Readings for July 5

June 29, 2020
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Weekly Readings

Bible readings for July 5

July 5 Bulletin to follow during live broadcast.

I Will Give

The Collect for the day:

Grant us, O Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who can do no good thing apart from you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The LESSON: Ezekiel 11: 16-21

¹⁶Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.’ ¹⁷Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’ ¹⁸And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. ¹⁹And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, ²⁰that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. ²¹But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”

The Psalm: 51: 5-11

⁵Behold, I was brought forth in wickedness, *
and in sin my mother conceived me.
⁶ But behold, you desire truth in the inward parts *
and shall make me understand wisdom secretly.
⁷ You shall purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; *
you shall wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
⁸ You shall make me hear of joy and gladness, *
that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
⁹ Turn your face from my sins, *
and blot out all my misdeeds.
¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.
¹¹ Cast me not away from your presence, *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.
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The LESSON: John 3: 1-8

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. ²This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” ³Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” ⁴Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” ⁵Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ ⁸The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”