Thus says the LORD:
You, son of man, I have
appointed watchman for the
house of Israel;
when you hear me say
anything, you shall warn
them for me.
If I tell the wicked, "O
wicked one, you shall surely
die, "
and you do not speak out to
dissuade the wicked from his
way,
the wicked shall die for his
guilt,
but I will hold you
responsible for his death.
But if you warn the wicked,
trying to turn him from his
way,
and he refuses to turn from
his way,
he shall die for his guilt,
but you shall save yourself.
R. (8)If today you
hear his voice, harden not
your hearts.
Come, let us sing joyfully
to the LORD;
let us acclaim the rock of
our salvation.
Let us come into his
presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms
to him.
R. If today you hear
his voice, harden not your
hearts.
Come, let us bow down in
worship;
let us kneel before the LORD
who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he
shepherds, the flock he
guides.
R. If today you hear
his voice, harden not your
hearts.
Oh, that today you would
hear his voice:
"Harden not your hearts as
at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in
the desert,
Where your fathers tempted
me;
they tested me though they
had seen my works."
R. If today you hear
his voice, harden not your
hearts.
Brothers and sisters:
Owe nothing to anyone,
except to love one another;
for the one who loves
another has fulfilled the
law.
The commandments, "You shall
not commit adultery;
you shall not kill; you
shall not steal; you shall
not covet, "
and whatever other
commandment there may be,
are summed up in this
saying, namely,
"You shall love your
neighbor as yourself."
Love does no evil to the
neighbor;
hence, love is the
fulfillment of the law.
Jesus said to his disciples:
"If your brother sins
against you,
go and tell him his fault
between you and him alone.
If he listens to you, you
have won over your brother.
If he does not listen,
take one or two others along
with you,
so that 'every fact may be
established
on the testimony of two or
three witnesses.'
If he refuses to listen to
them, tell the church.
If he refuses to listen even
to the church,
then treat him as you would
a Gentile or a tax
collector.
Amen, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on
earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
Again, amen, I say to you,
if two of you agree on earth
about anything for which
they are to pray,
it shall be granted to them
by my heavenly Father.
For where two or three are
gathered together in my
name,
there am I in the midst of
them."
