Readings for Lent and Easter

^3 [a]These things we have heard and know,
    for our ancestors have related them to us.
⁴ We will not conceal them from our children;
    we will relate them to the next generation,
the glorious and powerful deeds of the Lord
    and the wonders he has performed.
⁵ He instituted a decree in Jacob
    and established a law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to make known to their descendants,
⁶ so that they would be known to future generations,
    to children yet to be born.
In turn they were to tell their children,
⁷     so that they would place their trust in God,
and never forget his works
    but keep his commandments.
⁸ Nor were they to imitate their ancestors,
    a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart^[b] was not steadfast
    and whose spirit was unfaithful to God.