Book of Common Prayer
10 According to God’s grace, I laid the foundation like a wise master builder, and someone else is building on it. Everyone should take care how they build on it. 11 Nobody can lay any foundation, you see, except the one which is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah!
The coming day, the coming fire
12 If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass or straw— 13 well, everyone’s work will become visible, because the Day will show it up, since it will be revealed in fire. Then the fire will test what sort of work everyone has done. 14 If the building work that someone has done stands the test, they will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, they will be punished by bearing the loss; they themselves will be saved, however, but only as though through a fire.
16 Don’t you see? You are God’s Temple! God’s spirit lives in you! 17 If anyone destroys God’s Temple, God will destroy them. God’s Temple is holy, you see, and that is precisely what you are.
Everything belongs to you
18 Don’t let anyone deceive themselves. If anyone among you supposes they are wise in the present age, let them become foolish, so that they can become wise. 19 The wisdom of this world, you see, is folly with God. This is what the Bible says: “He catches the wise in their trickery.” 20 And again, “The Lord knows the thinking of the wise—and he knows that it’s all a sham!”
21 So don’t let anyone boast about mere human beings. For everything belongs to you, 22 whether it’s Paul or Apollos or Cephas, whether it’s the world or life or death, whether it’s the present or the future—everything belongs to you! 23 And you belong to the Messiah; and the Messiah belongs to God.
Jesus heals a blind beggar
31 Jesus took the Twelve aside.
“Look,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem. Everything that’s written in the prophets about the son of man will be fulfilled. 32 Yes: he will be handed over to the pagans; he’ll be mocked, abused and spat upon. 33 They will beat him and kill him; and on the third day he’ll be raised.”
34 They didn’t understand any of this. The word was hidden from them, and they didn’t know what he meant.
35 As they were getting near Jericho there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging. 36 When he heard a crowd passing through the town he asked what was going on.
37 “Jesus of Nazareth is coming by,” people said to him.
38 So he shouted out, “Jesus—David’s son! Have pity on me!”
39 The people who were at the front of the group firmly told him to be silent. But he yelled out all the more, “David’s son! Have pity on me!”
40 Jesus stopped, and told them to bring the man to him. When he came up, he asked him, 41 “What d’you want me to do for you?”
“Master,” he said, “I want to see again.”
42 “Then see again,” said Jesus. “Your faith has saved you.”
43 At once he received his sight again, and followed him, glorifying God. And when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God.
Scripture quotations from The New Testament for Everyone are copyright © Nicholas Thomas Wright 2011, 2018, 2019.