Book of Common Prayer

Another Angel Says, Babylon The Great Fell, It Fell!

18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by his glory. ² And he cried-out with a strong voice, saying “Babylon the great fell, it fell! And it became a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean and hated wild-beast. ³ Because all the nations have drunk from^[a] the wine of the passion^[b] of her sexual-immorality, and the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth became-rich by the power of her luxury”.

A Voice Says, Come Out of Her, My People. Babylon’s Judgment Comes In One Day

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying “Come out of her, my people, so-that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive of her plagues, ⁵ because her sins reached as far as heaven, and God remembered her wrongs. ⁶ Render^[c] to her as indeed she herself rendered, and double^[d] the doubles in accordance with her works. Mix double for her in the cup in which she mixed. ⁷ To the degree she glorified herself and lived-luxuriously^[e], to that degree give her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart that ‘I sit as queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning’, ⁸ for this reason her plagues will come in one day— death^[f] and mourning and famine— and she will be burned-up with fire, because the Lord God, the One having judged her, is strong^[g].

Some Say Do Not Murder. I Say Do Not Get Angry

²¹ “You heard that it was said to^[a] the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder’, and ‘Whoever murders shall be liable^[b] to the judgment’. ²² But I say to you that everyone being angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca’^[c], shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. And whoever says, ‘Fool’^[d], shall be liable to the Gehenna^[e] of ^[f] fire. ²³ Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there in front of the altar, and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then, having come, be offering your gift. ²⁵ Be settling with your adversary quickly— until^[g] you are with him on the way [to court]— that your adversary might not perhaps hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out from there until you pay the last quadrans^[h].