Deuteronomy 10:14-21 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
- 14
- Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
- 15
- The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
- 16
- Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer.
- 17
- For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
- 18
- He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
- 19
- Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- 20
- You shall fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him, and to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
- 21
- He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.