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Gospel Reading – Luke 13:10-17

Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman

10  Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.  11  And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.  12  When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.”  13  When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.  14  But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.”  15  But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it to water?  16  And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”  17  When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.”

Gospel Reading – John 9:1-12, 29-41

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

9 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.  2  His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”  3  Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.  4  We must work the works of him who sent me [b]  while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.  5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”  6  When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes,  7  saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.  8  The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”  9  Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.”  10  But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”  11  He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.”  12  They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.” 29  We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”  30  The man answered, “Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.  31  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.  32  Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.  33  If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”  34  They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.

Spiritual Blindness

35  Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” [a]   36  He answered, “And who is he, sir? [b]  Tell me, so that I may believe in him.”  37  Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.”  38  He said, “Lord, [c]  I believe.” And he worshiped him.  39  Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”  40  Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”  41  Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, We see your sin remains.” Amen.

Gospel Reading – John 20:1-18

The Resurrection of Jesus
20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.  2  So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”  3  Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb.  4  The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  5  He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.  6  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there,   7 and the cloth that had been on Jesus’s head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.  8  Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed,  9  for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.  10  Then the disciples returned to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11  But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look [a]  into the tomb,  12  and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.  13  They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”  14  When she  Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, [b]  if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”  16  Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, [c]  “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher).  17  Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”  18  Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that he had said these things to her.”

Gospel Reading – Matthew 21:1-11

Jesus’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

21 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,  2  saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.  3  If anyone says anything to you, just say this, ‘The Lord needs them.’ And he will send them immediately.” [a]   4  This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:
5  “Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” 6  The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them;  7  they brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.  8  A very large crowd [b]  spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.  9  The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David!  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” 10  When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?”  11  The crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”