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Sunday
The First
Lesson
Ecclesiasticus 35:10-19
10 Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee;
and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
11 For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times
as much.
12 Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive:
and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge,
and with him is no respect of persons.
13 He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will
hear the prayer of the oppressed.
14 He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor
the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
15 Do not the tears run down the widow's cheeks? and is not her
cry against him that causeth them to fall?
16 He
that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his
prayer shall reach unto the clouds.
17 The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it
come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till
the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute
judgment.
18 For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be
patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins
of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till
he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the
sceptre of the unrighteous;
19 Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds,
and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have
judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his
mercy.
1st Lesson Questions -
Has my service to the Lord been pleasing enough for Him to accept me with favour and to hear my prayers? (V. 16) RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Mark 12:38-44
38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,
which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the
marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms
at feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long
prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the
people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich
cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two
mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her
want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
2nd Lessons Questions -
How have I been like the scribes of this passage during the last week? RESOLVE.