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XX Pentecost |
Lesson
Bearing another's sins
Epistle
Jesus the Great High Priest
Gospel
The Request of James and John
...the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his
life as a ransom for many |
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Lesson |
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Isaiah 53:4-12 |
4: Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed
him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
5: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his
stripes we are healed.
6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like
a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its
shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
8: By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation,
who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken
for the transgression of my people?
9: And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10: Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief;
when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he
shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand;
11: he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by
his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted
righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.
12: Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors. |
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Epistle |
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Hebrews 4:12-16 |
12: For the word of God
is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the
division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the
thoughts and intentions of the heart.
13: And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and laid bare to
the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14: Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
15: For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our
weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet
without sin.
16: Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we
may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. |
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Gospel |
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Mark 10:35-45 |
35: And James and John,
the sons of Zeb'edee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we
want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."
36: And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
37: And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one
at your left, in your glory."
38: But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with
which I am baptized?"
39: And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup
that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized,
you will be baptized;
40: but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it
is for those for whom it has been prepared."
41: And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
42: And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who
are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great
men exercise authority over them.
43: But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you
must be your servant,
44: and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
45: For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give
his life as a ransom for many." |
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