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First Sunday in Lent |
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Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted of
Satan: Make speed to help thy servants who are assaulted by manifold
temptations; and, as thou knowest their several infirmities, let each one
find thee mighty to save; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. |
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Lesson |
Genesis 2:4b-9,15-17,25---3:7
Another Account of the Creation
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were
created. In the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, when
no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet
sprung up -- for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and
there was no man to till the ground; but a mist went up from the earth and
watered the whole face of the ground -- then the LORD God formed man of dust
from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living being. And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the
east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the
LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for
food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil. The LORD God took the man and put him in the
garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you
eat of it you shall die." And the man and his wife were both naked, and were
not ashamed. Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature
that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, `You shall
not eat of any tree of the garden'?" And the woman said to the serpent, "We
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, `You shall
not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the
woman, "You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes
will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to
the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of
its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Then
the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. |
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Epistle |
Romans 5:12-19(20-21)
Adam and Christ
Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin,
and so death spread to all men because all men sinned -- sin indeed was in
the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no
law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were
not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to
come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through
one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the
grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is
not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one
trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses
brings justification. If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned
through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of
grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man
Jesus Christ. Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so
one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. For
as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's
obedience many will be made righteous. Law came in, to increase the
trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as
sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Gospel |
Matthew 4:1-11
The Temptation of Jesus
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the
devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was
hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
command these stones to become loaves of bread." But he answered, "It is
written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'" Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set
him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of
God, throw yourself down; for it is written, `He will give his angels charge
of you,' and `On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your
foot against a stone.'" Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, `You shall
not tempt the Lord your God.'" Again, the devil took him to a very high
mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of
them; and he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down
and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! for it is written,
`You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'" Then
the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him. |
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