Friday 8 November 2019

1Now the Lord said to Abram,“Leave your country,and your relatives,and your father’s house,and go to the land that I will show you.2I will make of you a great nation.I will bless you and make your name great.You will be a blessing.3I will bless those who bless you,and I will curse him who treats you with contempt.All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

4So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.Lot went with him.Abram was seventy-five years oldwhen he departed from Haran.

1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,nor stand on the path of sinners,nor sit in the seat of scoffers;2but his delight is in the Lord’s law.On his law he meditates day and night.

3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,that produces its fruit in its season,whose leaf also does not wither.Whatever he does shall prosper.

4The wicked are not so,but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,but the way of the wicked shall perish.

1Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain.When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

3“Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.4Blessed are those who mourn,for they shall be comforted.5Blessed are the gentle,for they shall inherit the earth.6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they shall be filled.7Blessed are the merciful,for they shall obtain mercy.8Blessed are the pure in heart,for they shall see God.9Blessed are the peacemakers,for they shall be called children of God.10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake,for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

11“Blessed are you when people reproach you,persecute you,and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad,for great is your reward in heaven.For that is how they persecuted the prophetswho were before you.