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Today's Readings
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Sunday, 5th February 2017 --- 28 Tubah 1733
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint John the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
John 5 : 31 - 46
Chapter 5
31 | "If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
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32 | There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
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33 | You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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34 | Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
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35 | He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
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36 | But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish--the very works that I do--bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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37 | And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
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38 | But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
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39 | You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
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40 | But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
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41 | "I do not receive honor from men.
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42 | But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
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43 | I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
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44 | How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
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45 | Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you trust.
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46 | For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
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And Glory be to God forever.
Acknowledgement
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