First Letter of John 4: 7- 16
| 4:7 | Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
| 4:8 | Whoever does not love, does not know God. For God is love. |
| 4:9 | The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him. |
| 4:10 | In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins. |
| 4:11 | Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| 4:12 | No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
| 4:13 | In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit. |
| 4:14 | And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. |
| 4:15 | Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. |
| 4:16 | And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him. |
Luke 10: 38- 42
10:38Now it happened that, while they were traveling, he entered into a certain town. And a certain woman, named Martha, received him into her home.
10:39And she had a sister, named Mary, who, while sitting beside the Lord’s feet, was listening to his word.
10:40Now Martha was continually busying herself with serving. And she stood still and said: “Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, speak to her, so that she may help me.”
10:41And the Lord responded by saying to her: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled over many things.
10:42And yet only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the best portion, and it shall not be taken away from her.”