Use your talants
14 "For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once 16 the one who had received the five talents went off and traded with […]
Usa los talentos
14 »El reino de los cielos será también como un hombre que, al emprender un viaje, llamó a sus siervos y les encargó sus bienes. 15 A uno le dio cinco mil monedas;[a] a otro, dos mil y a otro, mil. Dio a cada uno según su capacidad. Luego se fue de viaje. 16 El que había recibido las cinco mil […]
Estén atentos
1 »El reino de los cielos será entonces como diez jóvenes solteras que tomaron sus lámparas y salieron a recibir al novio. 2 Cinco de ellas eran insensatas y cinco, prudentes. 3 Las insensatas llevaron sus lámparas, pero no se abastecieron de aceite. 4 En cambio, las prudentes llevaron vasijas de aceite junto con sus lámparas. 5 Y como el novio tardaba en llegar, […]
Be watchful
1 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them […]
God gathers
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Photo by David Fanuel on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Dios reúne
2 Que lo digan los redimidos del Señor, a quienes redimió del poder del adversario,3 a quienes reunió de todos los países, de oriente y de occidente, del norte y del sur. Fotografía de David Fanuel en Unsplash. Diseño gráfico de Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Mennonites in Ecuador reach out as their country struggles
This story first appeared on the Canadian Mennonite website. In August, Iglesia Cristiana Anabautista Menonita de Ecuador (ICAME) published a statement calling for prayers amid escalating violence in the country. Alexandra Meneses, who coordinates the Women’s Group and the Discipleship and Liturgy Group at ICAME, explained that the call for prayers and peace followed the […]
El principal mandamiento
34 Entonces los fariseos, oyendo que había hecho callar a los saduceos, se reunieron de común acuerdo. 35 Y uno de ellos, intérprete de la ley, preguntó por tentarlo, diciendo: 36 Maestro, ¿cuál es el gran mandamiento en la ley? 37 Jesús le dijo: Amarás al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con toda tu alma, y con […]
Greatest commandment
34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them, an expert in the law, asked him a question to test him. 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 37 He said to him, " ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your […]
The things that are God’s
19 Show me the coin used for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. 20 Then he said to them, "Whose head is this and whose title?" 21 They answered, "Caesar’s." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s." Umbrella […]