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  Palm Sunday When Jesus and his followers approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. Jesus gave two disciples a task,  2  saying to them, “Go into the village over there. As soon as you enter it, you will find tied up there a colt that no one has ridden. Untie it and bring it here.  3  If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘Its master needs it, and he will send it back right away.’” 4  They went and found a colt tied to a gate outside on the street, and they untied it.  5  Some people standing around said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”  6  They told them just what Jesus said, and they left them alone.  7  They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes upon it, and he sat on it.  8  Many people spread out their clothes on the road while others spread branches cut from the fields.  9  Those in front of him and those followi...

Fifth Sunday in Lent 20  Some Greeks were among those who had come up to worship at the festival.  21  They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made a request: “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”  22  Philip told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 23  Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Human One to be glorified.  24  I assure you that unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it can only be a single seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.  25  Those who love their lives will lose them, and those who hate their lives in this world will keep them forever.  26  Whoever serves me must follow me. Wherever I am, there my servant will also be. My Father will honor whoever serves me. 27  “Now  I am deeply troubled . What should I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, for this is the reason I have come to this time.  28  Father, glorify your name!” Then a ...

  Fourth Sunday in Lent 4  Then they traveled from Mount Hor on the road toward the Sea of Suf in order to go around the land of Edom; but the people’s tempers grew short because of the detour.  5  The people spoke against God and against Moshe: “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt? To die in the desert? There’s no real food, there’s no water, and we’re sick of this miserable stuff we’re eating!” 6  In response, Adonai sent poisonous snakes among the people; they bit the people, and many of Isra’el’s people died.  7  The people came to Moshe and said, “We sinned by speaking against Adonai and against you. Pray to Adonai that he rid us of these snakes.” Moshe prayed for the people,  8  and Adonai answered Moshe: “Make a poisonous snake and put it on a pole. When anyone who has been bitten sees it, he will live.”  9  Moshe made a bronze snake and put it on the pole; if a snake had bitten some...

  Third Sunday in Lent 18  For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  19  For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,     and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20  Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age?  Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?  21  For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe .  22  For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,  23  but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,  24  but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.  25  For the foolishness of God is wiser than men,...