Päivän lukukappaleet

Epistola

Wisdom 10:10-14

Tästä kirjasta ei ole omalla kielelläsi vapaasti käytettävää käännöstä, joten tämä lukukappale näytetään englanniksi.

When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, wisdom guided him in straight paths; She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things; She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor; When in their covetousness men dealt hardly with him, She stood by him and made him rich; She guarded him from enemies, And from those that lay in wait she kept him safe, And over his sore conflict she watched as judge, That he might know that godliness is more powerful than all. When a righteous man was sold, wisdom forsook him not, But from sin she delivered him; She went down with him into a dungeon, And in bonds she left him not, Till she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, And authority over those that dealt tyrannously with him; She showed them also to be false that had mockingly accused him, And gave him eternal glory.

Evankeliumi

Matteus 18:1-5

Sillä hetkellä tulivat opetuslapset Jesuksen tykö, sanoen: kuka siis on suurin taivaan valtakunnassa? Ja Jesus kutsui tykönsä lapsen, ja asetti sen heidän keskellensä, Ja sanoi: totisesti minä sanon teille: ellette käänny ja tule niinkuin lapset, niin ette suinkaan tule sisälle taivaan valtakuntaan. Sentähden joka itsensä alentaa niinkuin tämä lapsi, se on suurin taivaan valtakunnassa. Ja joka holhoo senkaltaisen lapsen minun nimeeni, hän holhoo minun.