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Information about the meaning the original Hebrew or Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue. It is provided beneath the specific reading the words are in.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Excerpts collected in red at the end of this post tell us about something God does not want us to do.
Reading 1: Genesis 18:20-32
In those days, the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, that I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out."
While Abraham's visitors walked on farther toward Sodom, the LORD remained standing before Abraham. Then Abraham drew nearer and said: "Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die with the guilty so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike! Should not the judge of all the world act with justice?"
The LORD replied, "If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Abraham spoke up again: "See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and ashes! What if there are five less than fifty innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?"
He answered, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."
But Abraham persisted, saying "What if only forty are found there?"
He replied, "I will forbear doing it for the sake of the forty."
Then Abraham said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?"
He replied, "I will forbear doing it if I can find but thirty there."
Still Abraham went on, "Since I have thus dared to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?"
The LORD answered, "I will not destroy it, for the sake of the twenty."
But he still persisted: "Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time. What if there are at least ten there?"
He replied, "For the sake of those ten, I will not destroy it."
sin = חַטָּאָת = ḥaṭṭā'āṯ Blue Letter Bible an offence; a miss, misstep, slip of the foot; sin, sinful; condition of sin, guilt of sin
see = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
remained = עוֹד = ʿôḏ Blue Letter Bible still, yet, again, besides; continuance or persistence; more (of addition or repetition); again, repeatedly, still, more; again and again, repeatedly; more, farther; addition or repetition
standing = עָמַד = ʿāmaḏ Blue Letter Bible to stand, remain, endure, take one's stand, stand with; hold one's ground; attend upon, be or become servant of; repair; serve; attend to; minister to; be steadfast; defend; resist; persist, persevere
before = פָּנִים = paniym Blue Letter Bible person; countenance
drew near = נָגַשׁ = nāḡaš Blue Letter Bible to draw near, approach; bring near, bring; to be brought near; to worship; to present; stand; sexual intercourse
said = אָמַר = 'āmar Blue Letter Bible certify; declare; to command, to promise, to intend; to avow, to avouch; bear forth, bring to light; to speak, utter; to say in one's heart, to think
act = עָשָׂה = ʿāśâ Blue Letter Bible to do, fashion, accomplish, make; work, make, produce; to deal (with); to act, act with effect, effect; to attend to, put in order; to observe, celebrate; accomplish, advance; follow, fulfill; be industrious, labor; yield; produce by labor
justice = מִשְׁפָּט = mišpāṭ Blue Letter Bible justice, right, rectitude; judgment, justice, ordinance; proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan; process, procedure, litigation; sentence, decision; execution; decision; verdict; sentence or formal decree; determination
spoke up= עָנָה = ʿānâ Blue Letter Bible to heed, i.e. pay attention; announce, pronounce; utter; respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances; to answer, respond, reply, testify, speak, shout; to sing, utter tunefully
presuming = יָאַל = yā'al Blue Letter Bible to begin, make a beginning, show willingness, undertake to do, be pleased, be determined; to resolve; to undertake as an act of volition; take upon; to go before, be first; endeavor; resolve
speak = דָּבַר = dabar. Blue Letter Bible to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing; to speak with one another, talk; answer; pronounce; teach; use (entreaties), utter; to lead, to guide; to direct a people; admonish; to speak kindly, console; to speak friendly, peaceably with anyone; to announce welfare
answered—see “said” above
persisted—see “remained” above
replied—see “said” above
go on—see “speak” above
dared—see “presuming” above
speak up—see “speak” above
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 138:1-2, 2-3, 6-7, 7-8
R.(3a) Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth;
in the presence of the angels I will sing your praise; I will worship at your holy temple and give thanks to your name.
R. Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Because of your kindness and your truth; for you have made great above all things your name and your promise.
When I called you answered me; you built up strength within me.
R. Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
The LORD is exalted, yet the lowly he sees, and the proud he knows from afar.
Though I walk amid distress, you preserve me; against the anger of my enemies you raise your hand.
R. Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Your right hand saves me. The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever; forsake not the work of your hands.
R. Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
called = קָרָא = qārā' Blue Letter Bible to call, cry, utter a loud sound; to proclaim; to read aloud, read (to oneself); the idea of accosting a person met; address by name; call=name = give name to; to call upon or to
answered = עָנָה = ʿānâ Blue Letter Bible to heed, i.e. pay attention; announce, pronounce; utter; respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances; to answer, respond, reply, testify, speak, shout; to sing, utter tunefully
give thanks = יָדָה = yāḏâ Blue Letter Bible to throw, shoot, cast; laud, praise; to profess, confess; to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands); (make) confess(-ion); praise, celebrate
name = שֵׁם = šēm Blue Letter Bible name; reputation, fame, glory; honor, authority, character; renown, report
all = כֹּל = kol Blue Letter Bible the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort
heart = לֵב = lēḇ Blue Letter Bible inner man, mind, will, understanding; midst; soul; mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory; inclination, resolution, determination (of will); conscience; seat of appetites, emotions, passions, courage; feelings, the will and even the intellect; the centre of anything
sing praise = זָמַר = zamar Blue Letter Bible to sing, sing praise; to make music; to play a musical instrument; to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music; give praise, sing forth praises, psalms; make music in praise of God; to pluck; to dance
worship = שָׁחָה = šāḥâ Blue Letter Bible to bow down; to depress; prostrate oneself; fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship; bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.; sink down; honor God with prayers; to submit oneself
kindness = חֶסֶד = ḥeseḏ Blue Letter Bible goodness, kindness, faithfulness; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful, mercy; kindness especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable; lovely appearance; of God: kindness, lovingkindness in condescending to the needs of his creatures; redemption from enemies and troubles; in preservation of life from death; in quickening of spiritual life; in redemption from sin; in keeping the covenants; fidelity; abundant, plenteous in kindness (goodness); greatness of thy mercy; everlasting; plural mercies, deeds of kindness, the historic displays of lovingkindness; desire, ardor; zeal; benignity, benevolence, pity, mercy; grace
truth = אֱמֶת = 'ĕmeṯ Blue Letter Bible firmness, faithfulness, truth; sureness, reliability; stability, continuance; certainty, truth, trustworthiness; perpetuity; fidelity
made great = גָּדַל = gāḏal Blue Letter Bible to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things; twist a cord, make firm; become strong, (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride); advance; increase, lift up, magnify; to make much of
promise = אִמְרָה = 'imrâ Blue Letter Bible utterance, speech, word; commandment; word of God, the Torah
strength = עֹז = ʿōz Blue Letter Bible might, strength; material or physical, personal or social or political; force, security, majesty, splendor, praise; boldness, loud, might, power; firmness; refuge, protection
exalted = רוּם = rûm Blue Letter Bible to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted; to lift up; exalt; set on high; hold up; raise, rear, cause to grow
the lowly = שָׁפָל = šāp̄āl Blue Letter Bible low (in station), humble (of condition or spirit); depressed, literally or figuratively:—base(-st); cast down; modest, unambitious
sees = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
proud = גָּבֹהַּ = gāḇōha Blue Letter Bible proud, haughty, arrogant; high, exalted; loftiness; elevated (or elated), powerful; exalted in station; height, tallness
knows =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ Blue Letter Bible to perceive and see, find out and discern; to discriminate, distinguish; to know by experience; to recognize; be acquainted with; to know (a person carnally); to know how, be skillful in; to have knowledge, be wise; to be made known, be or become known, be revealed; to be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; to get to know, discover; to turn the mind to anything, to care about, to see about
afar = מֶרְחָק = merḥāq Blue Letter Bible distant place, distance; far off; far country; remoteness
walk = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ. Blue Letter Bible to go, walk, come; live, manner of life; come
amid = קֶרֶב = qereḇ Blue Letter Bible midst, among, inner part, middle; inward part; as seat of thought and emotion; entrails (of sacrificial animals); the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition); heart; the interior; the inside of the body, the bowels; the heart or mind
distress = צָרָה = ṣārâ Blue Letter Bible straits, distress, trouble; tightness; adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble; vexer, rival wife, adversary\
preserve = חָיָה = ḥāyâ Blue Letter Bible to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health; to revive; refresh; restore to health; nourish up; recover; be whole; perfect; continue in life; preserve alive, let live; the original idea of this word is breathing; to continue safe and sound; to recover health, be healed; to vivify; to make alive; grant or restore life
