February 23, 2014

Lesning

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

19:1	The Lord spoke to Moses, ordtak:
19:2	Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, og du skal si til dem: 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.

Andre lesning

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 Og igjen: “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.”

3:21 Og så, 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. Ja, all is yours.

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

Evangelium

Matthew 5: 38-48

5:38 You have heard that it was said: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

5:39 Men jeg sier til deg, 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 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and you shall have hatred for your enemy.’

5:44 Men jeg sier til deg: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you.

5:45 På denne måten, you shall be sons of your Father, hvem er i himmelen. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust.

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Do not even tax collectors behave this way?

5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more have you done? Do not even the pagans behave this way?

5:48 Derfor, vær perfekt, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.”