Book of Common Prayer

15 ¹ But^[a] we, the strong ones, ought to be carrying^[b] the weaknesses of the ones not-strong, and not to be pleasing ourselves.

Be Pleasing Your Neighbor. For Even Christ Didn’t Please Himself, As It Is Written

² Let each of us be pleasing his neighbor for good, toward [his] edification. ³ For even Christ did not please Himself, but just as it has been written [in Ps 69:9]: “The reproaches of the ones reproaching You fell upon Me”.

For Scripture Was Written To Give Us Hope As We Endure In This

⁴ For all that was written-before was written for our instruction, in order that we might have hope through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures.

May God Help You All To Think The Same Thing, To His Glory

⁵ Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be thinking the same^[c] thing among one another according-to^[d] Christ Jesus, ⁶ in order that with-one-accord you may with one mouth be glorifying the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore Accept One Another As Christ Has Accepted You, Both Jew And Gentile

⁷ Therefore, be accepting one-another, just as Christ also accepted you— for the glory of God. ⁸ For I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, so that He might confirm the promises of ^[e] the fathers, ⁹ and the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy just as it has been written: “For this reason I will praise You among the Gentiles and I will sing-praise to Your name” [Ps 18:49]. ¹⁰ And again he says, “Celebrate, Gentiles, with His people” [Deut 32:43]. ¹¹ And again, “All Gentiles, be praising the Lord, and let all the peoples praise Him” [Ps 117:1]. ¹² And again Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, even the One rising-up to rule^[f] the Gentiles. The Gentiles will put-their-hope upon Him” [Isa 11:10].

Peace And Joy To You All

¹³ Now may the God of ^[g] hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may be abounding in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Sends Out The Twelve To Proclaim The Kingdom And Heal The Sick

9 Now having called together the twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases. ² And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick ones. ³ And He said to them, “Be taking nothing for the journey— neither a staff, nor a [traveler’s] bag, nor bread, nor money, nor are you to have two tunics^[a] each. ⁴ And into whatever house you enter, be staying there, and going forth from there. ⁵ And all who do not welcome you— while going out from that city, be shaking-off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them”. ⁶ And going forth, they were going from village-to-village announcing-the-good-news and curing everywhere.

Herod Hears of What Jesus Is Doing And Seeks To See Him

⁷ And Herod^[b] the tetrarch heard-of all the things taking place. And he was greatly-perplexed because of it being said by some that John arose from the dead, ⁸ and by some that Elijah appeared, and by others that some prophet of the ancients^[c] rose-up. ⁹ And Herod said, “I beheaded John. But who is this One about Whom I am hearing such things?” And he was seeking to see Him.

The Twelve Return. Jesus Multiplies Bread And Fish To Feed 5000 Men

¹⁰ And having returned, the apostles related to Him all that they did. And having taken them along, He retreated privately toward a city being called Bethsaida. ¹¹ But the crowds, having known^[d] it, followed Him. And having welcomed them, He was speaking to them about the kingdom of God and healing the ones having a need of a cure. ¹² And the day began to decline. And having come to Him, the twelve said to Him, “Send-away the crowd in order that having gone into the surrounding villages and farms, they may take-up-lodging and find provisions, because here we are in a desolate place”. ¹³ But He said to them, “You give them something to eat”. And the ones said, “There are not more than five loaves and two fish with us— unless perhaps, having gone, we should buy food for this whole group-of-people!”. ¹⁴ For there were about five-thousand men. And He said to His disciples, “Make them lie-down [to eat] in eating-groups— about fifty each”. ¹⁵ And they did so, and made everyone lie down. ¹⁶ And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them in pieces, and was giving them to the disciples to set-before the crowd. ¹⁷ And they ate and were all filled-to-satisfaction. And the amount of fragments left-over by them was picked up— twelve baskets.