| 4 |
And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden pulpit
which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithi'ah, Shema,
Anai'ah, Uri'ah, Hilki'ah, and Ma-asei'ah on his right hand; and Pedai'ah,
Mish'a-el, Malchi'jah, Hashum, Hash-bad'danah, Zechari'ah, and Meshul'lam on his
left hand. |
| 10 |
Then he said to them, "Go your way, eat the
fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared;
for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD
is your strength."
Psalms 19:
8 - 10, 15
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| 8 |
the precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
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| 9 |
the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for
ever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
|
| 10 |
More to be desired are they than gold, even
much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb. |
1
Corinthians 12: 12 - 30
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| 12 |
For just as the body is one and has many
members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is
with Christ. |
| 13 |
For by one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body -- Jews or Greeks, slaves or free -- and all were made to drink of one
Spirit. |
| 14 |
For the body does not consist of one member
but of many. |
| 15 |
If the foot should say, "Because I am not a
hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of
the body. |
| 16 |
And if the ear should say, "Because I am not
an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of
the body. |
| 17 |
If the whole body were an eye, where would
be the hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of
smell? |
| 18 |
But as it is, God arranged the organs in the
body, each one of them, as he chose. |
| 19 |
If all were a single organ, where would the
body be? |
| 20 |
As it is, there are many parts, yet one
body. |
| 21 |
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no
need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
|
| 22 |
On the contrary, the parts of the body which
seem to be weaker are indispensable, |
| 23 |
and those parts of the body which we think
less honorable we invest with the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are
treated with greater modesty, |
| 24 |
which our more presentable parts do not
require. But God has so composed the body, giving the greater honor to the
inferior part, |
| 25 |
that there may be no discord in the body,
but that the members may have the same care for one another. |
| 26 |
If one member suffers, all suffer together;
if one member is honored, all rejoice together. |
| 27 |
Now you are the body of Christ and
individually members of it. |
| 28 |
And God has appointed in the church first
apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then
healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues.
|
| 29 |
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all
teachers? Do all work miracles? |
| 30 |
Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all
speak with tongues? Do all interpret? |
Luke 1: 1 -
4
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| 1 |
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile
a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us,
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| 2 |
just as they were delivered to us by those
who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
|
| 3 |
it seemed good to me also, having followed
all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most
excellent The-oph'ilus, |
| 4 |
that you may know the truth concerning the
things of which you have been informed. |
Luke 4: 14
- 21
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| 14 |
And Jesus returned in the power of the
Spirit into Galilee, and a report concerning him went out through all the
surrounding country. |
| 15 |
And he taught in their synagogues, being
glorified by all. |
| 16 |
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been
brought up; and he went to the synagogue, as his custom was, on the sabbath day.
And he stood up to read; |
| 17 |
and there was given to him the book of the
prophet Isaiah. He opened the book and found the place where it was written,
|
| 18 |
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
those who are oppressed, |
| 19 |
to proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord." |
| 20 |
And he closed the book, and gave it back to
the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on
him. |
| 21 |
And he began to say to them, "Today this
scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." |
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