Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church

[Jesus said:] 33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence  around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went  away. 34 When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. 35 But  the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again he...

 On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, "Let  anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said,  'Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water'.

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from  you." 39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be  given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the  belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the h...

1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and  said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these  signs that you do unless God is with that person." 3 Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can  see the kingdom of God without being born from above." 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can any...

21 From that time on, [after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Messiah,] Jesus began to show his  disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief  priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. 22 And Peter took him aside and began to  rebuke him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you." 23 But he turn...

 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people  say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others  Jeremiah or one of the prophets."  He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the  Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed ar...

10   [Jesus]   called the crowd to him and said to them, " Listen and understand: 11   it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles. "  12   Then the disciples approached and said to him, " Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said? "  13   He answered, " Every plant that my heavenly Father has not plan...

13   Now when Jesus heard   [about the beheading of John the Baptist,]   he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.   14   When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them and cured their  sick .   15   When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted p...

31   [Jesus]   put before   [the crowds]   another parable:  " The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32   it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. "       33   He told them another parable:  " The kingdom of heaven is...

24   [Jesus]   put before   [the crowds]   another parable:  " The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field, 25   but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.   26   So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.   27   And the slaves of the householder came and said to him,  ' Mas...

1   That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.   2   Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.   3   And he told  them  many things in parables, saying:  " Listen! A  sower  went out to sow.   4   And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up.   5   Other seeds fell...

[Jesus spoke to the crowd saying:]  16   " To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,     17   ' We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;       we wailed, and you did not mourn.'   18   " For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,  ' He has a demon ' ;   19   the Son of Man came eating and drinking, a...

[Jesus said to the twelve:]  24   " A disciple is not above the teacher nor a slave above the master;   25   it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!       26   " So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered up that will not be  uncovered  and...

35   Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness.   36   When he saw the crowds, he  had compassion  for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.   37   Then he said to his disciples,  " The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;   38...

9   As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.       10   And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.   11   When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples,  " Why does your teacher eat with tax c...

16   Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.   17   When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted.   18   And Jesus came and said to them,  " All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.   19   Go  therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit  ...

19   When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said,  " Peace be with you. "  20   After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.   21   Jesus said to them again,  " Peace be with you. As the Father has sent...

[Jesus said to the disciples:]  15   " If you love me, you will keep my commandments.   16   And I will ask the  Father , and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.  17   This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.       18   " I will not leave you orphaned;...

[Jesus said to the disciples:]  1   " Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.   2   In my  Father ' s  house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I  go  to prepare a place for you?   3   And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.   4   And...

[Jesus said:]  1   "Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.  2   The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.   3   The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.   4   When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead o...

13   Now on that same day two  [ disciples ]  were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,  14   and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.  15   While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,  16   but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.  17   And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each...

19   When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."  20   After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.  21   Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so...

1   After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.   2   And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.   3   His appearance  was like  lightning and his clothing white as snow.   4   For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead...

1   Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to  depart  from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who  were  in the world, he loved them to the end.   2   The devil had already decided that Judas son of Simon Iscariot would betray Jesus. And during supper   3   Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had com...