Tuesday 29 July 2014

17“You shall say this word to them:

“‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,and let them not cease;for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach,with a very grievous wound.18If I go out into the field,then behold, the slain with the sword!If I enter into the city,then behold, those who are sick with famine!For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land,and have no knowledge.’”19Have you utterly rejected Judah?Has your soul loathed Zion?Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us?We looked for peace, but no good came;and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!20We acknowledge, Lord, our wickedness,and the iniquity of our fathers;for we have sinned against you.21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake.Do not disgrace the throne of your glory.Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain?Or can the sky give showers?Aren’t you he, the Lord our God?Therefore we will wait for you;for you have made all these things.

8Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,for we are in desperate need.

9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,will give you thanks forever.We will praise you forever, to all generations.

19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary,to console them concerning their brother.20Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,she went and met him,but Mary stayed in the house.21Therefore Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you would have been here,my brother wouldn’t have died.22Even now I know that whatever you ask of God,God will give you.”

23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24Martha said to him,“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.26Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.Do you believe this?”

27She said to him, “Yes, Lord.I have come to believe that you are the Christ,God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”