Saturday, October 08, 2022

Readings for October 9, 2022, annotated, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Lectionary 144

This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks  will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context. 

 

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. 

 

Collections of or meditations on scriptures dealing principles similar to those addressed in particular readings are hyperlinked after those readings.

 

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 I: 2 Kings 5:14-17

Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God. His flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy.

Naaman returned with his whole retinue to the man of God. On his arrival he stood before Elisha and said, "Now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel. Please accept a gift from your servant."

Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives whom I serve, I will not take it;" and despite Naaman's urging, he still refused. Naaman said: "If you will not accept, please let me, your servant, have two mule-loads of earth, for I will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any other god except to the LORD."

 

plunged = טָבַל = ṭāḇal  Blue Letter Bible   dip into, plunge; to immerse; bathe 

 

word = דָּבָר = dāḇār  Blue Letter Bible  speech, word, speaking, thing; saying, utterance, discourse; confer; advice, counsel; message, report, tidings; tidings; thought; promise; precept, edict; business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

 

clean = טָהֵר = ṭāhēr  Blue Letter Bible to be clean, physically of disease, ceremonially, morally; made clean; to cleanse; purge; purify; unadulterated; uncontaminated; innocent; to shine/be bright 

 

stood = 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

 

gift = בְּרָכָה = brāḵâ  Blue Letter Bible  a gift, present; benediction

 

urging = פָּצַר = pāṣar  Blue Letter Bible  to press, pushstubbornness; beat, make blunt

 

Scriptures addressing similar principles are collected or considered at:

 

Wisdom Principles--True Piety

 

Wisdom Principles--Rebuke & Openness to Correction 

 

Wisdom Principles--God Loves Humility and Hates Pride  

 

Wisdom Principles--Don't Discriminate Against Foreigners    

 

Wisdom Principles--Rely on God, not Material Power or Wealth

 

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Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4

R. (cf. 2b) The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.
Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wondrous deeds;
His right hand has won victory for Him, His holy arm.

R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.
The LORD has made His salvation known: in the sight of the nations he has revealed His justice.
He has remembered His kindness and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel.

R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands: break into song; sing praise.
R. The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.

revealed =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

 

nations = גּוֹי = gôy  Blue Letter Bible  nation, people; confluence of men

 

saving power = יְשׁוּעָה = yšûʿâ  Blue Letter Bible  salvation, deliverance; welfare, prosperity; victory; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; aid 

 

Sing = שִׁיר = šîr  Blue Letter Bible  sing in one’s honor, celebrate with song; behold

 

new = חָדָשׁ = ḥāḏāš  Blue Letter Bible  fresh, unheard of 

 

song = שִׁיר = šîr Blue Letter Bible song, lyrical song

 

done = 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

 

wonderous  deeds = פָּלָא = pala'  Blue Letter Bible  beyond one's power; extraordinary, hard, difficult, arduous; marvelous, wonderful, surpassing, great; singular, distinguished; wondrous

 

right hand = יָמִין = yāmîn  Blue Letter Bible the stronger and more dexterous; prosperous; the right or south side  

 

won victory = 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

 

arm = זְרוֹעַ = zrôaʿ  Blue Letter Bible  arm, arm as seat of (human) strength; forearm, shoulder, strength; forces; help, mighty, power; helper, companion; instrument of deliverance and judgment

 

salvation –see “saving power” above

 

made … known =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

 

in the sight of = עַיִן = ʿayin  Blue Letter Bible  eye; before my eyes; set one eyes on; spring, fountain

 

revealed = גָּלָה = galah  Blue Letter Bible  be naked; to uncover oneself; to disclose, discover, lay bare; to make known, show, reveal; plainly, publish, remove, reveal; certify

 

nations—see above 

 

righteousness= צְדָקָה = ṣḏāqâ  Blue Letter Bible righteousness; righteousness (as vindicated); justification, salvation; truthfulness; ethically right; rectitude; virtue

 

remembered = זָכַר = zakar  Blue Letter Bible  Recall, call to mind; be mindful; think on; penetrating, infixing; preserve; consider; meditate, think on

 

kindness = חֶסֶד = ḥeseḏ  Blue Letter Bible goodness, kindness, faithfulness; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy; kindness (especially as extended to the lowly, needy and miserable), mercy; 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

 

faithfulness = אֱמוּנָה = 'ĕmûnâ  Blue Letter Bible  firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

 

seen = 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

 

salvation –see “saving power” above

 

sing joyfully = רוּעַ = rûaʿ  Blue Letter Bible  to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast; to shout in triumph or applause; to shout in triumph; to shout joyfully; give a blast with clarion or horn; to make a loud noise

 

break into = פָּצַח = pāṣaḥ  Blue Letter Bible   to cause to break or burst forth, break forth with, break out; break up; make a loud noise; be joyous, hilarious; break out into joy

 

song = רָנַן = ranan  Blue Letter Bible  to overcome; to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry; triumph

 

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

 

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Reading II: 2 Timothy 2:8-13  
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel, for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory.

