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Old Testament Readings |
Description |
Ref. # |
| 1 |
Job
19:1, 23-27 |
"...I know that my Vindicator lives..."
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789,1 |
| 2 |
Ecclesiastes
3:1-11 |
"...A time to be born, a time to die..."
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453 |
| 3 |
Ecclesiastes 11:9--12:8 |
"...Before the silver cord is snapped..." |
454 |
| 4 |
Song of Solomon 2:8-14 |
"...Arise my beloved, my beautiful one, and come!..." |
198 |
| 5 |
Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23f |
"...God did not make death, nor does he rejoice..." |
99 |
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| 6 |
Wisdom 3:1-9 |
"...God did not make death, nor does he rejoice..." |
84 |
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| 7 |
Wisdom 4:7-15 |
"...The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest..." |
85 |
| 8 |
Sirach 1:1-10 |
"...All wisdom comes from the LORD..." |
341 |
| 9 |
Sirach 2:1-11 |
"...in fire gold is tested....Compassionate is the Lord..." |
342 |
| 10 |
Sirach 44:1, 10-15 |
"...Now will I praise those godly men,... |
606 |
| 11 |
Isaiah 25:6a, 7-9 |
"...he will destroy death forever..." |
789,4 |
| 12 |
Isaiah 26:7-19 |
"...your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise..." |
392 |
| 13 |
Isaiah 35:1-10 |
"...Here is your God, he comes with vindication..." |
182 |
| 14 |
Isaiah 40:1-11 |
"Comfort...to my people..." |
183 |
| 15 |
Isaiah 40:25-31 |
"...Though youths stagger and fall...they will soar..." |
184 |
| 16 |
Jeremiah 17:5-10 |
"...I, the Lord, alone probe the mind and test the heart..." |
234 |
| 17 |
Lamentations 3:17-26 |
"...My portion is the Lord, says my soul..." |
789,5 |
| 18 |
Ezekiel 37:12-14 |
"O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise..." |
34 |
| 19 |
Daniel 12:1-3 |
"...the wise shall shine brightly..." |
789,6 |
| 20 |
Micah 7:7-9 |
"...though I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light..." |
244 |
| 21 |
Zephaniah 3:14-18 |
"...Shout for joy...the Lord has removed the judgment..." |
9 |
| 22 |
Malachi 3:13-20 |
"...And a record book was written before him..." |
464 |
| 23 |
2 Maccabees 12:43-46 |
"...he made atonement for the dead..." |
789,7 |
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New Testament Readings |
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Ref.# |
| 1 |
Romans 5:1-5 |
"...We know that affliction makes for endurance..." |
167 |
| 2 |
Romans 8:1-11 |
"...he...will bring your mortal bodies to life..." |
478 |
| 3 |
Romans 8:26-30 |
"...God makes all things work together for the good..." |
481 |
| 4 |
Romans 10:8-13 |
" No one who believes in him will be put to shame..." |
24 |
| 5 |
Romans 11:33-36 |
"...How deep are the riches and the wisdom...of God..." |
122 |
| 6 |
1 Corinthians 1:22-25 |
"God's folly is wiser than men,...weakness, more powerful" |
29 |
| 7 |
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 |
"...Let him who would boast, boast in the Lord... |
430 |
| 8 |
1 Corinthians 2:6-10 |
...Eye has not seen, ear..heard...what God has prepared.." |
77 |
| 9 |
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 |
"...if Christ was not raised, your faith is worthless..." |
79 |
| 10 |
2 Corinthians 4:6-10 |
"...this treasure we possess in earthen vessels..." |
87 |
| 11 |
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 |
...The old order has passed away; now all is new!" |
603 |
| 12 |
Ephesians 1:3-10 |
"...he likewise predestined us...to be his sons..." |
105 |
| 13 |
Ephesians 1:11-14 |
"...In Christ we were chosen..." |
471 |
| 14 |
Ephesians 2:4-10 |
"...By this favor you were saved... not your own doing" |
32 |
| 15 |