enemies = אֹיֵב = 'ōyēḇ Blue Letter Bible hating; an adversary; enemy, foe
raise = שָׁלַח = šālaḥ Blue Letter Bible stretch out; extend, direct; to shoot forth (of branches); reach forth; sow, spread, stretch forth; to send, send away; to let loose; to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out or away; to let go, set free; to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled; forsake, give (up); eave, let depart; drive cattle to pasture
hand, hands = יָד = yāḏ Blue Letter Bible hand; strength, power (fig.); means, direction; force; ministry
right hand = יָמִין = yāmîn Blue Letter Bible the stronger and more dexterous; prosperous; the right or south side
saves = יָשַׁע = yāšaʿ Blue Letter Bible to be liberated, be saved, be delivered; to save from moral troubles; to give victory to; to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; to free or succor; defend, help, preserve, rescue; be capacious, make wide, spacious, make sufficient, be or live in abundance; placed in freedom; give width and breadth to, liberate; save, from evils and troubles; to be opulent; to set free, preserve
complete = גָּמַר = gāmar Blue Letter Bible to bring to an end, complete, finish; perfect, perform; to come to an end, be no more
kindness—see “kindness” above
endures forever = עוֹלָם = ôlām Blue Letter Bible long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient; forever, always; perpetuity; continuous existence, perpetual; everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity; time out of mind (past or future); always; unending
forsake = רָפָה = rāp̄â Blue Letter Bible to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened; to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake; let alone, be quiet; to show oneself slack; abate, cease; cast down let fall; desist
works = מַעֲשֶׂה = maʿăśê Blue Letter Bible deed, thing done, act; work, labour; undertaking, enterprise; achievement; thing made; product
Reading 2: Colossians 2:12-14
You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
And even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, he also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross.
buried = συνθάπτω = synthaptō Blue Letter Bible to bury with, or together; in company with; to assimilate spiritually; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon bury together, join in burying; one with another
with = αὐτός = autos Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon in one, together; the same; in one piece with, together with; one's true self, the soul; by or in itself
raised = συνεγείρω = synegeirō Blue Letter Bible to raise together; to rouse in company with; to revivify (spiritually) in resemblance to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon help in raising, stirring up; rising together, reviving
through = διά = dia Blue Letter Bible on account of this, for this cause; because of; by, by means of, by which means; to consider deeply; the ground or reason by which something is or is not done; on account of; the channel of an act; by occasion of, by reason of; instrument, or of the efficient cause; due to; instrument used to accomplish a thing, or of the instrumental cause in the stricter sense; the formal cause; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon through; the Instrument or Means; thanks to, by aid of; by reason of, on account of
faith = πίστις = pistis Blue Letter Bible firm persuasion, a conviction; trust; an assurance; the main element in "faith" in its relation to the invisible God, as distinct from "faith" in man; trust and holy fervor; a strong and welcome conviction; belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence); the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things; a power that seizes upon the soul; fidelity, faithfulness; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Trust; persuasion of a thing, confidence, assurance; credit
power = ἐνέργεια = energeia Blue Letter Bible energy, power; working, efficiency; strong, (effectual) working; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon activity, operation; function, performance; workmanship; active force; vigour of style; actuality to full reality
raised = ἐγείρω = egeirō Blue Letter Bible to arouse, cause to rise; to awake; to raise up, produce, cause to appear; bring before the public; rouse from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; raise up one “down” with disease, lying sick; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon awaken, rouse, stir up; prick up; keep awake
dead = νεκρός = nekros Blue Letter Bible one that has breathed his last, lifeless; deceased, departed, one whose soul is in heaven or hell; destitute of life, without life, inanimate; destitute of force or power, inactive, inoperative
transgressions = παράπτωμα = paraptōma Blue Letter Bible a false step, a blunder; a lapse from uprightness, a sin, a moral trespass, misdeed; fall; to stumble; to fall beside or near something; a lapse or deviation from truth and uprightness; a sin, misdeed; offence; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon false step, slip, blunder; defeat; transgression, trespass; error in amount of payments