This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him we shall also live with Him; if we persevere we shall also reign with Him.

But if we deny Him He will deny us.
If we are unfaithful He remains faithful, for He cannot deny himself.

 

Remember = μνημονεω = mnēmoneuō  Blue Letter Bible   to call to mind, be mindful; to think of and feel for a person or thing; remember; to hold in memory, keep in mind; make mention of; exercise memory, recollect; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   call to mind, remember, think of; remember to do; call to another's mind, mention, say, make mention of; to be remembered, had in memory 

 

risen = γερω = 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 

 

descendant = σπρμα = sperma  Blue Letter Bible   from which a plant germinates the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants; of the grains or kernels sown; seed, children, offspring, progeny; possesses vital force or life giving power; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon    seed of plants; germ, origin of anything; elements; semen; offspring

 

suffering = κακοπαθω = kakopatheō  Blue Letter Bible   to suffer/endure evils/ hardships/troubles; to be afflicted; undergo hardship; used frequently of the hardships of military service; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   to be in ill plight, be in distress 

 

word = λγος = logos  Blue Letter Bible  a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea; the sayings of God; the moral precepts given by God; what is declared, a thought, declaration, aphorism, a weighty saying, a dictum, a maxim; doctrine, teaching; reason, the mental faculty of thinking, meditating, reasoning, calculating; the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe; a distinct word, intelligible speech; decree, mandate, order; instruction; preaching; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  computation, reckoning; measure; esteem; explanation; statement of a theory, argument, discourse; proposition; rule, principle, law, precept;; rule of conduct; thinking, reasoning; idea, thought; continuous statement, narrative; verbal expression or utterance; expression, utterance, speech regarded formally; the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government

 

chained = δω = deō Blue Letter Bible  Any sort of binding; to bind tie, fasten; to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains; to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc.; be in bonds; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon 

bind, tie, fetter; bind, keep in bonds; enchain; harden, brace up; bind, tie, put on oneself

 

bear with = πομνω = hypomenō  Blue Letter Bible  to abide under; to remain in a place instead of leaving it, to stay behind; to persevere; endurance under what would be burdensome;  to bear up courageously; take it patiently; not recede or flee;  under misfortunes and trials to hold fast; bear bravely and calmly; take patiently; to persevere: absolutely and emphatically, under misfortunes; to cleave faithfully to;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  stay behind, remain, to be permanent; abide or await; stand one's ground, stand firm; endure patiently; submit, bear; suffer

 

 for the sake of = δι = 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

 

chosen = κλεκτς = eklektos Blue Letter Bible  select, picked out; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  picked out, select 

 

trustworthy = πιστς = pistos  Blue Letter Bible believing, trusting; trusty, faithful, trustworthy; to be trusted, reliable; believing, trusting, relying; persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon to be trusted or believed; trusty; worthy of credit; genuine; trustworthy, sure; as could be relied on; with good faith

 

died with = συναποθνσκω = synapothnēskō  Blue Letter Bible   to die together, to die with one; to decease (literally) in company with, or (figuratively), similarly to; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   die together with; cling to one until death

 

live with = συζω = syzaō  Blue Letter Bible  to live together with; to continue to live in common with, i.e. co-survive (literally or figuratively); Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon   to live with another; to pass one's life in meddling; to live together,  

 

persevere—see “bear with” above 

 

reign with = συμβασιλεω = symbasileuō  Blue Letter Bible   to reign together;

metaph. to possess supreme honour, liberty, blessedness, with one in the kingdom of God; to be co-regent; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   rule, reign together with  

 

deny = ρνομαι = arneomai  Blue Letter Bible   to deny, renounce, reject; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to refuse; abnegate; abjure; disavow; not to accept, to reject, to refuse something offered; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   deny, disown; refuse; decline, renounce; suicide; cast aside; expressing refusal

 

faithless = πιστω = apisteō  Blue Letter Bible   to betray a trust, be unfaithful;

to have no belief, disbelieve; disobey; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   disbelieve, distrust; disbelieve one in a thing; to be incredulous; to be disobedient; refuse to comply; to be faithless 

 

faithful—see “trustworthy” above

 

deny—see above

 

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Alleluia: 1 Thes 5:18

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.


all = πς = pas Blue Letter Bible  radically means "all." Used without the article it means "every," every kind or variety; any and every, of every kind, all manner of; in every way or particular; the whole; each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything; thoroughly, whatsoever; all manner of; the highest degree, the maximum; always; in everything, in every way, on every side, in every particular or relation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  when used of a number, all; when of one only, the whole; all, the whole; every; all things as a unity, as a totality; all kinds of things; in all points, entirely, wholly; in every way, by all means, altogether

 

thanks = εχαριστω = eucharisteō  Blue Letter Bible  to be grateful; feel thankful; give thanks; to express gratitude;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   to be thankful, return thanks; to be thanked; to be received with thanks; bestow a favour on, oblige

 

will = θλημα = thelēma  Blue Letter Bible  that which is willed; what one wishes or has determined shall be done; commands, precepts; choice, inclination, desire, pleasure; determination; choice; purpose 

 

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Gospel: Luke 17:11-19    

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests."