Philippians 3:8-14 |
"...I run toward the prize to which God calls me..." |
36 |
| 16 |
Colossians 3:1-4 |
"...After all, you have died! Your life is hidden now..." |
43 |
| 17 |
Colossians 3:12-24 |
"...you will receive an inheritance from him..." |
785,11 |
| 18 |
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 |
"...We belong neither to darkness nor to night..." |
432 |
| 19 |
2 Timothy 1:8-10 |
"Bear your share of the hardship...He has robbed death..." |
25 |
| 20 |
2 Timothy 4:6-18 |
"... I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.." |
591 |
| 21 |
Titus 2:11-14 |
"...he who sacrificed himself for us, to redeem us..." |
15 |
| 22 |
Titus 3:4-7 |
"...he saved us, not because of any righteous deeds..." |
15 |
| 23 |
Hebrews 4:12-16 |
"...Nothing is concealed from him;...let us hold fast..." |
310 |
| 24 |
Hebrews 5:7-9 |
"...he learned obedience from what he suffered..." |
35 |
| 25 |
Hebrews 12:18-24 |
"...you have drawn near to...the heavenly Jerusalem..." |
121 |
| 26 |
James 5:7-10 |
"Be patient,...until the coming of the Lord..." |
7 |
| 27 |
1 Peter 1:3-9 |
"...you may for a time have to suffer...faith...fire-tried gold" |
44 |
| 28 |
2 Peter 3:12-17 |
"...Look for the coming of the day of God..." |
354 |
| 29 |
1 John 5:1-5 |
"...Who, then, is conqueror of the world?..." |
560 |
| 30 |
Revelation 22:12ff |
"...I am the Alpha and the Omega....Come, Lord Jesus..." |
62 |
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Gospel Readings |
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Ref.# |
| 1 |
Matthew 5:1-12a |
"The Eight Beatitudes" |
128 |
| 2 |
Matthew 11:25-30 |
"come to me . . . and I will give you rest." |
129 |
| 3 |
Matthew 18:19-20 |
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name" |
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| 4 |
Matthew 25:1-13 |
"Look. The bridegroom comes. Go out to meet him" |
130 |
| 5 |
Matthew 25:31-46 |
"Come, you whom my Father has blessed" |
131 |
| 6 |
Mark 10:13-16 |
"Let the children come to me" |
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| 7 |
Mark 13:33-37 |
"...you do not know when the appointed time will come." |
3 |
| 9 |
Mark 15:33-46 |
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" |
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| 10 |
Mark 15:33--16:6 |
"Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last" |
132 |
| 11 |
Luke 7:11-17 |
"Young man, I say to you, arise." |
133 |
| 12 |
Luke 12:35-40 |
"Be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect,..." |
134 |
| 13 |
Luke 20:34-38 |
"They can no longer die, for they are like angels" |
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| 14 |
Luke 23:33-43 |
"Today you will be with me in paradise." |
135 |
| 15 |
Luke 23:44--24:6a |
"Father, I put my life in your hands." |
136 |
| 16 |
Luke 24:13-35 |
"Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer..." |
137 |
| 17 |
Luke 24:13-35 |
"Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer..." |
137 |
| 18 |
John 5:24-29 |
"Whoever hears my word and believes has passed from..." |
| 19 |
John 6:37-40 |
"All who believe in the Son will have eternal life..." |
138 |
| 20 |
John 6:51-58 |
"All who eat this bread will live for ever...." |
139 |
| 21 |
John 11:17-27 |
"I am the resurrection and the life." |
140 |
| 22 |
John 11:32-45 |
"Lazarus, come out." |
141 |
| 23 |
John 12:23-28 |
"If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies..." |
142 |
| 24 |
John 14:1-6 |
"There are many rooms in my Father's house." |
143 |
| 25 |
John 17:24-26 |
"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me..." |
144 |
| 26 |
John 19:17-30 |
"Jesus bowed his head and gave up his spirits." |
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