John 15:1-8 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every...

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 1 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;    his steadfast love...

Jeremiah 31:31-34 31 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of...

John 3:1-21 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 3 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to...

John 2:13-22 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle,...

Romans 4:13-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to...

Genesis 9:8-17 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your...

Mark 9:2-9 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was...

Isaiah 40:21-31 Introduction to the text: The people of Israel have been in exile and are nearing the end of the 70 years God had said...

Mark 1:21-28 21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 22 They were astounded at his...

Matthew 2:1-12 2 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 asking,...

Matthew 17:1-9 New Revised Standard Updated Version 17 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led...

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 15 “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and...

Matthew 5:13-20 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how can...

Matthew 5:1-12 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Beatitudes 5 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and...

Matthew 4:12-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee....

John 1:29-42 Today’s text comes from the first chapter of John. Just preceding the passage I am about to read, John the Baptist has come...

Matthew 3:11-17 New Revised Standard Updated Version 11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is...

Matthew 2:13-23 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 13 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a...

Isaiah 11:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow...