Daily Mass Readings for April 05, 2025: Gospel — Jo 7, 40-53

1 ⁸ The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing. 1 ⁹ Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, “Let’s destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let’s remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him anymore.” 2 ⁰ So I said, “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”