June 26, 2016

First Kings 19: 16, 19- 21

19:16 And you shall anoint Jehu, the son of Nimshi, as king over Israel. But Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who is from Abelmeholah, you shall anoint to be a prophet in your place.

19:19 Therefore, Elijah, setting out from there, found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. And he himself was one of those who were plowing with the twelve yoke of oxen. And when Elijah had gone to him, he cast his mantle over him.
19:20 And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, “I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him: “Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you.”
19:21 Then, turning back from him, he took a pair of oxen, and he slew them. And he cooked the flesh with the plow of the oxen. And he gave it to the people, and they ate. And rising up, he went and followed Elijah, and he ministered to him.

Galatians 5: 1, 13- 18

5:1 Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

5:13 For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.
5:14 For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
5:16 So then, I say: Walk in the spirit, and you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.
5:17 For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. And since these are against one another, you may not do whatever you want.
5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Luke 9: 51- 62

9:51 Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
9:52 And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.
9:53 And they would not receive him, because his face was going toward Jerusalem.
9:54 And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call for fire to descend from heaven and consume them?”
9:55 And turning, he rebuked them, saying: “Do you not know of whose spirit you are?
9:56 The Son of man came, not to destroy lives, but to save them.” And they went into another town.
9:57 And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, “I will follow you, wherever you will go.”
9:58 Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
9:59 Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
9:60 And Jesus said to him: “Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God.”
9:61 And another said: “I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house.”
9:62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”