Jesus Speaks About His Death
Worship
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
Scriptures For The Lectionary Speaking Choir
Suggestions:
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading or see
options listed in Monday of Holy Week.
5 readers -- any combination of readers
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Jesus
3, 4 & 5 = individuals from the crowd
1: Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were
some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in
Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
(1:) Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and
told Jesus.
2: Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to
be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
(2:) Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their
life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves
me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.
Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.
(2:) Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say -- 'Father,
save me from this hour'! No, it is for this reason that I have
come to this hour. Father, glorify your name."
1: Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I
will glorify it again." The crowd standing there heard it and
said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to
him."
2: Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for
mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the
earth, will draw all people to myself."
1: He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
3: The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the
Messiah remains forever.
4: How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?
5: Who is this Son of Man?"
2: Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a little
longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may
not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know
where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the
light, so that you may become children of the light."
1: After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.
Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading or see
options listed in Monday of Holy Week.
5 readers -- any combination of readers
Key:
1 = storyteller
2 = Jesus
3, 4 & 5 = individuals from the crowd
1: Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were
some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in
Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
(1:) Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and
told Jesus.
2: Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to
be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain;
but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
(2:) Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their
life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves
me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.
Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.
(2:) Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say -- 'Father,
save me from this hour'! No, it is for this reason that I have
come to this hour. Father, glorify your name."
1: Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I
will glorify it again." The crowd standing there heard it and
said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to
him."
2: Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for
mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this
world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the
earth, will draw all people to myself."
1: He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
3: The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the
Messiah remains forever.
4: How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?
5: Who is this Son of Man?"
2: Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a little
longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may
not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know
where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the
light, so that you may become children of the light."
1: After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.
