Mark 6:7-13 - Shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, προσκαλεῖται ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα, καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλειν δύο δύο, καὶ ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων, καὶ παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδὲν αἴρωσιν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰ μὴ ῥάβδον μόνον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ ἄρτον, μὴ εἰς τὴν ζώνην χαλκόν, ἀλλ᾿ ὑποδεδεμένους σανδάλια, καὶ μὴ ἐνδεδύσθαι δύο χιτῶνας. καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ὅπου ἐὰν εἰσέλθητε εἰς οἰκίαν, ἐκεῖ μένετε ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθητε ἐκεῖθεν· καὶ ὅσοι ἐὰν μὴ δέξωνται ὑμᾶς μηδὲ ἀκούσωσιν ὑμῶν, ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκεῖθεν ἐκτινάξατε τὸν χοῦν τὸν ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται Σοδόμοις ἢ Γομόρροις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ. Καὶ ἐξελθόντες ἐκήρυσσον ἵνα μετανοήσωσι, καὶ δαιμόνια πολλὰ ἐξέβαλλον, καὶ ἤλειφον ἐλαίῳ πολλοὺς ἀρρώστους καὶ ἐθεράπευον.

Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 3.22-33

ὁ ἄνωθεν ἐρχόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστίν.
ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐστι καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς λαλεῖ·
ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐρχόμενος ἐπάνω πάντων ἐστί,
καὶ ὃ ἑώρακε καὶ ἤκουσε, τοῦτο μαρτυρεῖ,
καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς λαμβάνει.
ὁ λαβὼν αὐτοῦ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστιν.

He who comes from above is above all;
he who is of the earth belongs to the earth,
and of the earth he speaks;
He who comes from heaven is above all.
He bears witness to what He has seen and heard, yet no one receives His testimony;
he who receives His testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true

Una furtiva lagrima

Una furtiva lagrima
negli occhi suoi spuntò:
Quelle festose giovani
invidiar sembrò.
Che più cercando io vo?
Che più cercando io vo?
M'ama! Sì, m'ama, lo vedo. Lo vedo.
Un solo istante i palpiti
del suo bel cor sentir!
I miei sospir, confondere
per poco a' suoi sospir!
I palpiti, i palpiti sentir,
confondere i miei coi suoi sospir...
Cielo! Si può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Ah, cielo! Si può! Si, può morir!
Di più non chiedo, non chiedo.
Si può morir! Si può morir d'amor

From Act II, Scene VIII of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.
Sometimes you can simply not translate something. Sung by Pavarotti. Beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2Vh8jwyQA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una_furtiva_lagrima

Αυγούστου μοναρχήσαντος επί της γής

Ἀμήν. Αυγούστου μοναρχήσαντος επί της γης, η πολυαρχία των ανθρώπων επαύσατο, και σου ενανθρωπήσαντος εκ της Αγνής η πολυθεία των ειδώλων κατήργηται υπό μίαν Βασιλείαν εγκόσμιον, αι πόλεις γεγένηνται και εις μίαν δεσποτείαν Θεότητος, τα έθνη επίστευσαν.

Priorities of power

Courtesy of: http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/files/2012/10/RTR39RLY.jpg

Iατί ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό

ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· διὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν. Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 17.14-23

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