Head Coverings
2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the itraditions even as I delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to understand that the jhead of every man is Christ, kthe head of a wife1 is her husband,2 and lthe head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or mprophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5 but every wife3 who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7 For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the nimage and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. 8 For oman was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but pwoman for man. 10 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.4 11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; 12 for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And qall things are from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
Give Thanks to the Lord
Of David.
1 tI give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2 I bow down utoward your holy temple
and vgive thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.1
3 wOn the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.2
4 xAll the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,
for they have heard the words of your mouth,
5 and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord,
for great is the glory of the Lord.
6 For though the Lord is yhigh, he regards the lowly,
zbut the haughty he knows from afar.
7 aThough I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life;
you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
and your right hand delivers me.
8 The Lord will bfulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not cforsake the work of your hands.
A Sinful Woman Forgiven
36 hOne of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a isinner.”
