1Let us praise the men of glory, and our ancestors in their generation. 2The Lord has wrought great glory, by his own magnificence, from ancient times. 3There are those who rule with their authority, men of great virtue, who are gifted with prudence. There are those who announce among the prophets, with the dignity of prophets. 4And there are those who rule over the present generation, by the virtue of prudence, with very holy words for the people. 5There are those who, by their skill, compose musical themes, so as to set the verses of Scripture to music. 6There are men rich in virtue, who make a study of beauty, who live in peacefulness in their houses. 7All these obtained glory in their generations, and they had praise in their days. 8They left behind a name for those who were born of them, so that their praises might be described. 9But for some of them, there is no memorial. They have passed away as if they had never existed; and they have become as if they had never been born, and their sons along with them. 10But these were men of mercy, whose pious deeds have not failed. 11Good things continue with their offspring. 12Their descendants are a holy inheritance, and their offspring stand firm in the covenants. 13And because of them, their sons remain even unto eternity. Their offspring and their glory will not be forsaken.
2Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king. 3Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery. 4For the Lord is well pleased with his people, and he will exalt the meek unto salvation. 5The saints will exult in glory. They will rejoice upon their couches.
11And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple. And having looked around at everything, since it was now the evening hour, he went out to Bethania with the twelve. 12And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry. 13And when he had seen a fig tree with leaves in the distance, he went to it, in case he might find something on it. And when he had gone to it, he found nothing but leaves. For it was not the season for figs. 14And in response, he said to it, “From now on and forever, may no one eat fruit from you again!” And his disciples heard this. 15And they went to Jerusalem. And when he had entered into the temple, he began to cast out the sellers and the buyers in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the chairs of the vendors of doves. 16And he would not permit anyone to carry goods through the temple. 17And he taught them, saying: “Is it not written: ‘For my house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?’ But you have made it into a den of robbers.” 18And when the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, had heard this, they sought a means by which they might destroy him. For they feared him, because the entire multitude was in admiration over his doctrine. 19And when evening had arrived, he departed from the city. 20And when they passed by in the morning, they saw that the fig tree had dried up from the roots. 21And Peter, remembering, said to him, “Master, behold, the fig tree that you cursed has withered.” 22And in response, Jesus said to them: “Have the faith of God. 23Amen I say to you, that whoever will say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and who will not have hesitated in his heart, but will have believed: then whatever he has said be done, it shall be done for him. 24For this reason, I say to you, all things whatsoever that you ask for when praying: believe that you will receive them, and they will happen for you. 25And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your sins. 26But if you will not forgive, neither will your Father, who is in heaven, forgive you your sins.”