As they were going they were cleansed.  

 

And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.  He was a Samaritan.

Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine?  Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"  Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you

 

continued = πορεω = poreuō  Blue Letter Bible  to go on one's way, to depart from one place to another; to traverse; to lead oneself across; to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey; to depart from life; to follow one, that is: become his adherent; to lead or order one's life;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   make to go, carry, convey; bring, carry; to be driven or carried; go, walk, march; proceed at law; go on one's way, i.e. die

 

traveled through = διρχομαι = dierchomai  Blue Letter Bible   to come or go through; pass through to a place; to go, walk, journey, pass through a place; to traverse; come, depart, go; pierce through, travel, walk through; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   go through, pass through; complete; pass through and reach, arrive at; go through in detail, recount

 

entering = εσρχομαι = eiserchomai. Blue Letter Bible  to come into; entrance into any condition, state of things; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  go in or into; enter the ranks of; to be brought in; come into one's mind

 

met = παντω = apantaō  Blue Letter Bible   to go to meet, to meet, to meet with, come face to face with; encounter;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   move from a place to meet a person; generally, meet, encounter; fall in with; any one that meets you, any chance person; come or go to a place to meet him, meet him at a place; light upon, come to;  in hostile sense, meet in battle; generally, resist, oppose in any way; meet in open court; appear in court; enter into a thing, attempt it; come upon one, meet or happen to one; happen, occur, turn out

 

stood = στημι = histēmi  Blue Letter Bible  to stand, to make to stand; to set; appoint, establish; to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set; hold up; to set or place in a balance; to weigh;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  make to stand; set up; place; appoint; establish, institute; place in the balance, weigh

 

distance = πρρωθεν = porrōthen  Blue Letter Bible   at a distance, a great way off; afar off; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   from afar; from a more distant point

raised = αρω = 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

 

voices = φων = phōnē  Blue Letter Bible  a voice; speech; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language; a sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   sound, tone; the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat; speech, voice, utterance; cry; any articulate sound

 

master = πισττης = epistatēs  Blue Letter Bible   a chief, a commander, overseer, master; recognition of [] authority rather than [] instruction; any sort of superintendent or overseer; an appointee over, i.e. commander, teacher; master; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   one who stands near or by; suppliant; in battle-order, one's rear-rank man; one who stands or is mounted upon; one who is set over, chief, commander; a pilot; supervisor of training; president of a board or assembly; chairman of; keeper of Treasury or Archives; overseer, superintendent, in charge of any public building or works; governor, administrator; local magistrate; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon (alternate definition)    to be set over; to be in charge of, have the care of; stand by, aid; attend, follow; stand in the rear rank; notice, observe; president; at the head of decrees; generally, preside over; exercise the office of 

 

pity = λεω = eleeō  Blue Letter Bible  to have mercy (eleos, "mercy"), to show kindness, by beneficence, or assistance, is translated "have compassion;” to help one afflicted or seeking aid; to bring help to the wretched; to compassionate; to succor the afflicted;granting even to the unworthy favor, benefits, opportunities, and particularly salvation by Christ; such sympathy as manifests itself in act, less frequently in word

 

saw = ρω = horaō  Blue Letter Bible  to see with the eyes; to see with the mind, to perceive, know; to take heed, beware; to care for, pay heed to; to attend to;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   take, pay, or give heed; behold, perceive, observe; look out for, provide

go = πορεω = poreuō  Blue Letter Bible  to go on one's way, to depart from one place to another; to traverse; to lead oneself across; to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey; to depart from life; to follow one, that is: become his adherent; to lead or order one's life;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   make to go, carry, convey; bring, carry; to be driven or carried; go, walk, march; proceed at law; go on one's way, i.e. die

 

show = πιδεκνυμι = epideiknymi  Blue Letter Bible   exhibit, display; bring forth to view; furnish to be looked at, produce what may looked at; to display something belonging to one's self; set forth to be known and acknowledged; point out, prove, demonstrate; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   exhibit as a specimen; display; show off or display for oneself or what is one's own; give a specimen of; show off, make a display of one's powers; giving a display; show, point out; prove

