Isaiah 6.1-8 (Lamsa Translation)
1In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the [ETERNAL] sitting
upon a throne, high and lifted up, [with a] train [that] filled the temple.
2And above… stood the seraphim; each one had six wings… 3and
one called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the [God] of hosts; the
whole earth is full of [God’s] glory.” 4And the posts of the door
shook at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
5Then I said, “Woe is me. I am dismayed; for I have unclean lips,
and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the
[Sovereign], the [Overseer] of hosts.” 6Then one of the seraphim
flew to me, having a live coal in hand… 7and touched my mouth and
said to me, “Lo, this has touched your lips; your iniquity is taken away, and
your sins are forgiven.” 8And I heard the voice of the [ETERNAL]
saying, “Whom shall I send…?” Then said I, “Here am I; send me.”
Luke 5.1-7. 10-11 (NIV)
1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God,
2he saw at the water’s edge two boats… 3He got into one
of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little
from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into
deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
5Simon answered, “[Teacher], we’ve worked hard all night and
haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
6When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish
that their nets began to break. 7So they signaled their partners in
the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so
full that they began to sink.
10…Then Jesus said… “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch
[people].” 11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left
everything and followed him.
Sunday at 6: 1 Corinthians 15.10 (Lamsa)
By the grace of God I am what I am; and the grace that is in me has not
been in vain; for I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but
God’s grace that is within me.