Easter

Easter Sunday

Text cycle 2

Bible Translation

King James Version

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Old Testament

Psalm 118:19-29 or Psalm 118:13-18

Psalm 118:19-29

118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

118:20 This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

118:23 This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

118:24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

118:27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

118:29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 118:13-18

118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

118:14 The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

118:16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

118:18 The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

Epistle

1 Peter 1:3-9

1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

Gospel

Matthew 28:1-8

28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.