uncircumcision = ἀκροβυστία = akrobystia Blue Letter Bible the moral condition in which the corrupt desires of the flesh still operate; a condition in which the corrupt desires rooted in the flesh were not yet extinct; impurity and alienation from God
flesh = σάρξ = sarx Blue Letter Bible the complete person; a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon the whole body
brought you to life along with = συζωοποιέω = syzōopoieō Blue Letter Bible to quicken together with, make alive with; to make one alive together; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon quicken together with
forgiven =χαρίζομαι = charizomai Blue Letter Bible to show favor, grant, bestow; to gratify, to do what is pleasing to anyone; to bestow a favor unconditionally; to show favor or kindness; to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favour to, gratify; to show one's self gracious, kind, benevolent; to grant forgiveness, to pardon; to give graciously, give freely, bestow; graciously to restore one to another; to preserve for one a person in peril; to grant as a favor, i.e. gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon say or do something agreeable to a person, show him favour or kindness, oblige, gratify; to oblige, humour; gratify or indulge; give graciously or cheerfully; allow, give freely; give up as a favour
obliterating = ἐξαλείφω = exaleiphō Blue Letter Bible to wash, or to smear completely; to wipe away, wipe off, obliterate; to obliterate, erase, wipe out, blot out; to anoint or wash in every part; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon wipe out, obliterate; wipe out of one's mind; canceled; strike off the rolls; blot it out from one's mind; wipe out, destroy
bond = χειρόγραφον = cheirographon Blue Letter Bible a note of hand or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to be returned at the appointed time; a legal document or bond
rem0ved = αἴρω = airō Blue Letter Bible to raise up, to lift, to take upon oneself and carry what has been raised; hoisting up; lift; draw up; to bear; to raise from the ground; to bear away what has been raised, carry off; to take up or away; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to take up, raise, lift up; to bear, sustain; to lift and take away, to remove; to take upon oneself, undergo, carry, bear
nailing= προσηλόω = prosēloō Blue Letter Bible to fasten with nails to, nail to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon nail, rivet, fix to; to be fastened by nails; nail to
cross = σταυρός = stauros Blue Letter Bible an upright pale or stake; an upright "stake", esp. a pointed one, used as such in fences or palisades; instrument of most cruel and ignominious punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians; to it were affixed among the Romans, down to the time of Constantine the Great, the guiltiest criminals, particularly the basest slaves, robbers, the authors and abettors of insurrections; judicial usage [] compelled those condemned to crucifixion themselves to carry the cross to the place of punishment; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon upright pale or stake; pale for impaling a corpse
Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected at Wisdom Principles—God Loves and Calls Us to Him, In Spite of our Sin
Alleluia verse: Romans 8:15b, c
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
You have received a Spirit of adoption, through which we cry, Abba, Father.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
received = λαμβάνω = lambanō. Blue Letter Bible to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it; to take up a thing to be carried; to take upon one's self; to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to appropriate to one's self; catch at, reach after, strive to obtain; to receive a person, give him access to one's self; have, hold, obtain, receive; to take with one for future use; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Take hold of, grasp, seize; take by violence, carry off as prize or booty; possess; catch, find out, detect; apprehend by the senses; apprehend with the mind, understand; determine, estimate; take in hand, undertake; have given one, get, receive; receive hospitably; receive as produce, profit; take hold of, lay hold on; seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of
adoption = υἱοθεσία = yhiothesia. Blue Letter Bible the placing as a son; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
adoption as a son
cry = κράζω = krazō Blue Letter Bible inarticulate cries, from fear, pain etc; to croak; to cry out, cry aloud, vociferate; speak with a loud voice; scream; shriek, exclaim, intreat; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
scream, shriek, cry, bawl, shout; call to; clamor for
Father = πατήρ = patēr Blue Letter Bible from a root signifying a nourisher, protector, upholder; the originator and transmitter of anything; one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way; creator, preserver, guardian and protector; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself; father, author
Gospel: Luke 11:1-13
1Now it happened that he was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.' 2He said to them, 'When you pray, this is what to say:
Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come, 3give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, 4for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the test.'
