LECTIO DIVINA

There are lots of ways to read the Bible, this is one way that we like to stop and reflect on scripture.


READ THE SCRIPTURE

what is the text saying?


MEDITATE ON ITS MEANING FOR YOU

what jumps out to me personally?


PRAY, BASED ON YOUR MEDITATION

what do I say to the Lord?


CONTEMPLATE ON THE PRESENCE OF GOD

allow His Spirit to wash over you


WHAT ARE THE STEPS FORWARD?

what action plan do I plan to take?

    • Proverbs 4:1-9

      1 My children, listen when your father corrects you.

          Pay attention and learn good judgment,

      2 for I am giving you good guidance.

          Don’t turn away from my instructions.

      3 For I, too, was once my father’s son,

          tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.

      4 My father taught me,

      “Take my words to heart.

          Follow my commands, and you will live.

      5 Get wisdom; develop good judgment.

          Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.

      6 Don’t turn your back on wisdom, for she will protect you.

          Love her, and she will guard you.

      7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!

          And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.

      8 If you prize wisdom, she will make you great.

          Embrace her, and she will honor you.

      9 She will place a lovely wreath on your head;

          she will present you with a beautiful crown.”

    • 1 KINGS 6:1-4

      1 It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv, during the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the Lord. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.

      2 The Temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 3 The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet from the front of the Temple. 4 Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.


      21 Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple’s interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to protect the entrance to the Most Holy Place. 22 So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.

    • HEBREWS 9: 23-28

      23 That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.

      24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf. 25 And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal. 26 If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age[a] to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.

      27 And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, 28 so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.

    • PSALM 84

      1 How lovely is your dwelling place,

          O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

      2 I long, yes, I faint with longing

          to enter the courts of the Lord.

      With my whole being, body and soul,

          I will shout joyfully to the living God.

      3 Even the sparrow finds a home,

          and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young

      at a place near your altar,

          O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God!

      4 What joy for those who can live in your house,

          always singing your praises. Interlude

      5 What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord,

          who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

      6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,

          it will become a place of refreshing springs.

          The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

      7 They will continue to grow stronger,

          and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

      8 O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer.

          Listen, O God of Jacob. Interlude

      9 O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!

          Show favor to the one you have anointed.

      10 A single day in your courts

          is better than a thousand anywhere else!

      I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God

          than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

      11 For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.

          He gives us grace and glory.

      The Lord will withhold no good thing

          from those who do what is right.

      12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,

          what joy for those who trust in you.

    • m

      1 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

      6 But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves, 7 “What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

      8 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? 9 Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’? 10 So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

      12 And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”


      13 Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

      15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

      17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”


      18 Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

      19 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them. 20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

      21 “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

      22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”


      23 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. 24 But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”

      25 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 26 He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his companions.”

      27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

    • proverbs 4:10-27

      10 My child, listen to me and do as I say,

          and you will have a long, good life.

      11 I will teach you wisdom’s ways

          and lead you in straight paths.

      12 When you walk, you won’t be held back;

          when you run, you won’t stumble.

      13 Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go.

          Guard them, for they are the key to life.

      14 Don’t do as the wicked do,

          and don’t follow the path of evildoers.

      15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.

          Turn away and keep moving.

      16 For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.

          They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.

      17 They eat the food of wickedness

          and drink the wine of violence!

      18 The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

          which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

      19 But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.

          They have no idea what they are stumbling over.

      20 My child, pay attention to what I say.

          Listen carefully to my words.

      21 Don’t lose sight of them.

          Let them penetrate deep into your heart,

      22 for they bring life to those who find them,

          and healing to their whole body.

      23 Guard your heart above all else,

          for it determines the course of your life.

      24 Avoid all perverse talk;

          stay away from corrupt speech.

      25 Look straight ahead,

          and fix your eyes on what lies before you.

      26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;

          stay on the safe path.

      27 Don’t get sidetracked;

          keep your feet from following evil.

    • EXODUS 15:22-27

      22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. 23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).

      24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded. 25 So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink.

      It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. 26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

      27 After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.

    • 1 CORINTHIANS 10:6-13

      6 These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did, 7 or worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.” 8 And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.

      9 Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites. 10 And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death. 11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

      12 If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. 13 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

    • psalms 107:1-16

      1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!

          His faithful love endures forever.

      2 Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out!

          Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.

      3 For he has gathered the exiles from many lands,

          from east and west,

          from north and south.

      4 Some wandered in the wilderness,

          lost and homeless.

      5 Hungry and thirsty,

          they nearly died.

      6 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

          and he rescued them from their distress.

