Friday 25 February 2028

9Don’t grumble, brothers,against one another,so that you won’t be judged.Behold, the judge stands at the door.10Take, brothers, for an example of sufferingand of perseverance,the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.11Behold, we call them blessed who endured.You have heard of the perseverance of Joband have seen the Lord in the outcome,and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

12But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath;but let your “yes” be “yes”,and your “no”, “no”,so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

1Praise the Lord, my soul!All that is within me, praise his holy name!2Praise the Lord, my soul,and don’t forget all his benefits,

3who forgives all your sins,who heals all your diseases,4who redeems your life from destruction,who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

8The Lord is merciful and gracious,slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.9He will not always accuse;neither will he stay angry forever.

11For as the heavens are high above the earth,so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.12As far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

1He arose from there and came into the borders of Judeaand beyond the Jordan.Multitudes came together to him again.As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

2Pharisees came to him testing him,and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

3He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

4They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written,and to divorce her.”

5But Jesus said to them,“For your hardness of heart,he wrote you this commandment.6But from the beginning of the creation,God made them male and female.7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother,and will join to his wife,8and the two will become one flesh,so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.9What therefore God has joined together,let no man separate.”

10In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.11He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wifeand marries another commits adultery against her.12If a woman herself divorces her husbandand marries another,she commits adultery.”