Amshir 26, 1744

1Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

3For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.

4Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.

5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

6Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.

9Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.

14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

15O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.

17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart-- These, O God, You will not despise.

18Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.

19Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

12Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

13And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.

14Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by.

1Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

3And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

4But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."'

5Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

6And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

7Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours."

8And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."'

9Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

10For it is written: "He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,'

11and, "In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."'

12And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been said, "You shall not tempt the LORD your God."'

13Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.

19Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

21It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak.

22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

23But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

1We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

3For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."

4For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

5Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

6that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

1My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.

2For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,

3and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool,"

4have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

5Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

6But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

7Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called?

8If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;

9but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.

11For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

12So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

1Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

3And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

4But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."'

5Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

6And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

7Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours."

8And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve."'

9Then he brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.

10For it is written: "He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,'

11and, "In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."'

12And Jesus answered and said to him, "It has been said, "You shall not tempt the LORD your God."'

13Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.