      7 He led them straight to safety,

          to a city where they could live.

      8 Let them praise the Lord for his great love

          and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

      9 For he satisfies the thirsty

          and fills the hungry with good things.

      10 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,

          imprisoned in iron chains of misery.

      11 They rebelled against the words of God,

          scorning the counsel of the Most High.

      12 That is why he broke them with hard labor;

          they fell, and no one was there to help them.

      13 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,

          and he saved them from their distress.

      14 He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;

          he snapped their chains.

      15 Let them praise the Lord for his great love

          and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

      16 For he broke down their prison gates of bronze;

          he cut apart their bars of iron.

    • mark 2:13-17

      13 Then Jesus went out to the lakeshore again and taught the crowds that were coming to him. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

      15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?”

      17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

    • PROVERBS 5

      1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom;

          listen carefully to my wise counsel.

      2 Then you will show discernment,

          and your lips will express what you’ve learned.

      3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,

          and her mouth is smoother than oil.

      4 But in the end she is as bitter as poison,

          as dangerous as a double-edged sword.

      5 Her feet go down to death;

          her steps lead straight to the grave.

      6 For she cares nothing about the path to life.

          She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.

      7 So now, my sons, listen to me.

          Never stray from what I am about to say:

      8 Stay away from her!

          Don’t go near the door of her house!

      9 If you do, you will lose your honor

          and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.

      10 Strangers will consume your wealth,

          and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

      11 In the end you will groan in anguish

          when disease consumes your body.

      12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!

          If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

      13 Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?

          Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?

      14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin,

          and now I must face public disgrace.”

      15 Drink water from your own well—

          share your love only with your wife.

      16 Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,

          having sex with just anyone?

      17 You should reserve it for yourselves.

          Never share it with strangers.

      18 Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.

          Rejoice in the wife of your youth.

      19 She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.

          Let her breasts satisfy you always.

          May you always be captivated by her love.

      20 Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,

          or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

      21 For the Lord sees clearly what a man does,

          examining every path he takes.

      22 An evil man is held captive by his own sins;

          they are ropes that catch and hold him.

      23 He will die for lack of self-control;

          he will be lost because of his great foolishness.

    • ISAIAH 43:8-13

      8 Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind,

          who have ears but are deaf.

      9 Gather the nations together!

          Assemble the peoples of the world!

      Which of their idols has ever foretold such things?

          Which can predict what will happen tomorrow?

      Where are the witnesses of such predictions?

          Who can verify that they spoke the truth?

      10 “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord.

          “You are my servant.

      You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,

          and understand that I alone am God.

      There is no other God—

          there never has been, and there never will be.

      11 I, yes I, am the Lord,

          and there is no other Savior.

      12 First I predicted your rescue,

          then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world.

      No foreign god has ever done this.

          You are witnesses that I am the only God,”

          says the Lord.

      13 “From eternity to eternity I am God.

          No one can snatch anyone out of my hand.

          No one can undo what I have done.”

    • ACTS 2:14-24

      14 Then Peter stepped forward with the eleven other apostles and shouted to the crowd, “Listen carefully, all of you, fellow Jews and residents of Jerusalem! Make no mistake about this. 15 These people are not drunk, as some of you are assuming. Nine o’clock in the morning is much too early for that. 16 No, what you see was predicted long ago by the prophet Joel:

      17 ‘In the last days,’ God says,

          ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.

      Your sons and daughters will prophesy.

          Your young men will see visions,

          and your old men will dream dreams.

      18 In those days I will pour out my Spirit

          even on my servants—men and women alike—

          and they will prophesy.

      19 And I will cause wonders in the heavens above

          and signs on the earth below—

          blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

      20 The sun will become dark,

          and the moon will turn blood red

          before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.

      21 But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

          will be saved.’

      22 “People of Israel, listen! God publicly endorsed Jesus the Nazarene[b] by doing powerful miracles, wonders, and signs through him, as you well know. 23 But God knew what would happen, and his prearranged plan was carried out when Jesus was betrayed. With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to a cross and killed him. 24 But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.

    • PSALM 119:9-16

      9 How can a young person stay pure?

          By obeying your word.

      10 I have tried hard to find you—

          don’t let me wander from your commands.

      11 I have hidden your word in my heart,

          that I might not sin against you.

      12 I praise you, O Lord;

          teach me your decrees.

      13 I have recited aloud

          all the regulations you have given us.

      14 I have rejoiced in your laws

          as much as in riches.

      15 I will study your commandments

          and reflect on your ways.

      16 I will delight in your decrees

          and not forget your word.

