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Thursday, 9th May 2024 --- 1 Bashans 1740





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 2 : 3 - 13

Chapter 2

3Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
4And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
5When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you."
6And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,
7"Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"
8But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
9Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, "Arise, take up your bed and walk'?
10But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"--He said to the paralytic,
11"I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
12Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
13Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.

And Glory be to God forever.




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