¹   Thus says the LORD:
          Maintain justice, and do what is right,
     for soon my salvation will come,
          and my deliverance be revealed.

²   Happy is the mortal who does this,
          the one who holds it fast,
     who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it,
          and refrains from doing any evil

³   Do not let the foreigner joined to the LORD say,
          “The LORD will surely separate me from his people”;
     and do not let the eunuch say,
          “I am just a dry tree.”
⁴   For thus says the LORD:
     To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths,
          who choose the things that please me
          and hold fast my covenant,
⁵   I will give, in my house and within my walls,
          a monument and a name
          better than sons and daughters;
     I will give them an everlasting name
          that shall not be cut off.

⁶   And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
          to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,
          and to be his servants,
     all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it,
          and hold fast my covenant —
⁷   these I will bring to my holy mountain,
          and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
     their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
          will be accepted on my altar;
     for my house shall be called a house of prayer
          for all peoples.
⁸   Thus says the Lord GOD,
          who gathers the outcasts of Israel,
     I will gather others to them
          besides those already gathered.

^5:25If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. ²⁶Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

^6:1My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. ²Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ³For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. ⁴All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. ⁵For all must carry their own loads.

⁶Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.

⁷Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. ⁸If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. ⁹So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. ¹⁰So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.

¹⁴When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. ¹⁵When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him. ¹⁶He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” ¹⁷Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought you my son; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; ¹⁸and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.” ¹⁹He answered them, “You faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” ²⁰And they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. ²¹Jesus asked the father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. ²²It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us.” ²³Jesus said to him, “If you are able! — All things can be done for the one who believes.” ²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” ²⁵When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You spirit that keeps this boy from speaking and hearing, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!” ²⁶After crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” ²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he was able to stand. ²⁸When he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” ²⁹He said to them, “This kind can come out only through prayer.”