Book of Common Prayer
10 I built the lower walls of the house because God showed me the best way to do it. Now another man builds on top of this foundation. Each man must take care how he builds on it.
11 Jesus Christ himself is the foundation. No one can make another one.
12 People build with gold, silver, very fine stones, wood, grass, or straw on top of the foundation.
13 But the day will come when everyone's work can be seen. Their work will be tested by fire and the fire will show what kind of work each one did.
14 If the work a man did is not burned up in the fire, he will be paid for his work.
15 But if a man's work is burned up, he will lose everything. He himself will be saved, like a man pulled out of the fire.
16 You know that you are God's house. The spirit of God lives in you.
17 God will punish anyone who spoils his house. His house is holy, and you are the house.
18 Do not be fooled. If any one of you thinks that he is wise in the things of this world, he should count himself as not being wise. Then he would really be wise.
19 The things that look wise to the people of this world look foolish to God. The holy writings say, `He catches the wise people in their own tricks.'
20 It also says, `The Lord knows that the wise men's thoughts are good for nothing.'
21 So do not be proud of men. Everything belongs to you.
22 Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the things which are now, and the things which are to come, everything is yours!
23 And you belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God!
31 Jesus took the twelve disciples with him. He said to them, `We are going to Jerusalem. The prophets of God long ago wrote about the Son of Man. Everything they wrote will be done to him.
32 He will be given over to rulers who are not Jews. They will make fun of him. They will treat him very badly. They will spit on him.
33 They will beat him and kill him. On the third day he will rise.'
34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them and they did not understand what he said.
35 When he came near the city of Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road. He was begging for money.
36 He heard many people passing by. He asked, `Why are so many people passing here?'
37 They told him, `Jesus of Nazareth is passing this way.'
38 Then he shouted, `Jesus, son of David! Help me!'
39 The people in front said, `Be quiet!' But he shouted louder and said, `Son of David! Help me!'
40 Jesus stopped and said, `Bring him here.' When the man came close, Jesus asked him, `What do you want me to do for you?'
41 The man said, `Sir, I want to see.'
42 Jesus said, `You can see now. You are healed because you believed.'
43 Right then he was able to see. He went with Jesus and he praised God. All the people saw it and they all praised God too.
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