Friday 11 October 2024

7Know therefore that thosewho are of faith are children of Abraham.8The Scripture, foreseeingthat God would justify the Gentiles by faith,preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham,saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”9So then, thosewho are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.

10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse.For it is written,“Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all thingsthat are written in the book of the law, to do them.”11Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident,for, “The righteous will live by faith.”12The law is not of faith,but, “The man who does them will live by them.”

13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law,having become a curse for us.For it is written,“Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”14that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

1Praise the Lord!I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.2The Lord’s works are great,pondered by all those who delight in them.

3His work is honor and majesty.His righteousness endures forever.4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.The Lord is gracious and merciful.

5He has given food to those who fear him.He always remembers his covenant.6He has shown his people the power of his works,in giving them the heritage of the nations.

15But some of them said,“He casts out demons by Beelzebul,the prince of the demons.”16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.17But he, knowing their thoughts,said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation.A house divided against itself falls.18If Satan also is divided against himself,how will his kingdom stand?For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.19But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul,by whom do your children cast them out?Therefore they will be your judges.20But if I by God’s finger cast out demons,then God’s Kingdom has come to you.

21“When the strong man,fully armed, guards his own dwelling,his goods are safe.22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him,he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted,and divides his plunder.

23“He who is not with me is against me.He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.

24The unclean spirit,when he has gone out of the man,passes through dry places, seeking rest;and finding none, he says,‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’25When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.26Then he goesand takes seven other spirits more evil than himself,and they enter in and dwell there.The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”