The Collect
Sunday of the Passion: Palm SundayAlmighty and everliving God,
who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Savior Jesus
Christ to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all
mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that
we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of
his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
AmenPreface of Holy Week
Old Testament Reading
Isaiah 45:21-2521Tell and bring forth your case; Yes,
let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has
told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides
Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.
22" Look to
Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no
other.
23I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in
righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every
tongue shall take an oath.
24He shall say, ' Surely in the LORD I
have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.
25In the LORD all the descendants of
Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory.'" --
NKJV
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Isaiah 52:13-53:1252:
13 Behold, My
Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more
than any man, And His form more than the sons of men;
15 So shall He
sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not
been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall
consider.
53:
1 Who has believed our report? And to
whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 For He shall grow up
before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or
comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we
did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our
sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we
are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned,
every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is
silent, So He opened not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and
from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the
land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked- But with the rich at His
death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall
prolong His days, And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,and be satisfied. By His
knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their
iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul
unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of
many, And made intercession for the transgressors. --
NKJV
Psalm
Psalm 22:1-211My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *
and are so far from my cry
and from the words of my distress?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *
by night as well, but I find no rest.
3Yet you are the Holy One, *
enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
4Our forefathers put their trust in you; *
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5They cried out to you and were delivered; *
they trusted in you and were not put to shame.
6But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *
scorned by all and despised by the people.
7All who see me laugh me to scorn; *
they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,
8"He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; *
let him rescue him, if he delights in him."
9Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, *
and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.
10I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *
you were my God when I was still in my
mother's womb.
11Be not far from me, for trouble is near, *
and there is none to help.
12Many young bulls encircle me; *
strong bulls of Bashan surround me.
13They open wide their jaws at me, *
like a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water;
all my bones are out of joint; *
my heart within my breast is melting wax.
15My mouth is dried out like a pot-sherd;
my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; *
and you have laid me in the dust of the grave.
16Packs of dogs close me in,
and gangs of evildoers circle around me; *
they pierce my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.
17They stare and gloat over me; *
they divide my garments among them;
they cast lots for my clothing.
18Be not far away, O LORD; *
you are my strength; hasten to help me.
19Save me from the sword, *
my life from the power of the dog.
20Save me from the lion's mouth, *
my wretched body from the horns of wild bulls.
21I will declare your Name to my brethren; *
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you.
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Psalm 22:1-111My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *
and are so far from my cry
and from the words of my distress?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *
by night as well, but I find no rest.
3Yet you are the Holy One, *
enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
4Our forefathers put their trust in you; *
they trusted, and you delivered them.
5They cried out to you and were delivered; *
they trusted in you and were not put to shame.
6But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *
scorned by all and despised by the people.
7All who see me laugh me to scorn; *
they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,
8"He trusted in the LORD; let him deliver him; *
let him rescue him, if he delights in him."
9Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, *
and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.
10I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *
you were my God when I was still in my
mother's womb.
11Be not far from me, for trouble is near, *
and there is none to help.
New Testament Reading
Philippians 2:5-115Let this mind be in you which was
also in Christ Jesus,
6who, being in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God,
7but made Himself of no
reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
9Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name
which is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the
earth,
11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. --
NKJV
Gospel Reading
[Luke 22:39-71]39Coming out, He went to the Mount of
Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him.
40When He came to the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not
enter into temptation."
41And He was withdrawn from them about a
stone's throw, and He knelt down and prayed,
42saying, "Father, if it
is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours,
be done."
43Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening
Him.
44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat
became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
45When
He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping
from sorrow.
46Then He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and
pray, lest you enter into temptation."
47And while He was still
speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve,
went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him.
48But Jesus said
to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
49When
those around Him saw what was going to happen, they said to Him, "Lord, shall we
strike with the sword?"
50And one of them struck the servant of the
high priest and cut off his right ear.
51But Jesus answered and said,
"Permit even this." And He touched his ear and healed him.
52Then
Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and the elders who had
come to Him, "Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
53When I was with you daily in the temple, you did not try to seize
Me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
54Having
arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest's house. But
Peter followed at a distance.
55Now when they had kindled a fire in
the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire,
looked intently at him and said, "This man was also with Him."
57But
he denied Him, saying, "Woman, I do not know Him."
58And after a
little while another saw him and said, "You also are of them." But Peter said,
"Man, I am not!"
59Then after about an hour had passed, another
confidently affirmed, saying, "Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a
Galilean."
60But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are
saying!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how He had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will
deny Me three times."
62So Peter went out and wept bitterly.
63Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him.
64And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked
Him, saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?"
65And many
other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.
66As soon as it
was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together
and led Him into their council, saying,
67"If You are the Christ,
tell us." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will by no means believe.
68And if I also ask you, you will by no means answer Me or let Me go.
69Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of
God."
70Then they all said, "Are You then the Son of God?" So He said
to them, "You rightly say that I am."
71And they said, "What further
testimony do we need? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth." --
NKJV
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Luke 23:1-49(50-56)1Then the whole multitude of them
arose and led Him to Pilate.
2And they began to accuse Him, saying,
"We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to
Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."
3Then Pilate asked
Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as
you say."
4So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find
no fault in this Man."
5But they were the more fierce, saying, "He
stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to
this place."
6When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were
a Galilean.
7And as soon as he knew that He belonged to Herod's
jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.
8Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had
desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him,
and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.
9Then he questioned Him
with many words, but He answered him nothing.
10And the chief priests
and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.
11Then Herod, with his
men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous
robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.
12That very day Pilate and Herod
became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each
other.
13Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests,
the rulers, and the people,
14said to them, "You have brought this
Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in
your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of
which you accuse Him;
15no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to
him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.
16I
will therefore chastise Him and release Him"
17(for it was necessary
for him to release one to them at the feast).
18And they all cried
out at once, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas"-
19who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the
city, and for murder.
20Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus,
again called out to them.
21But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him,
crucify Him!"
22Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil
has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise
Him and let Him go."
23But they were insistent, demanding with loud
voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief
priests prevailed.
24So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as
they requested.
25And he released to them the one they requested, who
for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to
their will.
26Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain
man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the
cross that he might bear it after Jesus.
27And a great multitude of
the people followed Him, and women who also mourned and lamented Him.
28But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not
weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
29For
indeed the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren,
wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!'
30Then they
will begin 'to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover
us!"'
31For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be
done in the dry?"
32There were also two others, criminals, led with
Him to be put to death.
33And when they had come to the place called
Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and
the other on the left.
34Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for
they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.
35And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them
sneered, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the
chosen of God."
36The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering
Him sour wine,
37and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save
Yourself."
38And an inscription also was written over Him in letters
of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39Then one
of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ,
save Yourself and us."
40But the other, answering, rebuked him,
saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds;
but this Man has done nothing wrong."
42Then he said to Jesus, "Lord,
remember me when You come into Your kingdom."
43And Jesus said to
him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
44Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all
the earth until the ninth hour.
45Then the sun was darkened, and the
veil of the temple was torn in two.
46And when Jesus had cried out
with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'"
Having said this, He breathed His last.
47So when the centurion saw
what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous
Man!"
48And the whole crowd who came together to that sight, seeing
what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
49But all His
acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance,
watching these things.
(50Now behold, there was a man named
Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.
51He had not consented
to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who
himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.
52This man went to
Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53Then he took it down,
wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where
no one had ever lain before.
54That day was the Preparation, and the
Sabbath drew near.
55And the women who had come with Him from Galilee
followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid.
56Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they
rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
) --
NKJV
