Gospel Reading of the Sunday before the Ascensiontranslated

The Gospel Reading of the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Holy Cross: John 3:13-17 (12-9-2026) Ancient text

13 And no one ascended into heaven unless he came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so shall the Son of man be lifted up, 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Modern Greek performance

13 And no one ascended to heaven, to learn there and teach you these truths, except he who came down from heaven and became the son of man through the incarnation, and he who continues, as long as he lives on earth, may also be in heaven as God. 14 Just as Moses hung the bronze serpent high in the desert, so that the Israelites could face it with faith and be saved from the deadly poison of the serpents of the desert, so, according to the all-wise plan of God, they must...