July 18, 2014

Reading

The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 38: 1-8, 21-22

38:1	In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. Også, Esajas, the son of Amoz, the prophet, entered to him, og han sagde til ham: “Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you shall die, and you shall not live.”
38:2	And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and he prayed to the Lord.
38:3	Og han sagde: "Jeg beder dig, Herre, I beseech you, to remember how I walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and that I have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
38:4	And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, ordsprog:
38:5	“Go and say to Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of David, din far: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. Se, I will add fifteen years to your days.
38:6	And I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
38:7	And this will be a sign for you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:
38:8	Se, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz, to move in reverse for ten lines.” And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.
38:21	Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs, and to spread it like plaster over the wound, so that he would be healed.
38:22	And Hezekiah said, “What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”

Evangelium

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 12: 1-8

12:1	På det tidspunkt, Jesus went out through the ripe grain on the Sabbath. And his disciples, being hungry, began to separate the grain and to eat.
12:2	Then the Pharisees, ser dette, sagde til ham, "Se, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbaths.”
12:3	Men han sagde til dem: “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, og dem, der var med ham:
12:4	how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
12:5	Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and they are without guilt?
12:6	Men jeg siger til dig, that something greater than the temple is here.
12:7	And if you knew what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would never have condemned the innocent.
12:8	For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”