Lord Jesus, you made
your promise to everyone:
those of low estate
and those of high estate;
Gentiles and Jews; slaves
and free.
In the womb, the same
God
fashioned us all.
You know the human
heart,
and you make no
distinctions
among us. Why should
we?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97; 147:12-20; 16; 62
Job 29:1, 31:1-23
Acts 15:1-11
John 11:17-29
Selected Verses
Ps. 62:9
Those of low estate are but a breath,
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
Job 31:13-15
"If I have rejected the cause of my male or female
slaves, when they brought a complaint against me; what then shall I do
when God rises up? When he makes
inquiry, what shall I answer him? Did not he who made me in the womb make
them? And did not one fashion us in the
womb? …"
Acts 15:8-9
"…And God, who knows the human heart, testified to [the
Gentiles] by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us; and in
cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us. …"
[Peter, to the apostles and elders]
John 11:26
"…and everyone who lives and believes in me will never
die. Do you believe this?" [Jesus to Martha]
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