There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the Lord, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the right side of the temple, south of the altar.

At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee.

Thus says the Lord:/ Lo, I am about to create new heavens/ and a new earth;/ The things of the past shall not be remembered/ or come to mind./ Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness/ in what I create;/ For I create Jerusalem to be a joy/ and its people to be a delight;/ I will rejoice in Jerusalem/ and exult in my people./ No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,/ or the sound of crying;/ No longer shall there be in it/ an infant who lives but a few days,/ or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime;/ He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years,/ and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed./ They shall live in the houses they build,/ and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.

The Lord said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.

Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.

What can I do with you, Ephraim?/ What can I do with you, Judah?/ Your piety is like a morning cloud,/ like the dew that early passes away./ For this reason I smote them through the prophets,/ I slew them by the words of my mouth;/ For it is love that I desire, not ­sacrifice,/ and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.

I will heal their defection, says the Lord,/ I will love them freely;/ for my wrath is turned away from them./ I will be like the dew for Israel:/ he shall blossom like the lily;/ He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,/ and put forth his shoots./ His splendor shall be like the olive tree/ and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar./ Again they shall dwell in his shade/ and raise grain;/ They shall blossom like the vine,/ and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.