ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness

37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Κυριακή 2 Ιανουαρίου 2011

I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness

John 1:18-28

No one has ever seen God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom
of the Father, he has made him known.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and
Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" He confessed, he did
not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him,
"What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the
prophet?" And he answered, "No." They said to him then, "Who are you? let
us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about
yourself?" He said, " I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make
straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, "Then why
are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the
prophet?" John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands
one whom you do not know, even he who comes after me, the thong of
whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." This took place in Bethany
beyond the Jordon, where John was baptizing.