Thursday 29 July 2010

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,2“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house,and there I will cause you to hear my words.”

3Then I went down to the potter’s house,and behold, he was making something on the wheels.4When the vesselthat he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter,he made it again another vessel,as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5Then the Lord’s word came to me, saying,6“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?”says the Lord.“Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand,so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

1Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, my soul.2While I live, I will praise the Lord.I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3Don’t put your trust in princes,in a son of man in whom there is no help.4His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.In that very day, his thoughts perish.

5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,whose hope is in the Lord, his God,6who made heaven and earth,the sea, and all that is in them;who keeps truth forever;

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.”