ST. PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 15:39-45

Brethren, not all flesh is alike, but there is one kind for men, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. So is it with the resurrection of the dead.

What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body.

If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

LUKE 6:1-10

At that time, Jesus was going through the grainfields on the sabbath, and his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?”

And Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?”

And he said to them, “The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.”

On another sabbath, when he entered the synagogue and taught, a man was there whose right hand was withered.

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.”

And he rose and stood there.

And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”

And he looked around on them all, and said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored.