Daily Reading

USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition
  1. Reading 1 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16

    The LORD spoke to Nathan and said:
    “Go, tell my servant David,
    ‘When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors,
    I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins,
    and I will make his kingdom firm.
    It is he who shall build a house for my name.
    And I will make his royal throne firm forever.
    I will be a father to him,
    and he shall be a son to me.
    Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me;
    your throne shall stand firm forever.’”

    Responsorial Psalm 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29

    R.    (37)  The son of David will live for ever.
    The promises of the LORD I will sing forever;
    through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness,
    For you have said, “My kindness is established forever”;
    in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
    R.    The son of David will live for ever.
    “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant:
    Forever will I confirm your posterity
    and establish your throne for all generations.”
    R.    The son of David will live for ever.
    “He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
    my God, the Rock, my savior.’
    Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
    and my covenant with him stands firm.”
    R.    The son of David will live for ever.

    Reading 2 Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22

    Brothers and sisters:
    It was not through the law
    that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants
    that he would inherit the world,
    but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
    For this reason, it depends on faith,
    so that it may be a gift,
    and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,
    not to those who only adhere to the law
    but to those who follow the faith of Abraham,
    who is the father of all of us, as it is written,
    I have made you father of many nations.
    He is our father in the sight of God,
    in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead
    and calls into being what does not exist.
    He believed, hoping against hope,
    that he would become the father of many nations,
    according to what was said, Thus shall your descendants be.
    That is why it was credited to him as righteousness.

    Verse Before the Gospel Ps 84:5

    Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord;
    they never cease to praise you.

    Gospel Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

    Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
    Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.

    Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
    When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
    but before they lived together,
    she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
    Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
    yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
    decided to divorce her quietly.
    Such was his intention when, behold,
    the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
    “Joseph, son of David,
    do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
    For it is through the Holy Spirit
    that this child has been conceived in her.
    She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
    because he will save his people from their sins.”
    When Joseph awoke,
    he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
    and took his wife into his home.

    or

    Lk 2:41-51a

    Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
    and when he was twelve years old,
    they went up according to festival custom.
    After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
    the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
    but his parents did not know it.
    Thinking that he was in the caravan,
    they journeyed for a day
    and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
    but not finding him,
    they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
    After three days they found him in the temple,
    sitting in the midst of the teachers,
    listening to them and asking them questions,
    and all who heard him were astounded
    at his understanding and his answers.
    When his parents saw him,
    they were astonished,
    and his mother said to him,
    “Son, why have you done this to us?
    Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
    And he said to them,
    “Why were you looking for me?
    Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
    But they did not understand what he said to them.
    He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
    and was obedient to them.

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  2. Reading I Dn 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62

    In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim,
    who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna,
    the daughter of Hilkiah;
    her pious parents had trained their daughter
    according to the law of Moses.
    Joakim was very rich;
    he had a garden near his house,
    and the Jews had recourse to him often
    because he was the most respected of them all.

    That year, two elders of the people were appointed judges,
    of whom the Lord said, “Wickedness has come out of Babylon:
    from the elders who were to govern the people as judges.”
    These men, to whom all brought their cases,
    frequented the house of Joakim.
    When the people left at noon,
    Susanna used to enter her husband’s garden for a walk.
    When the old men saw her enter every day for her walk,
    they began to lust for her.
    They suppressed their consciences;
    they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven,
    and did not keep in mind just judgments.

    One day, while they were waiting for the right moment,
    she entered the garden as usual, with two maids only.
    She decided to bathe, for the weather was warm.
    Nobody else was there except the two elders,
    who had hidden themselves and were watching her.
    “Bring me oil and soap,” she said to the maids,
    “and shut the garden doors while I bathe.”

    As soon as the maids had left,
    the two old men got up and hurried to her.
    “Look,” they said, “the garden doors are shut, and no one can see us;
    give in to our desire, and lie with us.
    If you refuse, we will testify against you
    that you dismissed your maids because a young man was here with you.”

    “I am completely trapped,” Susanna groaned.
    “If I yield, it will be my death;
    if I refuse, I cannot escape your power.
    Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt
    than to sin before the Lord.”
    Then Susanna shrieked, and the old men also shouted at her,
    as one of them ran to open the garden doors.
    When the people in the house heard the cries from the garden,
    they rushed in by the side gate to see what had happened to her.
    At the accusations by the old men,
    the servants felt very much ashamed,
    for never had any such thing been said about Susanna.

    When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day,
    the two wicked elders also came,
    fully determined to put Susanna to death.
    Before all the people they ordered:
    “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah,
    the wife of Joakim.”
    When she was sent for,
    she came with her parents, children and all her relatives.
    All her relatives and the onlookers were weeping.