5He also said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, "My friend, lend me three loaves, 6because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him;"7and the man answers from inside the house, "Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up to give it to you." 8I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it to him for friendship's sake, persistence will make him get up and give his friend all he wants.
9 So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
11What father among you, if his son asked for a fish, would hand him a snake? 12Or if he asked for an egg, hand him a scorpion? 13If you then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'
Father = πατήρ = patēr Blue Letter Bible from a root signifying "a nourisher, protector, upholder"; the originator and transmitter of anything; one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way; creator, preserver, guardian and protector;Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself; father, author
name = ὄνομα = onoma Blue Letter Bible all that a "name" implies, of authority, character, rank, majesty, power, excellence, etc.; of everything that the "name" covers; the name is used for everything which the name covers, everything the thought or feeling of which is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing, remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure, command, excellences, deeds etc.
holy = ἁγιάζω = hagiazō Blue Letter Bible set apart; "to hallow, sanctify," in the Passive Voice; to render or acknowledge, or to be venerable; separate from profane things
kingdom = βασιλεία = basileia Blue Letter Bible is primarily an abstract noun, denoting "sovereignty, royal power, dominion;" denoting the ... people over whom a king rules; the right or authority to rule; reign; royal power and dignity; the rule of God; God's rule, the divine administration; the universe subject to God's sway, God's royal domain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon dominion; being ruled by a king; reign
come = ἔρχομαι = erchomai Blue Letter Bible denoting either "to come, or to go," signifies the act, in contrast with heko, which stresses the arrival; to come from one place to another; to come into being, arise, come forth, show itself, find place or influence; to come to a thing; to go; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon start, set out; come or go; to go a journey; any kind of motion
give = δίδωμι = didōmi Blue Letter Bible bestow, the implied idea being that of giving freely; grant; offer; yield, produce; to supply, furnish, necessary things; to furnish, endue; to cause, profuse, give forth from one’s self; minister; to give one to someone to care for his interests; give up for; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon give freely, to be ready to give, offer; provide well for
daily = ἐπιούσιος = epiousios Blue Letter Bible
the bread of our necessity; the bread that suffices for each day; bread for sustenance, which serves to sustain life; Origen testifies that the word was not in use in ordinary speech, and accordingly seems to have been coined by the Evangelists themselves; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon sufficient for the coming (and so current) day
bread = ἄρτος = artos Blue Letter Bible food composed of flour mixed with water and baked; food of any kind; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon cake or loaf of wheat-bread
forgive = ἀφίημι = aphiēmi Blue Letter Bible set free; to remit or forgive; the remission of the punishment due to sinful conduct, the deliverance of the sinner from the penalty; the complete removal of the cause of offense; to let go, let alone, let be; to leave, not to discuss now (a topic); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon send forth, discharge; let fall from one's grasp; give up or hand over to; send away; let go, loose, set free; release; dissolve, disband; put away, divorce; get rid of; leave alone, pass by, neglect; suffer, permit; give up doing; send forth from oneself; loose something of one's own from; let go of
sins = ἁμαρτία = hamartia Blue Letter Bible lit., "a missing of the mark;" moral obliquity; to be without a share in; to err, be mistaken; to miss or wander from the path; to do or go wrong; violate God's law; offence; a bad action, some particular evil deed; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon a failure, fault; error; guilt; Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament
missing of a mark or aim; a failing to grasp; to be without one’s share of, to miss; a failing and missing the true end and scope of our lives
debt = ὀφείλω = opheilō Blue Letter Bible to owe, whether of a debt or any obligation; behoove, bound; to be bound, obliged to do something; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon owe, have to pay or account for; to be due; to be bound to render; to be bound, to be obliged to do; behooves
test = πειρασμός = peirasmos Blue Letter Bible "a trying, testing;" "trials;" an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances; adversity, affliction, trouble; a putting to proof; solicitation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
Trial, worry, temptation
Persistence = ἀναίδεια = anaideia Blue Letter Bible shamelessness, importunity; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon shamelessness
