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| "Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me" - by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Genesis
2: 18 - 24
18
Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."
19
So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and
every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he
would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature,
that was its name.
20
The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a
helper fit for him.
21
So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while
he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
22
and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a
woman and brought her to the man.
23
Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh
of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Man."
24
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his
wife, and they become one flesh.
PSALM:
Psalms 128:
1 - 6
1
Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!
2
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be
happy, and it shall be well with you.
3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your
children will be like olive shoots around your table.
4
Lo, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
5
The LORD bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6
May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!
SECOND
READING: Hebrews
2: 9 - 11
9
But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the
angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of
death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every
one.
10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in
bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their
salvation perfect through suffering.
11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one
origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren.
GOSPEL:
Mark 10:
2 - 16 Or Mark
10: 2 - 12
2
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it
lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3
He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
4
They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of
divorce, and to put her away."
5
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you
this commandment.
6
But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.'
7
`For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife,
8
and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but
one flesh.
9
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
10
And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
11
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another, commits adultery against her;
12
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits
adultery."
13
And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and
the disciples rebuked them.
14
But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let
the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the
kingdom of God.
15
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like
a child shall not enter it."
16
And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon
them.
Or
2
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it
lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3
He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
4
They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of
divorce, and to put her away."
5
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you
this commandment.
6
But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.'
7
`For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife,
8
and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but
one flesh.
9
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
10
And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
11
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another, commits adultery against her;
12
and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits
adultery."
