Mesra 30, 1743

3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

4The LORD on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.

15When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

16But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

17And they said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish."

18He said, "Bring them here to Me."

19Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.

20So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained.

21Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

11Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

35When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.

36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat."

37But He answered and said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said to Him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?"

38But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish."

39Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.

40So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.

41And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.

42So they all ate and were filled.

43And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.

44Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.

18I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;

19yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

20Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.

21In the law it is written: "With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me," says the Lord.

22Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

23Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?

24But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all.

25And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.

1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!

2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

3Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

4Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

5You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

6You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

7Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

1Now after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These gave evidence to the governor against Paul.

2And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: "Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight,

3we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

4Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I beg you to hear, by your courtesy, a few words from us.

5For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

6He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and wanted to judge him according to our law.

7But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,

8commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

9And the Jews also assented, maintaining that these things were so.