Saturday 9 July 2011

9The Lord God called to the man,and said to him, “Where are you?”

10The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden,and I was afraid, because I was naked;so I hid myself.”

11God said, “Who told you that you were naked?Have you eaten from the treethat I commanded you not to eat from?”

12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me,she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

13The Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,you are cursed above all livestock,and above every animal of the field.You shall go on your bellyand you shall eat dust all the days of your life.15I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will bruise your head,and you will bruise his heel.”

· · · verses 16–19 are not read20The man called his wife Evebecause she would be the mother of all the living.

1Hannah prayed, and said,

“My heart exults in the Lord!My horn is exalted in the Lord.My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,because I rejoice in your salvation.

4“The bows of the mighty men are broken.Those who stumbled are armed with strength.5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.Those who were hungry are satisfied.Yes, the barren has borne seven.She who has many children languishes.

6“The Lord kills and makes alive.He brings down to Sheol and brings up.7The Lord makes poor and makes rich.He brings low, he also lifts up.

8He raises up the poor out of the dust.He lifts up the needy from the dunghillto make them sit with princesand inherit the throne of glory.For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s.He has set the world on them.

25But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother,his mother’s sister,Mary the wife of Clopas,and Mary Magdalene.26Therefore when Jesus saw his mother,and the disciple whom he loved standing there,he said to his mother,“Woman, behold, your son!”27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!”From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.