[From Aug. 7, 2008 archive]
We are quick to condemn,
eager to mark iniquities—
as Nathanael was ready to condemn
all who came from Nazareth,
as the Council was ready to condemn
Peter and John for healing—
but who has not taken a precious thing
and from it created a snare?
If you should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
Judg. 8:22-35
Acts 4:1-12
John 1:43-51
Selected Verses
Ps. 130:3
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
Judg. 8:27
Gideon made an ephod of [the gold] and put it in his town, in Ophrah; and all Israel prostituted themselves to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
Acts 4:9
“…if we are questioned today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been healed…” [Peter before the Council]
John 1:46
Nathanael said to [Philip], “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
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