Ungrateful People

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;

“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.

I know that whatever God does, It shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord GOD, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord GOD. “Therefore turn and live!”

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,