March 14, 2014

Reading

The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 18: 21-28

18:21	But if the impious man does penance for all his sins which he has committed, and if he keeps all my precepts, and accomplishes judgment and justice, then he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.
18:22	I will not remember all his iniquities, which he has worked; by his justice, which he has worked, he shall live.
18:23	How could it be my will that an impious man should die, says the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways and live?
18:24	But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.
18:25	And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?
18:26	For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.
18:27	And when the impious man turns himself away from his impiety, which he has done, and accomplishes judgment and justice, he shall cause his own soul to live.
18:28	For by considering and turning himself away from all his iniquities, which he has worked, he shall certainly live, and he shall not die.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 5: 20-26

5:20 Jo es tev saku, ka, ja jūsu taisnība nav augstāka par rakstu mācītājiem un farizejiem, jūs neieiesit debesu valstībā.

5:21 Jūs esat dzirdējuši, ka tā teikts seniem cilvēkiem: ‘Tev nebūs slepkavot; kas gribēs noslepkavot, tas būs sodāms.

5:22 Bet es tev saku, ka ikviens, kas dusmojas uz savu brāli, ir sodāms. Bet kurš būs saucis savu brāli, 'Idiots,ir atbildīgs padomes priekšā. Tad, kurš būs viņu saucis, ‘Nevērtīgs,' būs atbildīgs elles ugunīm.

5:23 Tāpēc, ja tu piedāvā savu dāvanu pie altāra, un tur tu atceries, ka tavam brālim ir kaut kas pret tevi,

5:24 atstāj tur savu dāvanu, pirms altāra, un ej vispirms, lai samierinātos ar savu brāli, un tad tu vari pieiet un piedāvāt savu dāvanu.

5:25 Ātri samierinieties ar savu pretinieku, kamēr jūs joprojām esat ceļā ar viņu, lai varbūt pretinieks nenodos tevi tiesneša rokās, un tiesnesis var jūs nodot virsniekam, un tu tiksi iemests cietumā.

5:26 Āmen es tev saku, ka tu no turienes neesi prom, līdz esat atmaksājis pēdējo ceturksni.