Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                            16 March 2024

Jeremiah 31:31–34

         ₃₁"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, ₃₂not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. ₃₃But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ₃₄And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Psalm 119:9–16

Beth

₉How can a young man keep his | way pure?*

         By guarding it according | to your word.

₁₀With my whole heart I | seek you;*

         let me not wander from your com- | mandments!

₁₁I have stored up your word | in my heart,*

         that I might not sin a- | gainst you.

₁₂Blessèd are you, | O Lord;*

         teach me your | statutes!

₁₃With my lips | I declare*

         all the just decrees | of your mouth.

₁₄In the way of your testimonies | I delight*

         as much as in all | riches.

₁₅I will meditate on your | precepts*

         and fix my eyes | on your ways.

₁₆I will delight in your | statutes;*

         I will not for- | get your word.

Hebrews 5:1–10

         ₁Every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. ₂He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. ₃Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. ₄And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

         ₅So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,

"You are my Son,

         today I have begotten you";

₆as he says also in another place,

"You are a priest forever,

         after the order of Melchizedek."

         ₇In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. ₈Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. ₉And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, ₁₀being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Mark 10:32–45

         ₃₂And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ₃₃saying, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. ₃₄And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."

         ₃₅And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." ₃₆And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" ₃₇And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." ₃₈Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" ₃₉And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized, ₄₀but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." ₄₁And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John. ₄₂And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ₄₃But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, ₄₄and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. ₄₅For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."