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XVIII Pentecost |
Lesson
Another Account of the Creation
Epistle
Warning to Pay Attention
Exaltation Through Abasement
Gospel
Teaching About Divorce
What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder... |
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Lesson |
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Genesis 2:18-24 |
18: Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him a helper fit for him."
19: So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and
every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call
them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
20: The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit
for him.
21: So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he
slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
22: and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a
woman and brought her to the man.
23: Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my
flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
24: Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his
wife, and they become one flesh. |
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Epistle |
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Hebrews 2:(1-8)9-18 |
[1: Therefore we must
pay the closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
2: For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression
or disobedience received a just retribution,
3: how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared
at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,
4: while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and
by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.
5: For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which
we are speaking.
6: It has been testified somewhere, "What is man that thou art mindful of
him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?
7: Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou hast
crowned him with glory and honor,
8: putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting
everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. As it
is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.]
9: But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels,
crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by
the grace of God he might taste death for every one.
10: For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in
bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation
perfect through suffering.
11: For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin.
That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
12: saying, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the
congregation I will praise thee."
13: And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I, and the
children God has given me."
14: Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself
likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him
who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
15: and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong
bondage.
16: For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the
descendants of Abraham.
17: Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that
he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God,
to make expiation for the sins of the people.
18: For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help
those who are tempted. |
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Gospel |
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Mark 10:2-9 |
2: And Pharisees came
up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?"
3: He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
4: They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to
put her away."
5: But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this
commandment.
6: But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.'
7: `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to
his wife,
8: and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one
flesh.
9: What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder." |
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