February 23, 2014

Reading

The Book of Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18

19:1	The Lord spoke to Moses, e olelo ana:
19:2	Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
19:16	You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
19:17	You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.
19:18	Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. I am the Lord.

Second Reading

First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians 3: 16-23

3:16 Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?

3:17 But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.

3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he may be truly wise.

3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. And so it has been written: “I will catch the wise in their own astuteness.”

3:20 A hou: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”

3:21 A pēlā, let no one glory in men.

3:22 For all is yours: whether Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or the present, or the future. ʻAe, all is yours.

3:23 But you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

Gospel

Mataio 5: 38-48

5:38 Ua lohe ʻoe ua ʻōlelo ʻia: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

5:39 Akā ke ʻōlelo aku nei au iā ʻoe, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.

5:40 And anyone who wishes to contend with you in judgment, and to take away your tunic, release to him your cloak also.

5:41 And whoever will have compelled you for one thousand steps, go with him even for two thousand steps.

5:42 Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.

5:43 Ua lohe ʻoe ua ʻōlelo ʻia, 'E aloha oe i kou hoalauna, a e inaina oe i kou enemi.

5:44 Akā ke ʻōlelo aku nei au iā ʻoe: Aloha i kou mau ʻenemi. E hana maikaʻi i ka poʻe inaina iā ʻoe. A e pule aku no ka poe hoomaau a hoino mai ia oukou.

5:45 Ma keia ano, e lilo oukou i poe keiki na ko oukou Makua, ka mea ma ka lani. Hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kona lā ma luna o ka maikaʻi a me ka hewa, a ua hooua mai oia maluna o ka poe pono a me ka poe pono ole.

5:46 No ka mea, ina e aloha oe i ka poe i aloha mai ia oe, heaha ka uku e loaa ia oe? Mai hana pela ka poe lunaauhau?

5:47 A ina e aloha aku oukou i ko oukou poe hoahanau wale no, He aha hou kāu i hana ai? Mai hana pela ka poe pegana?

5:48 No laila, e hemolele, e like me ko oukou Makua i ka lani he hemolele.