Book of Common Prayer

He puts them in fear with examples from the Old Testament, and exhorts them to lead godly lives. Of the Lord’s Supper.

10 Brethren, I would not want you to be ignorant of this: that our fathers were all under a cloud, and all passed through the sea, ² and were all baptized under Moses in the cloud and in the sea, ³ and did all eat of the same spiritual food, ⁴ and did all drink of the same spiritual drink. And they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, which rock was Christ. ⁵ But in many of them, God had no delight. For they were overthrown in the wilderness. ⁶ These are examples for us, so that we will not lust after evil things like they did.

⁷ Neither be worshippers of images like some of them were, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up again to play. ⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and in one day 23,000 were destroyed. ⁹ Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

¹¹ All these things happened to them for examples, and were written to make us mindful – we upon whom the ends of the world have come. ¹² Therefore let him who thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall.

¹³ No trial has taken you but such as follows the nature of man. But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried above your strength, but will in the midst of the trial make a way to escape out.

¹⁸ When Jesus saw crowds of people around him, he directed to go over the water. ¹⁹ And a scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. ²⁰ And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to rest his head. ²¹ Another, who was one of his disciples, said to him, Master, first allow me to go and bury my father. ²² But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

²³ And he entered into a boat, and his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the vessel was swamped with waves. And he was asleep. ²⁵ And his disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, Master, save us! We perish! ²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there followed a great calm. ²⁷ And the men marvelled and said, What man is this, that both winds and sea obey him?