Readings for Lent and Easter from The Voice Mark 15:1-14 ============ [15:1] When morning came, the chief priests met in council with all the Jewish leaders. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and turned Him over to the Roman governor, Pilate. Pilate (after hearing them): [2] Are You the King of the Jews? Jesus: You […]

Readings for Lent and Easter from The Voice Luke 23:11-25 ============= [11] Eventually Herod and his soldiers began to insult Jesus, mocking and degrading Him. They put expensive clothing on Him and sent Him back to Pilate. [12] This ended a long-standing rift between Herod and Pilate; they became friends from that day forward. [13] […]

Readings for Lent and Easter Luke 22:63-71 ============= [63] At this point, the men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him. [64] They put a blindfold on Him. Men Holding Jesus: Hey, Prophet! Use Your prophetic powers to tell us who just whacked You! [65] They kept on with this sort […]

Readings for Lent and EasterZechariah 9:9 ============= [9] Cry out with joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout jubilantly, O daughter of Jerusalem! Look-your King is coming; He is righteous and able to save. He comes seated humbly on a donkey, on a colt, a foal of a donkey.

Readings for Lent and EasterRomans 8:18-25 ============== [18] Now I'm sure of this: the sufferings we endure now are not even worth comparing to the glory that is coming and will be revealed in us. [19] For all of creation is waiting, yearning for the time when the children of God will be revealed. [20] […]

Readings for Lent and EasterMatthew 21:1-16 =============== After a great parade, Jesus and His disciples walk into the temple area, and what He sees enrages Him. He sees moneychangers, buying and selling. He sees men sitting on benches, hawking doves to those who have come from the countryside to make a sacrifice. He sees that […]

Readings for Lent and Easter Romans 6:12-18 ============== [12] Don't invite that insufferable tyrant of sin back into your mortal body so you won't become obedient to its destructive desires. [13] Don't offer your bodily members to sin's service as tools of wickedness; instead, offer your body to God as those who are alive from […]