FIRST READING:
Jeremiah
31:
31 - 34
31
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
32
not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant
which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD.
33
But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I
will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
34
And no longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother,
saying, `Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least
of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
PSALM: Psalms 51: 3 - 4, 12 - 15
3
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil
in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and
blameless in thy judgment.
12
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing
spirit.
13
Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to
thee.
14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and
my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
15
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
SECOND READING: Hebrews 5: 7 - 9
7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus
offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to
him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his
godly fear.
8 Although he was a Son, he learned
obedience through what he suffered;
9 and being made perfect he became the
source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.
GOSPEL: John 12: 20 - 33
20 Now among those who went up to
worship at the feast were some Greeks.
21 So these came to Philip, who was
from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to
see Jesus."
22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew
went with Philip and they told Jesus.
23 And Jesus answered them, "The
hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a
grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but
if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25 He who loves his life loses it, and
he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26 If any one serves me, he must follow
me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves
me, the Father will honor him.
27 "Now is my soul troubled. And
what shall I say? `Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this
purpose I have come to this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name." Then
a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will
glorify it again."
29 The crowd standing by heard it and
said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to
him."
30 Jesus answered, "This voice has
come for your sake, not for mine.
31 Now is the judgment of this world,
now shall the ruler of this world be cast out;
32 and I, when I am lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men to myself."
33 He said this to show by what death
he was to die.
