April 21, 2024
First Lesson:
Peter and John Before the Council
4 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus[a] is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b] 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men[c] by which we must be saved.”
Second Lesson
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[a] and God[b] in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Footnotes
- 1 John 3:24 Greek him
- 1 John 3:24 Greek he
Gospel
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. 17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible. ESV® Text Edition: 2018. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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Weekly Bible Readings
April 2024
Apr. 7
Second S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 4:32–35
Psalm 148
Second Lesson: 1 John 1:1—2:2
Gospel: John 20:19–31
Apr. 14
Third S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 3:11–21
Psalm 4
Second Lesson: 1 John 3:1–7
Gospel: Luke 24:36–49
Apr. 21
Fourth S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 4:1–12
Psalm 23
Second Lesson: 1 John 3:16–24
Gospel: John 10:11–18
Apr. 28
Fifth S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 8:26–40
Psalm 150
Second Lesson: 1 John 4:1–11 (12–21)
Gospel: John 15:1–8
May 2024
May 5
Sixth S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 10:34–48
Psalm 98
Second Lesson: 1 John 5:1–8
Gospel: John 15:9–17
May 9
The Ascension of Our Lord
First Lesson: Acts 1:1–11
Psalm 47
Second Lesson: Eph. 1:15–23
Gospel: Luke 24:44–53
May 12
Seventh S. of Easter
First Lesson: Acts 1:12–26
Psalm 1
Second Lesson: 1 John 5:9–15
Gospel: John 17:11b–19
PENTECOST
May 19
The Day of Pentecost
First Lesson: Ezek. 37:1–14
Psalm 139:1–12 (13–16)
Second Lesson: Acts 2:1–21
Gospel: John 15:26–27; 16:4b–15
TRINITY
May 26
The Holy Trinity
First Lesson: Is. 6:1–8
Psalm 29
Second Lesson: Acts 2:14a, 22– 36
Gospel: John 3:1–17