ask, asks = αἰτέω= aiteō Blue Letter Bible to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require; to ask for oneself, request for oneself; suggests the attitude of a suppliant, the petition of one who is lesser in position than he to whom the petition is made; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon beg; demand; claim; Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament submissive and suppliant, indeed the constant word for the seeking of the inferior from the superior
give = δίδωμι = didōmi. see above
receive = λαμβάνω = lambanō. Blue Letter Bible to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it; to take up a thing to be carried; to take upon one's self; to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e. to appropriate to one's self; catch at, reach after, strive to obtain; to receive a person, give him access to one's self; have, hold, obtain, receive; to take with one for future use; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Take hold of, grasp, seize; take by violence, carry off as prize or booty; possess; catch, find out, detect; apprehend by the senses; apprehend with the mind, understand; determine, estimate; take in hand, undertake; have given one, get, receive; receive hospitably; receive as produce, profit; take hold of, lay hold on; seize and keep hold of, obtain possession of
seek, seeks = ζητέω = zeteo. Blue Letter Bible to seek after, endeavor; inquire for; require, demand; strive after, endeavor, to desire; metaphorically, to "seek" by thinking, to "seek" how to do something; strive after, desire; to seek (i. e. in order to find out) by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into; to seek in order to find; to crave, demand something from someone; aim at; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Inquire for; search after, search out; inquire into, investigate, examine; require, demand; desire; feel the want of
find = εὑρίσκω = heyriskō Blue Letter Bible to find, either with previous search or without; to find out by enquiry, or to learn, discover; to find for oneself, to procure, get, obtain, with the suggestion of accomplishing the end which had been in view; to come upon, hit upon, to meet with; get, obtain, perceive, see; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
find out, discover; devise, invent; get, gain; bring about, acquire; fetch
knock, knocks = κρούω = krouō Blue Letter Bible to strike; importunity in dealing with God; to knock with a heavy blow; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Strike, smite
opened = ἀνοίγω = anoigō Blue Letter Bible to open the mouth; to open up; Metaphorically, to give entrance into the soul; to furnish opportunity to do something; to open the eyes of one's mind; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexiconthrow open; lay open, unfold, disclose; get into, get clear of
Father = πατήρ = patēr
See above
What these readings tell us about God/His ways:
I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out
the LORD remained standing before Abraham
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die with the guilty
the judge of all the world
act with justice
If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake
I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there
I will forbear doing it for the sake of the forty
I will forbear doing it if I can find but thirty there
I will not destroy it, for the sake of the twenty
For the sake of those ten, I will not destroy it
on the day I called for help, you answered me.
you have heard the words of my mouth
on the day I called for help, you answered me.
your kindness and your truth
great above all things your name and your promise
I called you answered me; you built up strength within me
on the day I called for help, you answered me.
The LORD is exalted, yet the lowly he sees
the proud he knows from afar
Though I walk amid distress, you preserve me
against the anger of my enemies you raise your hand
on the day I called for help, you answered me.
Your right hand saves me
The LORD will complete what he has done for me;
your kindness, O LORD, endures forever
on the day I called for help, you answered me.
You were buried with him in baptism
you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God
who raised him from the dead.
even when you were dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he brought you to life
forgiven us all our transgressions
obliterating the bond against us
he also removed it from our midst
nailing it to the cross.
You have received a Spirit of adoption
You have received a Spirit of adoption
Father
persistence will make him get up and give ... all he wants
Ask, and it will be given to you
search, and you will find
knock, and the door will be opened to you
everyone who asks receives
everyone who searches finds
everyone who knocks will have the door opened
What father among you, if his son asked for a fish, would hand him a snake? Or if he asked for an egg, hand him a scorpion?
the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!'
What these readings tell us to do:
Abraham drew nearer
Abraham spoke up again
presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and ashes
Abraham persisted
Then Abraham said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on
Still Abraham went on
dared to speak to my Lord
But he still persisted
speak up this last time
called for help
give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart
sing your praise
I will worship
give thanks
called for help
called you
called for help
called for help
called for help
baptism
faith in the power of God
cry, Abba, Father
pray
your name be held holy
your kingdom come
forgive each one who is in debt to us
goes to him in the middle of the night
persistence
Ask
Search
What these readings tell us not to do:
proud
anger
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