Text: Matthew 9:35-10:8 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Harvest Is Great, the Laborers Few 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for […]

New Testament Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 (RSV) The Coming of the Holy Spirit 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. […]

Text: John 17:1-12 The Message (MSG) Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers 17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it’s time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. You put him in charge of everything […]

Text: John 14:15-21 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Promise of the Holy Spirit 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot […]

Text: John 10:1-10 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus the Good Shepherd 10 “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 […]