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. |
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Jeremiah 26: 1- 9
26:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying:
26:2 “Thus says the Lord: Stand in the atrium of the house of the Lord, and speak to all the cities of Judah, from which they come to adore in the house of the Lord, all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not choose to subtract any word.
26:3 So may they hear and be converted, each one from his evil way. And then I may repent of the evil that I plan to do to them because of the wickedness of their pursuits.
26:4 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to me, so that you walk in my law, which I have given to you,
26:5 so that you listen to the words of my servants, the prophets, whom I have sent to you, who arise while it is still night, and though they give guidance, you do not listen,
26:6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city into a curse for all the nations of the earth.”
26:7 And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
26:8 And when Jeremiah had completed speaking all that the Lord had instructed him to speak to all the people, then the priests, and the prophets, and all the people apprehended him, saying: “You shall be put to death.”
26:9 “Why has he prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying: ‘Like Shiloh, so shall this house be,’ and, ‘This city shall be made desolate, even without an inhabitant?’ ” And all the people were gathered together against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
John 11: 19- 27
11:19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.
11:20 Therefore, Martha, when she heard that Jesus was arriving, went out to meet him. But Mary was sitting at home.
11:21 And then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
11:22 But even now, I know that whatever you will request from God, God will give to you.”
11:23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”
11:24 Martha said to him, “I know that he shall rise again, at the resurrection on the last day.”
11:25 Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
11:26 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall not die for eternity. Do you believe this?”
11:27 She said to him: “Certainly, Lord. I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God, who has come into this world.”
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.”