Joel 2:12-18Psalms 51:3-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20–6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Joel 2:12-1812 “yet even now,” says the lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13 and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the lord, your god, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
Sirach 2:1-11Psalms 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40Mark 9:30-37 Sirach 2:1-111 my son, if you come forward to serve the lord, prepare yourself for temptation. 2 set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be hasty in time of calamity. 3 cleave to him and do not depart, that you may be honored at the
Sirach 1:1-10Psalms 93:1-2, 5Mark 9:14-29 Sirach 1:1-101 all wisdom comes from the lord and is with him for ever. 2 the sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity — who can count them? 3 the height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss, and wisdom — who
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18Psalms 103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-131 Corinthians 3:16-23Matthew 5:38-48 Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-181 and the lord said to moses, 2″say to all the congregation of the people of israel, you shall be holy; for i the lord your god am holy. 17″you shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with
Hebrews 11:1-7Psalms 145:2-5, 10-11Mark 9:2-13 Hebrews 11:1-71 now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 for by it the men of old received divine approval. 3 by faith we understand that the world was created by the word of god, so that what is seen was made
Genesis 11:1-9Psalms 33:10-15Mark 8:34–9:1 Genesis 11:1-91 now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 and as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of shinar and settled there. 3 and they said to one another, “come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had
Genesis 9:1-13Psalms 102:16-21, 29, 22-23Mark 8:27-33 Genesis 9:1-131 and god blessed noah and his sons, and said to them, “be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that
Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22Psalms 116:12-15, 18-19Mark 8:22-26 Genesis 8:6-13, 20-226 at the end of forty days noah opened the window of the ark which he had made, 7 and sent forth a raven; and it went to and fro until the waters were dried up from the earth. 8 then he sent forth a dove from
Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10Psalms 29:1-4, 3, 9-10Mark 8:14-21 Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 106 5 the lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 and the lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and
Genesis 4:1-15, 25Psalms 50:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21Mark 8:11-13 Genesis 4:1-15, 251 now adam knew eve his wife, and she conceived and bore cain, saying, “i have gotten a man with the help of the lord.” 2 and again, she bore his brother abel. Now abel was a keeper of sheep, and cain a tiller of