James 1:12-18
Psalm 94:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Mark 8:14-21
James 1:12-18
(12) Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him (13) No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one (14) Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away (15) Thereafter, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Yet truly sin, when it has been consummated, produces death (16) And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers (17) Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration (18) For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures
Psalm 94:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
(12) Blessed is the man whom you will instruct, O Lord. And you will teach him from your law (13) So may you soothe him from the evil days, until a pit may be dug for sinners (14) For the Lord will not drive away his people, and he will not abandon his inheritance (15) even until the time when justice is being converted into judgment, and when those who are close to justice are all those who are upright of heart (18) If ever I said, “My foot is slipping,” then your mercy, O Lord, assisted me (19) According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, your consolations have given joy to my soul
Mark 8:14-21
(14) And they forgot to take bread. And they did not have any with them in the boat, except one loaf (15) And he instructed them, saying: “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod. (16) And they discussed this with one another, saying, “For we have no bread. (17) And Jesus, knowing this, said to them: “Why do you consider that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet know or understand? Do you still have blindness in your heart (18) Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? Do you not remember (19) when I broke the five loves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments you took up?” They said to him, “Twelve. (20) “And when the seven loaves were among the four thousand, how many baskets of fragments did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven. (21) And he said to them, “How is it that you do not yet understand?