    In the midst of the people the two elders rose up
    and laid their hands on her head.
    Through tears she looked up to heaven,
    for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly.
    The elders made this accusation:
    “As we were walking in the garden alone,
    this woman entered with two girls
    and shut the doors of the garden, dismissing the girls.
    A young man, who was hidden there, came and lay with her.
    When we, in a corner of the garden, saw this crime,
    we ran toward them.
    We saw them lying together,
    but the man we could not hold, because he was stronger than we;
    he opened the doors and ran off.
    Then we seized her and asked who the young man was,
    but she refused to tell us.
    We testify to this.”
    The assembly believed them,
    since they were elders and judges of the people,
    and they condemned her to death.

    But Susanna cried aloud:
    “O eternal God, you know what is hidden
    and are aware of all things before they come to be:
    you know that they have testified falsely against me. 
    Here I am about to die,
    though I have done none of the things
    with which these wicked men have charged me.”

    The Lord heard her prayer.
    As she was being led to execution,
    God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel,
    and he cried aloud:
    “I will have no part in the death of this woman.”
    All the people turned and asked him, “What is this you are saying?”
    He stood in their midst and continued,
    “Are you such fools, O children of Israel! 
    To condemn a woman of Israel without examination
    and without clear evidence?
    Return to court, for they have testified falsely against her.”

    Then all the people returned in haste.
    To Daniel the elders said,
    “Come, sit with us and inform us,
    since God has given you the prestige of old age.”
    But he replied,
    “Separate these two far from each other that I may examine them.”

    After they were separated one from the other,
    he called one of them and said:
    “How you have grown evil with age!
    Now have your past sins come to term:
    passing unjust sentences, condemning the innocent,
    and freeing the guilty, although the Lord says,
    ‘The innocent and the just you shall not put to death.’
    Now, then, if you were a witness,
    tell me under what tree you saw them together.”
    “Under a mastic tree,” he answered.
    Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you your head,
    for the angel of God shall receive the sentence from him
    and split you in two.”
    Putting him to one side, he ordered the other one to be brought.
    Daniel said to him,
    “Offspring of Canaan, not of Judah, beauty has seduced you,
    lust has subverted your conscience.
    This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel,
    and in their fear they yielded to you;
    but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your wickedness.
    Now, then, tell me under what tree you surprised them together.”
    “Under an oak,” he said.
    Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you also your head,
    for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two
    so as to make an end of you both.”

    The whole assembly cried aloud,
    blessing God who saves those who hope in him.
    They rose up against the two elders,
    for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of perjury.
    According to the law of Moses,
    they inflicted on them
    the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor:
    they put them to death.
    Thus was innocent blood spared that day.

    OR:

    The assembly condemned Susanna to death.

    But Susanna cried aloud:
    “O eternal God, you know what is hidden
    and are aware of all things before they come to be:
    you know that they have testified falsely against me.
    Here I am about to die,
    though I have done none of the things
    with which these wicked men have charged me.”

    The Lord heard her prayer.
    As she was being led to execution,
    God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel,
    and he cried aloud:
    “I will have no part in the death of this woman.”
    All the people turned and asked him,
    “What is this you are saying?”
    He stood in their midst and continued,
    “Are you such fools, O children of Israel!
    To condemn a woman of Israel without examination
    and without clear evidence?
    Return to court, for they have testified falsely against her.”

    Then all the people returned in haste.
    To Daniel the elders said,
    “Come, sit with us and inform us,
    since God has given you the prestige of old age.”
    But he replied,
    “Separate these two far from each other that I may examine them.”

    After they were separated one from the other,
    he called one of them and said:
    “How you have grown evil with age!
    Now have your past sins come to term:
    passing unjust sentences, condemning the innocent,
    and freeing the guilty, although the Lord says,
    ‘The innocent and the just you shall not put to death.’ 
    Now, then, if you were a witness,
    tell me under what tree you saw them together.”
    “Under a mastic tree,” he answered.
    Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you your head,
    for the angel of God shall receive the sentence from him
    and split you in two.”
    Putting him to one side, he ordered the other one to be brought. 
    Daniel said to him, “Offspring of Canaan, not of Judah,
    beauty has seduced you, lust has subverted your conscience.
    This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel,
    and in their fear they yielded to you;
    but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your wickedness.
    Now, then, tell me under what tree you surprised them together.”
    “Under an oak,” he said.
    Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you also your head,”
    for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two
    so as to make an end of you both.”

    The whole assembly cried aloud,
    blessing God who saves those who hope in him.
    They rose up against the two elders,
    for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of perjury.
    According to the law of Moses,
    they inflicted on them
    the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor:
    they put them to death.
    Thus was innocent blood spared that day.

