اولین خواندن
سیراچ 15: 15-20
15:15 He added his commandments and precepts.
15:16 If you choose to keep the commandments, و اگر, having chosen them, you fulfill them with perpetual fidelity, they will preserve you.
15:17 He has set water and fire before you. Extend your hand to whichever one you would choose.
15:18 Before man is life and death, good and evil. Whichever one he chooses will be given to him.
15:19 For the wisdom of God is manifold. And he is strong in power, seeing all things without ceasing.
15:20 The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, and he knows each one of the works of man.
خواندن دوم
First Letter to Corinthians 2: 6-10
2:6 اکنون, we do speak wisdom among the perfect, با این حال واقعا, this is not the wisdom of this age, nor that of the leaders of this age, which shall be reduced to nothing.
2:7 بجای, we speak of the wisdom of God in a mystery which has been hidden, which God predestined before this age for our glory,
2:8 something that none of the leaders of this world have known. For if they had known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.
2:9 But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.”
2:10 But God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
انجیل
متیو 5: 17-37
5:17 Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
5:18 آمین به شما می گویم, قطعا, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.
5:19 از این رو, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
5:20 چون به شما می گویم, تا زمانی که عدالت شما از کاتبان و فریسیان برتری نداشته باشد، به ملکوت آسمان وارد نخواهید شد..
5:21 شنیده اید که به پیشینیان گفته شده است: تو نباید قتل کنی; هر که بخواهد قتل کند، مستوجب قضاوت است.»
5:22 اما من به شما می گویم, هر کس بر برادر خود خشمگین شود مستوجب حکم است. اما هر که بخواهد برادرش را صدا کرده است, 'ادم سفیه و احمق,در مقابل شورا مسئول خواهد بود. سپس, هر کس که او را صدا کرده است, 'بی ارزش,مستوجب آتش جهنم است.
5:23 از این رو, اگر هدیه خود را در محراب تقدیم کنید, و آنجا به یاد می آوری که برادرت چیزی علیه تو دارد,
5:24 هدیه خود را آنجا بگذارید, قبل از محراب, و اول برو تا با برادرت آشتی کنی, و سپس می توانید نزدیک شوید و هدیه خود را ارائه دهید.
5:25 سریع با دشمن خود آشتی کنید, در حالی که هنوز با او در راه هستید, مبادا دشمن شما را به قاضی بسپارد, و قاضی ممکن است شما را به افسر تحویل دهد, و تو را به زندان خواهند انداخت.
5:26 آمین به شما می گویم, که از آنجا بیرون نخواهی رفت, تا زمانی که سه ماهه آخر را بازپرداخت نکنید.
5:27 شنیده اید که به پیشینیان گفته شده است: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
5:28 اما من به شما می گویم, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
5:29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body be cast into Hell.
5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body go into Hell.
5:31 And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’
5:32 اما من به شما می گویم, that anyone who will have dismissed his wife, except in the case of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever will have married her who has been dismissed commits adultery.
5:33 از نو, شنیده اید که به پیشینیان گفته شده است: شما نباید سوگند دروغ بخورید. زیرا سوگندهای خود را به خداوند ادا خواهی کرد.»
5:34 اما من به شما می گویم, اصلا قسم نخور, نه توسط بهشت, زیرا آن عرش خداست,
5:35 و نه توسط زمین, زيرا زير پاي اوست, نه توسط اورشلیم, زیرا شهر پادشاه بزرگ است.
5:36 به سر خود هم سوگند یاد نکن, زیرا نمی توانید یک مو را سفید یا سیاه کنید.
5:37 اما بگذارید کلمه "بله" شما به معنای "بله" باشد,و «نه» به معنای «نه» است، زیرا هر چیزی فراتر از آن شر است.