Book of Common Prayer

Not That The Law Killed Me. Sin Is To Blame For My Death

¹³ Therefore did the good thing become death^[a] for me? May it never be! On the contrary, it was sin, in order that it might become-visible as sin while producing death in me through the good thing, in order that sin might become extremely^[b] sinful through the commandment.

I Agree The Law Is Good, But The Sin In Me Produces Behavior I Hate

¹⁴ For^[c] we know that the Law is spiritual. But I am made-of-flesh^[d], having been sold under sin. ¹⁵ For I do not understand^[e] what^[f] I am producing. For I am not practicing this which I am wanting, but I am doing this which I am hating. ¹⁶ But if I am doing this which I am not wanting, I am agreeing-with^[g] the Law— that it is good. ¹⁷ And now I am no longer producing it, but the sin^[h] dwelling in me is.

I Know I Am Not Good, For I Cannot Do The Good I Want To Do

¹⁸ For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. For the wanting is present in me, but the producing the good is not. ¹⁹ For I am not doing the good which I am wanting, but I am practicing this evil which I am not wanting. ²⁰ But if I am doing this which I am not wanting, I am no longer producing it, but the sin^[i] dwelling in me is.

So The Evil Inside Me Enslaves Me To The Law of Sin And Death In Me

²¹ I find then the law^[j] in me, the one wanting to do the good, that the evil is present in me. ²² For I am rejoicing-with^[k] the Law of God according-to^[l] the inner person. ²³ But I am seeing a different law in my body-parts waging-war-against^[m] the law of my mind, and taking me captive^[n] under the law of sin existing in my body-parts. ²⁴ I am a wretched^[o] person! Who will deliver me from this^[p] body of ^[q] death? ²⁵ But thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself am serving the Law of God with the mind, but the law of sin with the flesh.

You Priests Are Like Farmers Who Killed The Owner’s Messengers And Son

³³ “Listen-to another parable. There was a man who was a house-master, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he rented it to farmers and went-on-a-journey. ³⁴ And when the time of the fruits drew-near, he sent forth his slaves to the farmers to receive his fruits. ³⁵ And the farmers, having taken his slaves, beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ Again he sent-forth other slaves— more than the first. And they did similarly to them. ³⁷ But finally he sent forth his son to them, saying, ‘They will have-regard-for my son’. ³⁸ But the farmers, having seen the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and let us have his inheritance’. ³⁹ And having taken him, they threw him outside of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?” ⁴¹ They say to Him, “He will miserably destroy the miserable ones themselves! And he will rent the vineyard to other farmers who will give-back the fruits to him in their seasons”.

The Kingdom Will Be Taken Away Because You Rejected God’s Cornerstone

⁴² Jesus says to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the ones building rejected, this became the head^[a] of the corner. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? [Ps 118:22-23]. ⁴³ For this reason^[b] I say to you that the kingdom of God will be taken-away from you, and will be given to a nation^[c] producing its fruits. ⁴⁴ And the one having fallen upon this stone will be broken-to-pieces^[d]. And upon whomever it may fall, it will crush^[e] him”.

When The Invited Refuse To Attend The Wedding of The King’s Son, They Are Destroyed

⁴⁵ And having heard His parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees knew that He was speaking about them. ⁴⁶ And while seeking to seize Him, they feared the crowds, because they were holding Him for a prophet.