    Responsorial Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

    R. (4ab) Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
    Beside restful waters he leads me;
    he refreshes my soul.
    R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
    He guides me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.
    Even though I walk in the dark valley
    I fear no evil; for you are at my side
    With your rod and your staff
    that give me courage.
    R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
    You spread the table before me
    in the sight of my foes;
    You anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
    R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.
    Only goodness and kindness follow me
    all the days of my life;
    And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
    for years to come.
    R. Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side.

    Verse before the Gospel Ez 33:11

    I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord,
    but rather in his conversion, that he may live.

    Gospel Jn 8:1-11

    Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
    But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, 
    and all the people started coming to him, 
    and he sat down and taught them.
    Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman 
    who had been caught in adultery 
    and made her stand in the middle.
    They said to him,
    “Teacher, this woman was caught 
    in the very act of committing adultery.
    Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
    So what do you say?”
    They said this to test him,
    so that they could have some charge to bring against him.
    Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
    But when they continued asking him,
    he straightened up and said to them,
    “Let the one among you who is without sin 
    be the first to throw a stone at her.”
    Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
    And in response, they went away one by one,
    beginning with the elders.
    So he was left alone with the woman before him.
    Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,
    “Woman, where are they?
    Has no one condemned you?”
    She replied, “No one, sir.”
    Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
    Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

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  3. Reading I Ez 37:12-14

    Thus says the Lord GOD: 
    O my people, I will open your graves 
    and have you rise from them, 
    and bring you back to the land of Israel.
    Then you shall know that I am the LORD, 
    when I open your graves and have you rise from them, 
    O my people!
    I will put my spirit in you that you may live, 
    and I will settle you upon your land; 
    thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
    I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

    Responsorial Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8

    R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
    Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
        LORD, hear my voice!
    Let your ears be attentive
        to my voice in supplication. 
    R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
    If you, O LORD, mark iniquities,
        LORD, who can stand?
    But with you is forgiveness,
        that you may be revered. 
    R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
    I trust in the LORD;
        my soul trusts in his word.
    More than sentinels wait for the dawn,
        let Israel wait for the LORD.
    R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
    For with the LORD is kindness
        and with him is plenteous redemption;
    And he will redeem Israel
        from all their iniquities.
    R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

    Reading II Rom 8:8-11

    Brothers and sisters:
    Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
    But you are not in the flesh; 
    on the contrary, you are in the spirit, 
    if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
    Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
    But if Christ is in you, 
    although the body is dead because of sin, 
    the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
    If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 
    the one who raised Christ from the dead 
    will give life to your mortal bodies also, 
    through his Spirit dwelling in you.

    Verse Before the Gospel Jn 11:25a, 26

    I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
    whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die.

    Gospel Jn 11:1-45

    Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, 
    the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
    Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil 
    and dried his feet with her hair; 
    it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.
    So the sisters sent word to him saying, 
    “Master, the one you love is ill.”
    When Jesus heard this he said,
    “This illness is not to end in death, 
    but is for the glory of God, 
    that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
    Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
    So when he heard that he was ill, 
    he remained for two days in the place where he was.
    Then after this he said to his disciples, 
    “Let us go back to Judea.”
    The disciples said to him, 
    “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, 
    and you want to go back there?”
    Jesus answered,
    “Are there not twelve hours in a day?
    If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, 
    because he sees the light of this world.
    But if one walks at night, he stumbles, 
    because the light is not in him.” 
    He said this, and then told them,
    “Our friend Lazarus is asleep,
    but I am going to awaken him.”
    So the disciples said to him,
    “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.”
    But Jesus was talking about his death, 
    while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. 
    So then Jesus said to them clearly,
    “Lazarus has died.
    And I am glad for you that I was not there,
    that you may believe. 
    Let us go to him.”
    So Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, 
    “Let us also go to die with him.”

    When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus 
    had already been in the tomb for four days.
    Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away.
    And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary 
    to comfort them about their brother.
    When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
    she went to meet him;
    but Mary sat at home.
    Martha said to Jesus, 
    “Lord, if you had been here,
    my brother would not have died.
    But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
    God will give you.”
    Jesus said to her,
    “Your brother will rise.”
    Martha said to him,
    “I know he will rise,
    in the resurrection on the last day.”
    Jesus told her,
    “I am the resurrection and the life; 
    whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, 
    and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
    Do you believe this?”
    She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
    I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
    the one who is coming into the world.”

    When she had said this, 
    she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, 
    “The teacher is here and is asking for you.”
    As soon as she heard this,
    she rose quickly and went to him.
    For Jesus had not yet come into the village, 
    but was still where Martha had met him.
    So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her 
    saw Mary get up quickly and go out,
    they followed her, 
    presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
    When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, 
    she fell at his feet and said to him, 
    “Lord, if you had been here,
    my brother would not have died.”
    When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, 
    he became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, 
    “Where have you laid him?”
    They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
    And Jesus wept.
    So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
    But some of them said, 
    “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man 
    have done something so that this man would not have died?”

