Sunday 10 July 2022

10if you will obey the Lord your God’s voice,to keep his commandments and his statuteswhich are written in this book of the law,if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heartand with all your soul.

11For this commandmentwhich I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.12It is not in heaven,that you should say,“Who will go up for us to heaven,bring it to us, and proclaim it to us,that we may do it?”13Neither is it beyond the sea,that you should say,“Who will go over the sea for us,bring it to us, and proclaim it to us,that we may do it?”14But the word is very near to you,in your mouth and in your heart,that you may do it.

14But as for me, my prayer is to you, Lord, in an acceptable time.God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

17Answer me, Lord, for your loving kindness is good.According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

30But I am in pain and distress.Let your salvation, God, protect me.31I will praise the name of God with a song,and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

33The humble have seen it, and are glad.You who seek after God, let your heart live.34For the Lord hears the needy,and doesn’t despise his captive people.

36For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah.They shall settle there, and own it.

37The children also of his servants shall inherit it.Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

15He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn of all creation.16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth,visible things and invisible things,whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.All things have been created through him and for him.17He is before all things,and in him all things are held together.18He is the head of the body,the assembly, who is the beginning,the firstborn from the dead,that in all things he might have the preeminence.19For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him,20and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him,whether things on the earth or things in the heavens,having made peace through the blood of his cross.

25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him,saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

26He said to him, “What is written in the law?How do you read it?”

27He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,with all your soul,with all your strength,and with all your mind;and your neighbor as yourself.”

28He said to him, “You have answered correctly.Do this, and you will live.”

29But he, desiring to justify himself,asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

30Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,and he fell among robbers,who both stripped him and beat him,and departed, leaving him half dead.31By chance a certain priest was going down that way.When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.32In the same way a Levite also,when he came to the place and saw him,passed by on the other side.33But a certain Samaritan,as he traveled, came where he was.When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,34came to him, and bound up his wounds,pouring on oil and wine.He set him on his own animal,brought him to an inn,and took care of him.35On the next day, when he departed,he took out two denarii,gave them to the host,and said to him, ‘Take care of him.Whatever you spend beyond that,I will repay you when I return.’36Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to himwho fell among the robbers?”

37He said, “He who showed mercy on him.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”