Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church

1 Now 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 apart from the presence of God."  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 an...

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.   3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but...

1 Corinthians 1:10-18 10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.  11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters.  12 What I mean is that each of you says, "I...

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,   To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:   Grace to you and peace.   2 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly  3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.  4 For we know, brothers and sisters bel...

1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon.  2 And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.  3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms.  4 Peter looke...

In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach  2  until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.  3  After his suffering [ a ]  he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.  4  While stay...

Mark 16:1-8 1When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus' body]. 2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3They had been saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" 4When they looked up, they saw that the...

 Mark 11: 1-11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. 3 If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' just say this: 'The Lord needs it and will se...

Mark 13:1-8, 24-37            1 As [Jesus] came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!"  2 Then Jesus asked him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down."             3 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andr...

Mark 12: 28 - 44 28One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?" 29Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength...