Romans 9: 1- 5
| 9:1 | I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit, |
| 9:2 | because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart. |
| 9:3 | For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh. |
| 9:4 | These are the Israelites, to whom belongs adoption as sons, and the glory and the testament, and the giving and following of the law, and the promises. |
| 9:5 | Theirs are the fathers, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is over all things, blessed God, for all eternity. Amen. |
Luke 14: 1- 6
| 14:1 | And it happened that, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him. |
| 14:2 | And behold, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema. |
| 14:3 | And responding, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?” |
| 14:4 | But they kept silent. Yet truly, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away. |
| 14:5 | And responding to them, he said, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, on the day of the Sabbath?” |
| 14:6 | And they were unable to respond to him about these things. |