Christianity

Scripture references for Restorative Justice Week

FIRST READING: Genesis 39:20-23 Joseph is put in prison
PSALM 82 A plea for justice
EPISTLE: Acts 5:17-21 The apostles are put in prison
HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 11:1-6 John the Baptist in prison

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HEBREW SCRIPTURE: Daniel 3: 8-30 God saves the faithful in the fiery furnace
PSALM 145 The greatness and the goodness of God
GOSPEL LESSON: Mark 14: 24-32 Peter's denial foretold

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OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Isaiah 42: 1-7 He will not break off the bent reed
GOSPEL: Matthew 25: 31-46 I was in prison and you visited me
EPISTLE: 1 Timothy 1: 12-17 Paul's gratitude for mercy

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FIRST READING: Daniel 6: 16-23 Daniel saved from the lions
PSALM 137: 1-6 Lament over the destruction of Jerusalem
SECOND READING: ACTS 12: 1-11 Peter delivered from prison
HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 25: 35-40 I was in prison and you visited me

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FIRST READING: Malachi 4: 1-6 The great day of the Lord
PSALM 107: 10-16 Thanksgiving for deliverance from many troubles
SECOND READING: Ephesians 4: 1-7 I, the prisoner in the Lord
HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 21: 5-19 Signs and persecutions

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General References

PRISON

Gen 39:20
Gen 42:16
Lev 24:12
Num 15:34
Ezra 7:26
Jer 52:11
Luke 23:19
Acts 4:3

• Public Ward of

Acts 5:18

• Cells of

Acts 16:24

• Court of

Jer 33:1

• Dungeon in

Jer 38:6
Lam 3:53

IMPRISONMENT

• Of Jospeh

Gen 39:20

• Of Jeremiah

Jer 38:6

• Of John the Baptist

Matt 11:2
Matt 14:3

• Of the Apostles

Acts 5:18

• Of Paul and Silas

Acts 16:24

• Of Peter

Acts 12:4

• Of debtors

Matt 5:26
Matt 18:30

PRISONERS

• Joseph

Gen 39:20
Gen 40:1

• Jeremiah

Jer 38:6
Jer 39:14

• John the Baptist

Matt 11:2
Matt 14:3
Mark 6:17
Luke 3:20

• Jesus

Matt 26:47
Matt 27:1
Mark 14:43
Mark 15:1
Luke 22:47
Luke 23:1
John 18:3
John 19:1

• Required to labor

Judges 16:21
I King 22:27

• In chains

Acts 12:6

• In stocks

Prov 7:22
Jer 29:26
Acts 16:24

• Confined

In the court of the palace

Jer 32:2

In the house of the scribe

Jer 37:15

In the house of the captain of the guard

Gen 40:3

• Visited by friends

Matt 11:2
Acts 24:23

• Bound to soldiers

Acts 12:6

• Severe hardships of, mitigated

Jer 37:20 20

• Cruelty to

Jer 38:6
Lam 3:53 53

• Guards responsible for

Acts 12:18

• Tortured to extort self-incriminating testimony

Acts 22:24

• Scourged

Matt 27:26
Mark 15:15
Acts 16:23
Acts 16:33
2 Cor 6:5
2 Cor 11:23

• Permitted to make defense

Acts 24:10
Acts 25:8
Acts 25:16
Acts 26:1
2 Tim 4:16

• Kindness to

By the prison guard to Jeremiah

Jer 38:7

By the Philippian jailer to Paul

Acts 16:33

By Felix

Acts 24:23

By Julius, the centurion

Acts 27:1
Acts 27:3
Acts 28:16
Acts 28:30

• To be visited and ministered to

Matt 25:35

VICTIMS

Job (the whole book)
1 Cor. 12:26 If one suffers, all suffer
2 Cor. 1:3-4 Thanks to the God who consoles
Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritain
Matt. 5-7 The Sermon on the Mount
Rom. 12:15 ...Weep with those who weep