Book of Isaiah 50:4-9a.
The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might
know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear
that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who
beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; My face I did not shield from buffets and
spitting. The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint,
knowing that I shall not be put to shame.
He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will prove me wrong? Lo, they will all wear out like cloth, the moth will eat them up.
Psalms 69(68):8-10.21bcd-22.31.33-34.
For your sake I bear insult,
shame covers my face.
I have become an outcast to my kin
a stranger to my mother's children.
Because zeal for your house consumes me,
I am scorned by those who scorn you.
Insult has
broken my heart, and I am weak;
I looked for compassion, but there was none,
for comforters, but found none.
Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak;
I looked for compassion, but there was none,
for comforters, but
found none.
Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak;
I looked for compassion, but there was none,
for comforters, but found none.
Instead they put gall in my food;
for my thirst they gave me vinegar.
That I may praise God's name in song
and glorify it with thanksgiving.
"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, take
heart!
For the LORD hears the poor,
does not spurn those in bondage.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint
Matthew 26:14-25.
One of the Twelve, who was
called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are you willing to give me if I
hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that
time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
On the first day of the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you
to eat the Passover?" He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher
says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the
Passover with my disciples. The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the
Passover. When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were
eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Deeply distressed at this, they
began to say to him one after another, "Surely it is not I, Lord?" He said in reply, "He who has
dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. The Son of Man indeed goes,
as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better
for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" He answered, "You have said so."
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