Monday 1 December 2014

1This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains,and shall be raised above the hills;and all nations shall flow to it.3Many peoples shall go and say,“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob;and he will teach us of his ways,and we will walk in his paths.”For the law shall go out of Zion,and the Lord’s word from Jerusalem.4He will judge between the nations,and will decide concerning many peoples.They shall beat their swords into plowshares,and their spears into pruning hooks.Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,neither shall they learn war any more.5House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of the Lord.

1I was glad when they said to me,“Let’s go to the Lord’s house!”2Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!

3Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,4where the tribes go up, even the Lord’s tribes,

4according to an ordinance for Israel,to give thanks to the Lord’s name.5For there are set thrones for judgment,the thrones of David’s house.

6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.Those who love you will prosper.7Peace be within your walls,and prosperity within your palaces.

8For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes,I will now say, “Peace be within you.”9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,I will seek your good.

5When he came into Capernaum,a centurion came to him,asking him for help,6saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,grievously tormented.”

7Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

8The centurion answered,“Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof.Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.9For I am also a man under authority,having under myself soldiers.I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes;and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard it,he marveled and said to those who followed,“Most certainly I tell you,I haven’t found so great a faith,not even in Israel.11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west,and will sit down with Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,