The Lord said: Father! glorify Thy name. Then came a voice from heaven: "And I have glorified, and I will glorify again." The people who stood and heard it said, "This is thunder; and others said, An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered, "This voice was not for me, but for the people." Now is the judgment of this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. This He said, giving us to understand by what death He would die. The people answered him, "We have heard from the law that Christ abides forever; how then do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you; walk while there is light, lest darkness overtake you: but he who walks in darkness does not know whither he goes. As long as the light is with you, believe in the light, that you may be sons of light.

John 12:28–36a

The Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord, at Matins.

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The Lord said to the Jews who came to Him, "As long as the light is with you, believe in the light, that you may be sons of light." When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them. So many miracles did He do before them, and they did not believe in Him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Lord! Who believed what we heard? and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? Therefore they could not believe that, as Isaiah said, this people have blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn back, that I may heal them. This is what Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. However, many of the rulers also believed in Him; but for the sake of the Pharisees they did not confess, so as not to be excommunicated from the synagogue, for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God. And Jesus cried out, and said, He that believeth in Me does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me. And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. I have come into the world as a light, that whosoever believeth in Me should not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him, for I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 12:36–47

Wednesday of the 6th week after Pascha.

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In those days, before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, showed by His deeds that, having loved His own in the world, He loved them to the end. And at the time of supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot of Simon to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was departing to God, arose from the supper, took off His outer garment, and, taking a towel, girded Himself. Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. He came up to Simon Peter, and he said to Him, "Lord! Do you wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not know now, but you will understand later." Peter said to Him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with me." Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord! not only my feet, but also my hands and head. Jesus said to him, "He who has been washed only needs to wash his feet, because he is completely clean; and you are pure, but not all. For He knew His betrayer, therefore He said, "Not all of you are pure."

John 13:1–11

Holy Thursday, 1 Gospel at the washing of the feet.

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In those days, when Jesus had washed the disciples' feet and put on His garments, He sat down again, and said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for I am exactly that. Therefore, if I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, then you also must wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than he who sent him. If you know this, blessed are you when you do it.

John 13:12–17