Book of Common Prayer

Heaven Rejoices Over God’s Judgment

19 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven^[a] of ones saying “Hallelujah— the salvation and the glory and the power of ^[b] our God! ² Because His judgments are true and righteous. Because He judged the great prostitute who corrupted^[c] the earth with her sexual-immorality, and He avenged the blood of His slaves from her hand”. ³ And a second time they have said, “Hallelujah! And her smoke goes up forever and ever”. ⁴ And the twenty four elders and the four living-creatures fell and gave-worship to God, the One sitting on the throne, saying “Amen. Hallelujah!”

Heaven Rejoices Over The Wedding of The Lamb

⁵ And a voice came out from the throne, saying “Give-praise^[d] to our God, all His slaves, and^[e] the ones fearing Him— the small and the great”. ⁶ And I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of strong thunders, saying “Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God, the Almighty, began^[f] to reign. ⁷ Let us rejoice and be overjoyed, and give the glory to Him, because the wedding^[g] of the Lamb came, and His wife prepared herself ”. ⁸ And^[h] authority was given to her to^[i] clothe herself with shining clean fine-linen. For the fine-linen is the righteous-acts of the saints. ⁹ And he^[j] says to me, “Write— ‘Blessed are the ones having been called^[k] to the banquet of the wedding of the Lamb’”.

These Words Are True Words of God

And he says to me, “These^[l] words are true ones of God”. ¹⁰ And I fell in front of his feet to give-worship^[m] to him. And he says to me “See that you not do it. I am a fellow-slave of you and your brothers— the ones holding the testimony of ^[n] Jesus. Give-worship to God. For the testimony of ^[o] Jesus is the spirit^[p] of prophecy”.

16 ¹ And having come to Him, the Pharisees and Sadducees— testing Him— asked Him to show them a sign out-of heaven. ² But the One, having responded, said to them, “Having become evening, you say, ‘Fair weather!— for the heaven is red’; ³ and early-in-the-morning, ‘Stormy-weather today!— for the lowering^[a] heaven is red’. You^[b] know-how to discern the appearance of the heaven but cannot discern the signs of the times! ⁴ An evil and adulterous^[c] generation is seeking-for a sign. And a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah”.

Jesus Warns His Disciples To Beware of The Leaven of The Pharisees: Their Teachings

And having left them behind, He went away. ⁵ And the disciples, having come to the other side, forgot to take bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, “Watch-out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees”. ⁷ And the ones were discussing among themselves, saying that^[d] “We did not take bread”. ⁸ But having known it, Jesus said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves, ones of-little-faith, that you do not have bread? ⁹ Do you not yet perceive? Do you not-even^[e] remember the five loaves of the five-thousand, and how many baskets you received? ¹⁰ Not even the seven loaves of the four-thousand, and how many large-baskets you received? ¹¹ How is it you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees”. ¹² Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.