 

yourselves = αυτο = heautou  Blue Letter Bible  in yourselves, in your own conceits; himself, herself, itself, themselves;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon     himself, herself, itself, etc.; itself by itself; his own; one against the other

 

going = πγω = hypagō  Blue Letter Bible   going, without noise or notice, or by stealth; to go away or to go slowly away, to depart, withdraw oneself, often with the idea of going without noise or notice; to lead under, bring under; to withdraw one's self, to go away, depart; retire (as if sinking out of sight); sending one somewhere to do something;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  lead or bring under; brought them under the yoke, yoked them; bring under one's power; take away from beneath, withdraw; go away, withdraw, retire

 

cleansed = καθαρζω = katharizō  Blue Letter Bible  to make clean; purging; make free from admixture; to free from defilement of sin and from faults; to consecrate, dedicate; purify; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  prune away; clear ground of weeds

 

saw—see above

healed = ἰάομαι = iaomai   Blue Letter Bible  to make whole, wholesome; to cure, heal;to free from errors and sins, to bring about (one's) salvation; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  heal, cure, treat; cure the effects of, counteract; repair; recover

returned = ποστρφω = hypostrephō  Blue Letter Bible   to turn behind or back; turn about; return; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon    turn round about or back; turn about, esp. of persons flying or retreating; return

glorifying = δοξζω = doxazō Blue Letter Bible to magnify, extol, praise; ascribing honor to, acknowledging; to make glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendor;  to make renowned, render illustrious; to cause the dignity and worth of some person or thing to become manifest and acknowledged; to honour, do honour to, hold in honour;to exalt to a glorious rank or condition; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  think, imagine; suppose; form or hold an opinion; magnify, extol; to be distinguished, held in honour

 

fell = ππτω = piptō  Blue Letter Bible to fall; losing its authority or ceasing to have force; to reduce to inactivity; to faint; to "fall" down from; to descend from a higher place to a lower; overcome by terror or astonishment; used of suppliants and persons rendering homage or worship to one; to lose authority, no longer have force; to be thrust down; to be cast down from a state of prosperityHenry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon  fall down, and (when intentional) cast oneself down; throw oneself down, fall down; sink

 

face = πρσωπον = prosopon  Blue Letter Bible  towards, the part round the eye, the face; the look, the countenance, as being the index of the inward thoughts and feelings; also signifies the presence of a person; the front of the human head; the visage; aspect;

Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   face, countenance; front; one’s look; person

 

thanked = εχαριστω = eucharisteō  Blue Letter Bible  to be grateful; feel thankful; give thanks; to express gratitude;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   to be thankful, return thanks; to be thanked; to be received with thanks; bestow a favour on, oblige

stand up = νστημι = anistēmi  Blue Letter Bible  to stand up or to make to stand up; lifted; to cause to rise up, raise up; appear, stand forth; leap up, spring up, start up;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   make to stand up, raise up; rouse to action, stir up; rise up, rear itself; set out

go = πορεω = poreuō  Blue Letter Bible  to go on one's way, to depart from one place to another; to traverse; to lead oneself across; to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey; to depart from life; to follow one, that is: become his adherent; to lead or order one's life;  Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon   make to go, carry, convey; bring, carry; to be driven or carried; go, walk, march; proceed at law; go on one's way, i.e. die

 

faith = πστις = pistis  Blue Letter Bible  firm persuasion, a conviction; trust; an assurance; 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 

 

saved = σζω = sōzō   Blue Letter Bible  To heal, make whole; to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction; to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue; preserve; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon to save, keep; to save from death, keep alive, preserve; to keep safe; to keep in mind, remember; to carry off safe, rescue from danger 


 

What these readings tell us about God/our relationship with Him:

His flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy.
there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel

The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power
He has done wondrous deeds
His right hand has won victory for Him

The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power
The LORD has made His salvation known

in the sight of the nations he has revealed His justice
His kindness

His faithfulness

The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God.
all you lands

Jesus Christ, raised from the dead

a descendant of David

the word of God is not chained
the salvation that is in Christ Jesus

eternal glory
If we have 
died with Him we shall also live with Him

If we persevere we shall also reign with Him
If we are 
unfaithful He remains faithful, for He cannot deny himself
In all circumstances, give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem

he traveled through Samaria and Galilee

he saw them

As they were going they were cleansed

your faith has saved you

 

 

What these readings tell us to do:

plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God

I will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any other god except to the LORD

Sing to the LORD a new song

Sing joyfully to the LORD

break into song

sing praise
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David 

bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen

die[] with Him 

live with Him

persevere

reign with Him

In all circumstances, give thanks

met him

raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" 

realizing he had been healedreturned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him

returned to give thanks to God

Stand up and go

your faith has saved you



What these readings tell us not to do:

deny Him

[be] unfaithful

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