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Today's Readings
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Tuesday, 31st May 2022 --- 23 Bashans 1738
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Mark the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Mark 9 : 14 - 29
Chapter 9
| 14 | And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them.
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| 15 | Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him.
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| 16 | And He asked the scribes, "What are you discussing with them?"
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| 17 | Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.
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| 18 | And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not."
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| 19 | He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me."
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| 20 | Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.
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| 21 | So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood.
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| 22 | And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."
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| 23 | Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
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| 24 | Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
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| 25 | When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!"
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| 26 | Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, "He is dead."
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| 27 | But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
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| 28 | And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?"
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| 29 | So He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting."
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And Glory be to God forever.
Acknowledgement
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