in
thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in
this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning,
and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of
that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the
first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in
peace; then shall the Lord be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have
set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give
me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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1 Corinthians 6:12
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things
are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be
brought under the power of any. 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly
for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not
for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 14 And God
hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own
power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall
I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an
harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an
harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he
that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every
sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.
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Wednesday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 5:10-19
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but
make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the
Lord's. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
very treacherously against me, saith the Lord. 12 They have belied the
Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither
shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind,
and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. 14
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word,
behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood,
and it shall devour them. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from
far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an
ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither
understandest what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre,
they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy
bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up
thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig
trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst,
with the sword. 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will
not make a full end with you. 19 And it shall come to pass, when ye
shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us?
then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served
strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is
not yours
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Lesson
John 11:1-16
1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of
Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary
which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair,
whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him,
saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4 When Jesus heard
that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of
God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5 Now Jesus loved
Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 When he had heard therefore that
he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7
Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone
thee; and goest thou thither again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not
twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not,
because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the
night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 11 These things
said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;
but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 12 Then said his disciples,
Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his
death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad
for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe;
nevertheless let us go unto him. 16 Then said Thomas, which is called
Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with
him.
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Thursday
Morning
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 29:1-13, 18-20
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into
the land of the people of the east. 2 And he looked, and behold a well
in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for
out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the
well's mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they
rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put
the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said
unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We
know him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is
well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he
said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should
be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 8 And
they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and
till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep:
for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his
mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob
told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's
son: and she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when Laban
heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him,
and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he
told Laban all these things.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will
serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban
said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her
to another man: abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for
Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to
her.
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1 Corinthians 7:1-17
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote
unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to
avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman
have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due
benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife
hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the
husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not
one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give
yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan
tempt you not for your incontinency. 6 But I speak this by permission,
and not of commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I
myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this
manner, and another after that. 8 I say therefore to the unmarried and
widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they
cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the
wife depart from her husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain
unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put
away his wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother
hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him,
let him not put her away. 13 And the woman which hath an husband that
believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave
him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children
unclean; but now are they holy. 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let
him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases:
but God hath called us to peace. 16 For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether
thou shalt save thy wife? 17 But as God hath distributed to every man,
as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in
all churches.
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Thursday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 5:20
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and
publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and
without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears,
and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at
my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a
perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof
toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can
they not pass over it? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a
rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 24 Neither say they in
their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both
the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the
appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away
these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For
among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth
snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds,
so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and
waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the
deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the
fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not
judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not
my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 A wonderful and horrible
thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and
the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so:
and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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John 11:17-27
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had
lain in the grave four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto
Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 And many of the Jews came to
Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him:
but Mary sat still in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord,
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 But I know, that
even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. 23
Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto
him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last
day. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou
this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
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Friday
Morning
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 32:22-31
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two
wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over
the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and
sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a
man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he
prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the
hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not
let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy
name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no
more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and
with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me,
I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask
after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of
the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is
preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he
halted upon his thigh.
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Lesson
1 Corinthians 8
1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we
know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity
edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth
nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is
known of him. 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that
are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in
the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there
be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be
gods many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. 7 Howbeit there is not in
every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this
hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being
weak is defiled. 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we
eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But
take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which
hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the
conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which
are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak
brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the
brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while
the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
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Friday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 6:1-8
1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves
to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the
north, and great destruction. 2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a
comely and delicate woman. 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come
unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they
shall feed every one in his place. 4 Prepare ye war against her; arise,
and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the
shadows of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us go by
night, and let us destroy her palaces. 6 For thus hath the Lord of hosts
said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the
city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. 7 As a
fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness:
violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and
wounds. 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from
thee; Lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
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Lesson
John 11:28-44
28 And when she had so said, she went her way,
and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and
calleth for thee. 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and
came unto him. 30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in
that place where Martha met him. 31 The Jews then which were with her in
the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up
hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to
weep there. 32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and
the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and
was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him,
Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he
loved him! 37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened
the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have
died? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the
stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by
this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 40 Jesus saith
unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou
shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they took away the stone from
the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and
said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that
thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said
it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus
had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he
that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his
face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him,
and let him go.
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Saturday
Morning
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Genesis 35:1-7, 16-20
1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared
unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then
Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away
the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there
an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the
strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were
in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were
round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So
Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he
and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar,
and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when
he fled from the face of his brother.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was
but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had
hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that
the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that
she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's
grave unto this day.
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Lesson
1 Corinthians 9:1-14
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not
seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 2 If I be
not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of
mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 3 Mine answer to them that do
examine me is this, 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 5 Have we
not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and
as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have
not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his
own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit
thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the
flock? 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same
also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the
mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt,
this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he
that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 If we have
sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap
your carnal things? 12 If others be partakers of this power over you,
are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer
all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 Do ye not
know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of
the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the
altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the
gospel should live of the gospel.
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Saturday
Evening
Prayer
1st
Lesson
Jeremiah 6:9-21
9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall
throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as
a grapegatherer into the baskets. 10 To whom shall I speak, and give
warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and
they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a
reproach; they have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of the fury
of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the
children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even
the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full
of days. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their
fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the
inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord. 13 For from the least of them
even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and
from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 14 They
have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying,
Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 15 Were they ashamed when they had
committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time
that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord. 16 Thus saith
the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. 17 Also I set watchmen
over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We
will not hearken. 18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
congregation, what is among them. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring
evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they
have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 20 To
what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane
from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your
sacrifices sweet unto me. 21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I
will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the
sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall
perish.
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Lesson
John 11:45
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and
had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. 46 But some of
them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus
had done. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a
council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If
we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall
come and take away both our place and nation. 49 And one of them, named
Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know
nothing at all, 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51
And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that
nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children
of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they took
counsel together for to put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore walked no
more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the
wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his
disciples. 55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out
of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify
themselves. 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves,
as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the
feast? 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a
commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it,
that they might take him.
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