Bible verses about "easter" | DouayRheims

¹ The vision of Isaias the Son of Amos, which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda. ² Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me. ³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood. ⁴ Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards. ⁵ For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad. ⁶ From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil. ⁷ Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies. ⁸ And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste. ⁹ Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha. ¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha. ¹¹ To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats. ¹² When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts? ¹³ Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked. ¹⁴ My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶ Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely, ¹⁷ Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow. ¹⁸ And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool. ¹⁹ If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land. ²⁰ But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. ²¹ How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers. ²² Thy silver is turned into dross: thy wine is mingled with water. ²³ Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, they run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cause cometh not in to them. ²⁴ Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies. ²⁵ And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin. ²⁶ And I will restore thy judges as they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city. ²⁷ Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice. ²⁸ And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed. ²⁹ For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen. ³⁰ When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water. ³¹ And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

¹ Who a hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? ² And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him: ³ Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not. ⁴ Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted. ⁵ But he was wounded for our iniquities, he was bruised for our sins: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and by his bruises we are healed. ⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷ He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth. ⁸ He was taken away from distress, and from judgment: who shall declare his generation? because he is cut off out of the land of the living: for the wickedness of my people have I struck him. ⁹ And he shall give the ungodly for his burial, and the rich for his death: because he hath done no iniquity, neither was there deceit in his mouth. ¹⁰ And the Lord was pleased to bruise him in infirmity: if he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a longlived seed, and the will of the Lord shall be prosperous in his hand. ¹¹ Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities. ¹² Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.

⁹ I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me: because they are thine.

⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption: it shall rise in incorruption. ⁴³ It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness: it shall rise in power. ⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body: it shall rise a spiritual body. If there be a natural body, there is also a spiritual body, as it is written:

²⁵ Who was delivered up for our sins and rose again for our justification.

¹¹ And not only so: but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.

⁷ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed.

¹ Alleluia. Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ² Praise ye the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. ³ Praise ye the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁴ Who alone doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁵ Who made the heavens in understanding: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁶ Who established the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁷ Who made the great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁸ The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever. ⁹ The moon and the stars to rule the night: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁰ Who smote Egypt with their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹¹ Who brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹² With a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹³ Who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁴ And brought out Israel through the midst thereof: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁵ And overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁶ Who led his people through the desert: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁷ Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁸ And slew strong kings: for his mercy endureth for ever. ¹⁹ Sehon king of the Amorrhites: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁰ And Og king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²¹ And he gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²² For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²³ For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁴ And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁵ Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. ²⁶ Give glory to the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. ^(136:27) Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.

¹ And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus. ² And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen. ³ And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre? ⁴ And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. ⁵ And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished. ⁶ Who saith to them: Be not affrighted. you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen: he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee. There you shall see him, as he told you. ⁸ But they going out, fled from the sepulchre: for a trembling and fear had seized them. And they said nothing to any man: for they were afraid.

¹ And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. ² And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it. ³ And his countenance was as lightning and his raiment as snow. ⁴ And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror and became as dead men. ⁵ And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you: for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here. For he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the place where the Lord was laid. ⁷ And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen. And behold he will go before you into Galilee. There you shall see him. Lo, I have foretold it to you. ⁸ And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy, running to tell his disciples. ⁹ And behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and took hold of his feet and adored him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they go into Galilee. There they shall see me. ¹¹ Who when they were departed, behold, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all things that had been done. ¹² And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³ Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night and stole him away when we were asleep. ¹⁴ And if the governor shall hear of this, we will persuade him and secure you. ¹⁵ So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day. ¹⁶ And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. ¹⁷ And seeing him they adored: but some doubted. ¹⁸ And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹ Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. ²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

³⁶ Now, whilst they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them and saith to them: Peace be to you. It is I: Fear not. ³⁷ But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit. ³⁸ And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? ³⁹ See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have.

¹ And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre: and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. ² She ran therefore and cometh to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre: and we know not where they have laid him. ³ Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple: and they came to the sepulchre. ⁴ And they both ran together: and that other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre. ⁵ And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in. ⁶ Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre: and saw the linen cloths lying, ⁷ And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. ⁸ Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw and believed. ⁹ For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. ¹⁰ The disciples therefore departed again to their home. ¹¹ But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre, ¹² And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. ¹³ They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord: and I know not where they have laid him. ¹⁴ When she had thus said, she turned herself back and saw Jesus standing: and she knew not that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, thinking that it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him: and I will take him away. ¹⁶ Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master). ¹⁷ Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me: for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God. ¹⁸ Mary Magdalen cometh and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord; and these things he said to me.

¹ Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their wicked doings, and the house of Jacob their sins. ² For they seek me from day to day, and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God. ³ Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors. ⁴ Behold you fast for debates and strife, and strike with the fist wickedly. Do not fast as you have done until this day, to make your cry to be heard on high. ⁵ Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? ⁶ Is not this rather the fast that I have chosen? loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress, let them that are broken go free, and break asunder every burden. ⁷ Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh. ⁸ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the glory of the Lord shall gather thee up. ⁹ Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that which profiteth not. ¹⁰ When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noonday. ¹¹ And the Lord will give thee rest continually, and will fill thy soul with brightness, and deliver thy bones, and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a fountain of water whose waters shall not fail. ¹² And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundation of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest. ¹³ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy own will in my holy day, and call the sabbath delightful, and the holy of the Lord glorious, and glorify him, while thou dost not thy own ways, and thy own will is not found, to speak a word: ¹⁴ Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

⁴ And when he had apprehended him, he cast him into prison, delivering him to four files of soldiers, to be kept, intending, after the pasch, to bring him forth to the people.

⁴ Who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the spirit of sanctification, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead:

⁸ But God commendeth his charity towards us: because when as yet we were sinners according to the time.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

¹ And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. ³ And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel. ⁵ And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee, ⁷ Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise again. ⁸ And they remembered his words. ⁹ And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ And it was Mary Magdalen and Joanna and Mary of James and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. ¹¹ And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them. ¹² But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre and, stooping down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves: and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.