Reading 1, Acts 4:32-37

³² The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, as everything they owned was held in common.

³³ The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all accorded great respect.

³⁴ None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned land or houses would sell them, and bring the money from the sale of them,

³⁵ to present it to the apostles; it was then distributed to any who might be in need.

³⁶ There was a Levite of Cypriot origin called Joseph whom the apostles surnamed Barnabas (which means 'son of encouragement').

³⁷ He owned a piece of land and he sold it and brought the money and presented it to the apostles.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 93:1, 1-2, 5

¹ Yahweh is king, robed in majesty, robed is Yahweh and girded with power.

² The world is indeed set firm, it can never be shaken; your throne is set firm from of old, from all eternity you exist.

⁵ Your decrees stand firm, unshakeable, holiness is the beauty of your house, Yahweh, for all time to come.

Gospel, John 3:7-15

⁷ Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above.

⁸ The wind blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

⁹ 'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus.

¹⁰ Jesus replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!

¹¹ 'In all truth I tell you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence.

¹² If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how will you believe me when I speak to you about heavenly things?

¹³ No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man;

¹⁴ as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up

¹⁵ so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

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Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated "directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic." The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only "where the text admits to more than one interpretation." Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. "New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition", pg. v.

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