Sunday 8 March 2020

1Now the Lord said to Abram,“Leave your country,and your relatives,and your father’s house,and go to the land that I will show you.2I will make of you a great nation.I will bless you and make your name great.You will be a blessing.3I will bless those who bless you,and I will curse him who treats you with contempt.All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

4So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.Lot went with him.Abram was seventy-five years oldwhen he departed from Haran.

4For the Lord’s word is right.All his work is done in faithfulness.5He loves righteousness and justice.The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.

18Behold, the Lord’s eye is on those who fear him,on those who hope in his loving kindness,19to deliver their soul from death,to keep them alive in famine.

20Our soul has waited for the Lord.He is our help and our shield.

22Let your loving kindness be on us, Lord,since we have hoped in you.

8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,nor of me his prisoner;but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,9who saved us and called us with a holy calling,not according to our works,but according to his own purpose and grace,which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,10but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior,Christ Jesus, who abolished death,and brought lifeand immortality to light through the Good News.

1After six days, Jesus took with him Peter,James, and John his brother,and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.2He was changed before them.His face shone like the sun,and his garments became as white as the light.3Behold, Mosesand Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

4Peter answered and said to Jesus,“Lord, it is good for us to be here.If you want, let’s make three tents here:one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

5While he was still speaking,behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them.Behold, a voice came out of the cloud,saying, “This is my beloved Son,in whom I am well pleased.Listen to him.”

6When the disciples heard it,they fell on their faces,and were very afraid.7Jesus came and touched them and said,“Get up, and don’t be afraid.”8Lifting up their eyes,they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

9As they were coming down from the mountain,Jesus commanded them,saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw,until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”