Lord Jesus, when we are tested, remind us
that we are part of your family,
and that failing to tell truth to your family
members is being untruthful to you.
Keep our tongues from evil and malice
and our lips from speaking
deceit;
give us the bread of sincerity and truth,
to depart from evil and do good--
to seek peace, and pursue it.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 34; 146; 25;
91
Gen. 42:1-17
1 Cor. 5:1-8
Mark 3:19b-35
Selected Verses
Ps. 34:13-14
Keep your tongue
from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.
Gen. 42:16
"…Let one
of you go and bring your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison, in
order that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, as
Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies." [Joseph to his brothers, to
test them]
1 Cor. 5:8
Therefore, let
us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and
evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Mark 3:35
"…Whoever
does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." [Jesus to the crowd sitting around him]
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