Send forth your Spirit,
O God,
and renew the face of
the ground.
It is discouraging to
read that we are
all under the power of
sin, but we
do confess that sin is
powerful.
Sin is strong, like the
people
whom the Israelites
feared,
but Jesus was stronger.
He cured the crowds
who followed him.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
Num. 13:31-14:25
Rom. 3:9-20
Matt. 19:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 104:30
When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
and you renew the face of the ground.
Num. 13:31
Then the men who had gone up with [Caleb] said, "We are
not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we."
Rom. 3:9
What then? Are we any
better off? No, not at all; for we have
already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin…
Matt. 19:2
Large crowds followed [Jesus], and he cured them there [in
the part of Judea beyond the Jordan].
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