Julie 9, 2014

The Book of the Prophet Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9

11:1Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
11:2They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
11:3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
11:4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
11:8How will I provide for you, Ephraim; how will I protect you, Israel? How will I provide for you as for Adam; will I set you like Zeboiim? My heart has changed within me; together with my regret, it has been stirred up.
11:9I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.

Die Heilige Evangelie volgens Matteus 10: 1-7

10:1En opstaan, hy het daarvandaan na die gebied van Judéa oorkant die Jordaan gegaan. En weer, die skare het voor hom saamgekom. En net soos hy gewoond was om te doen, weer het hy hulle geleer.
10:2En nader, het die Fariseërs hom ondervra, hom te toets: “Is dit geoorloof vir 'n man om sy vrou te ontslaan?”
10:3Maar in reaksie, het hy vir hulle gesê, “Wat het Moses jou beveel?”
10:4En hulle het gesê, “Moses het toestemming gegee om ’n skeibrief te skryf en haar te ontslaan.”
10:5Maar Jesus het gereageer deur te sê: “Dit was as gevolg van die hardheid van jou hart dat hy daardie voorskrif vir jou geskryf het.
10:6Maar van die begin van die skepping af, God het hulle man en vrou gemaak.
10:7As gevolg hiervan, 'n man sal sy vader en moeder agterlaat, en hy sal sy vrou aankleef.