    So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
    It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
    Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
    Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, 
    “Lord, by now there will be a stench; 
    he has been dead for four days.”
    Jesus said to her,
    “Did I not tell you that if you believe 
    you will see the glory of God?”
    So they took away the stone.
    And Jesus raised his eyes and said,
    “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
    I know that you always hear me; 
    but because of the crowd here I have said this, 
    that they may believe that you sent me.”
    And when he had said this,
    He cried out in a loud voice, 
    “Lazarus, come out!”
    The dead man came out,
    tied hand and foot with burial bands, 
    and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
    So Jesus said to them,
    “Untie him and let him go.”

    Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
    and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

    OR: 

    Jn 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45

    The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, 
    “Master, the one you love is ill.”
    When Jesus heard this he said,
    “This illness is not to end in death, 
    but is for the glory of God, 
    that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
    Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
    So when he heard that he was ill, 
    he remained for two days in the place where he was.
    Then after this he said to his disciples, 
    "Let us go back to Judea.”

    When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus 
    had already been in the tomb for four days.
    When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
    she went to meet him; 
    but Mary sat at home.
    Martha said to Jesus, 
    “Lord, if you had been here,
    my brother would not have died.
    But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
    God will give you.”
    Jesus said to her,
    “Your brother will rise.”
    Martha said,
    “I know he will rise,
    in the resurrection on the last day.”
    Jesus told her,
    “I am the resurrection and the life; 
    whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, 
    and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
    Do you believe this?”
    She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
    I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
    the one who is coming into the world.”

    He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said, 
    “Where have you laid him?”
    They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
    And Jesus wept.
    So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
    But some of them said, 
    “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man 
    have done something so that this man would not have died?”

    So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
    It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
    Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
    Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, 
    “Lord, by now there will be a stench; 
    he has been dead for four days.”
    Jesus said to her,
    “Did I not tell you that if you believe 
    you will see the glory of God?”
    So they took away the stone.
    And Jesus raised his eyes and said, 
    “Father, I thank you for hearing me.
    I know that you always hear me; 
    but because of the crowd here I have said this, 
    that they may believe that you sent me.”
    And when he had said this,
    He cried out in a loud voice, 
    “Lazarus, come out!”
    The dead man came out,
    tied hand and foot with burial bands, 
    and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
    So Jesus said to them,
    “Untie him and let him go.”

    Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
    and seen what he had done began to believe in him.

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  4. Year B Readings

    Scrutiny Year A Readings

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  5. Reading I Jer 31:31-34

    The days are coming, says the LORD, 
    when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel 
    and the house of Judah.
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers
    the day I took them by the hand 
    to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; 
    for they broke my covenant, 
    and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD.
    But this is the covenant that I will make 
    with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD.
    I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; 
    I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives
    how to know the LORD.
    All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD, 
    for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.

    Responsorial Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15

    R. (12a)  Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
        in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
    Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
        and of my sin cleanse me.
    R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    A clean heart create for me, O God,
        and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
    Cast me not out from your presence,
        and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
    R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    Give me back the joy of your salvation,
        and a willing spirit sustain in me.
    I will teach transgressors your ways,
        and sinners shall return to you.
    R. Create a clean heart in me, O God.

    Reading II Heb 5:7-9

    In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh, 
    he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears 
    to the one who was able to save him from death, 
    and he was heard because of his reverence.
    Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; 
    and when he was made perfect, 
    he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

    Verse Before the Gospel Jn 12:26

    Whoever serves me must follow me, says the Lord;
    and where I am, there also will my servant be.

    Gospel Jn 12:20-33

    Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast
    came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, 
    and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
    Philip went and told Andrew; 
    then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
    Jesus answered them, 
    “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
    Amen, amen, I say to you, 
    unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, 
    it remains just a grain of wheat; 
    but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
    Whoever loves his life loses it,
    and whoever hates his life in this world
    will preserve it for eternal life.
    Whoever serves me must follow me, 
    and where I am, there also will my servant be.
    The Father will honor whoever serves me.

    “I am troubled now.  Yet what should I say?
    ‘Father, save me from this hour’?
    But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour.
    Father, glorify your name.”
    Then a voice came from heaven, 
    “I have glorified it and will glorify it again.”
    The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder; 
    but others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
    Jesus answered and said, 
    “This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.
    Now is the time of judgment on this world; 
    now the ruler of this world will be driven out.
    And when I am lifted up from the earth, 
    I will draw everyone to myself.”
    He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.

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