    • MARK 2:18-22

      18 Once when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t your disciples fast like John’s disciples and the Pharisees do?”

      19 Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests fast while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. They can’t fast while the groom is with them. 20 But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

      21 “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

      22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”

    • PROVERBS 6

      1 My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt

          or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

      2 if you have trapped yourself by your agreement

          and are caught by what you said—

      3 follow my advice and save yourself,

          for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.

      Now swallow your pride;

          go and beg to have your name erased.

      4 Don’t put it off; do it now!

          Don’t rest until you do.

      5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,

          like a bird fleeing from a net.

      6 Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.

          Learn from their ways and become wise!

      7 Though they have no prince

          or governor or ruler to make them work,

      8 they labor hard all summer,

          gathering food for the winter.

      9 But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?

          When will you wake up?

      10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,

          a little folding of the hands to rest—

      11 then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;

          scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

      12 What are worthless and wicked people like?

          They are constant liars,

      13 signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,

          a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.

      14 Their perverted hearts plot evil,

          and they constantly stir up trouble.

      15 But they will be destroyed suddenly,

          broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.

      16 There are six things the Lord hates—

          no, seven things he detests:

      17 haughty eyes,

          a lying tongue,

          hands that kill the innocent,

      18 a heart that plots evil,

          feet that race to do wrong,

      19 a false witness who pours out lies,

          a person who sows discord in a family.

      20 My son, obey your father’s commands,

          and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

      21 Keep their words always in your heart.

          Tie them around your neck.

      22 When you walk, their counsel will lead you.

          When you sleep, they will protect you.

          When you wake up, they will advise you.

      23 For their command is a lamp

          and their instruction a light;

      their corrective discipline

          is the way to life.

      24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,

          from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

      25 Don’t lust for her beauty.

          Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.

      26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,

          but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.

      27 Can a man scoop a flame into his lap

          and not have his clothes catch on fire?

      28 Can he walk on hot coals

          and not blister his feet?

      29 So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife.

          He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

      30 Excuses might be found for a thief

          who steals because he is starving.

      31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,

          even if he has to sell everything in his house.

      32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,

          for he destroys himself.

      33 He will be wounded and disgraced.

          His shame will never be erased.

      34 For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,

          and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

      35 He will accept no compensation,

          nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.

    • ISAIAH 42:1-9

      1 “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.

          He is my chosen one, who pleases me.

      I have put my Spirit upon him.

          He will bring justice to the nations.

      2 He will not shout

          or raise his voice in public.

      3 He will not crush the weakest reed

          or put out a flickering candle.

          He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.

      4 He will not falter or lose heart

          until justice prevails throughout the earth.

          Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.”

      5 God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.

          He created the earth and everything in it.

      He gives breath to everyone,

          life to everyone who walks the earth.

      And it is he who says,

      6 “I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.

          I will take you by the hand and guard you,

      and I will give you to my people, Israel,

          as a symbol of my covenant with them.

      And you will be a light to guide the nations.

      7 You will open the eyes of the blind.

      You will free the captives from prison,

          releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

      8 “I am the Lord; that is my name!

          I will not give my glory to anyone else,

          nor share my praise with carved idols.

      9 Everything I prophesied has come true,

          and now I will prophesy again.

      I will tell you the future before it happens.”

    • 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-31

      18 The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. 19 As the Scriptures say,

      “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise

          and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

      20 So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. 21 Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. 22 It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. 23 So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

      24 But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.

      26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy[c] when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 28 God chose things despised by the world,[d] things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

      30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”

    • PSALM 70

      1 Please, God, rescue me!

          Come quickly, Lord, and help me.

      2 May those who try to kill me

          be humiliated and put to shame.

      May those who take delight in my trouble

          be turned back in disgrace.

      3 Let them be horrified by their shame,

          for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”

      4 But may all who search for you

          be filled with joy and gladness in you.

      May those who love your salvation

          repeatedly shout, “God is great!”

      5 But as for me, I am poor and needy;

          please hurry to my aid, O God.

      You are my helper and my savior;

          O Lord, do not delay.

    • JOHN 13:1-17; 31B-34

      1 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. 2 It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. 4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.

      6 When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

      7 Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.”

      8 “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!”

      Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.”

      9 Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!”

      10 Jesus replied, “A person who has bathed all over does not need to wash, except for the feet, to be entirely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

      12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? 13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 15 I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. 16 I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. 17 Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.


      31 As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for the Son of Man[a] to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of him. 32 And since God receives glory because of the Son, he will give his own glory to the Son, and he will do so at once. 33 Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going. 34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

    • HEBREWS 4:14-16

      14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.