Maart 13, 2015

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Hosea 14: 2-10

14:2	Israel, bekeer jou tot die Here jou God. Want jy is verwoes deur jou eie ongeregtigheid.
14:3	Neem hierdie woorde saam en keer terug na die Here. En sê vir hom, “Verwyder alle ongeregtigheid en aanvaar die goeie. En ons sal die kalwers van ons lippe vergeld.
14:4	Assur sal ons nie red nie; ons sal nie op perde ry nie. Ons sal ook nie meer sê nie, ‘Die werke van ons hande is ons gode,’ want die wat in jou is, sal barmhartig wees oor die weeskind.”
14:5	Ek sal hulle berou genees; Ek sal spontaan lief wees vir hulle. Want my toorn is van hulle afgewend.
14:6	Ek sal soos die dou wees; Israel sal uitspruit soos 'n lelie, en sy wortel sal uitsprei soos dié van die seders van die Líbanon.
14:7	Sy takke sal vorder, en sy heerlikheid sal wees soos die olyfboom, en sy geur sal wees soos dié van die seders van die Líbanon.
14:8	Hulle sal tot bekering kom, in sy skaduwee sit. Hulle sal van koring lewe, en hulle sal groei soos 'n wingerdstok. Sy gedenkteken sal wees soos die wyn van die seders van die Libanon.
14:9	Efraim sal sê, “Wat is nog afgode vir my?"Ek sal na hom luister, en Ek sal hom regstel soos 'n gesonde spar. U vrugte is deur my gevind.
14:10	Wie is wys en sal dit verstaan? Wie insig het en hierdie dinge sal weet? Want die weë van die Here is reguit, en die regverdiges sal in hulle wandel, maar waarlik, die verraaiers sal in hulle val.

Die Heilige Evangelie volgens Mark 12: 28-34

12:28	And one of the scribes, who had heard them arguing, drew near to him. And seeing that he had answered them well, he questioned him as to which was the first commandment of all.
12:29	And Jesus answered him: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, Israel. The Lord your God is one God.
12:30	And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, and from your whole soul, and from your whole mind, and from your whole strength. This is the first commandment.’
12:31	But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
12:32	And the scribe said to him: Well said, Onderwyser. You have spoken the truth that there is one God, en daar is geen ander buiten hom nie;
12:33	and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbor as one’s self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices.”
12:34	En Jesus, seeing that he had responded wisely, vir hom gesê, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to question him.