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Biblical references for reflection and liturgy

These are just a few of the passages which have helped groups' reflection on the Christian concept of transformation.

Old Testament

• Genesis 1:26-29. Creation and human beings as co-creators
• Genesis 4: 9-10. Where is your brother Abel?
• Exodus 3: 1 -15. God intervenes on the side of the oppressed
• Exodus 22:25-27. Do not keep the poor man's cloak
• Leviticus 25: 8-10. The Jubilee Year.
• Leviticus 35-28. Kindness to strangers
• Leviticus 19: 9-11. Sharing with the poor
• Leviticus 13-15.
• Deuteronomy 24:17-22. Leaving some of the harvest.
• Psalm 72: 1 - 4. God's concern for justice
• Psalm 72 :11-17.
• Psalm 105:22-27. Celebration of exodus
• Isaiah 1:11-17. I am sick of holocausts
• Isaiah 3:13-15. The vineyard
• Isaiah 11: 1- 9. They do not hurt nor harm. . . .
• Isaiah 58: 1-12. If you do away with the yoke.. ..
• Isaiah 65:17-25 New heaven, new earth
• Jeremiah 22:16. Is not that what it means to know me. .
• Amos 5:14-24. Woe to those who feel secure
• Amos 6:1 - 6.
• Amos 8: 4- 7.
• Micah 2: 1 - 2. Beat their swords into ploughshares.
• Micah 4: 1 - 4.
• Ruth 1-4. Love and faithfulness.
• Judith 7-13. Leadership of women in times of crisis.
• Judith 16:21-30.

New Testament

• Luke 3: 2-11. John the Baptist.
• Luke 4:16-21. He sent me to bring the good news
• Luke 6:20-25. The beatitudes
• Luke 19: 1 -10. Zaccheus gives away his riches
• Luke 10:25-37. The good Samaritan
• Luke 16:19-31. Dives and Lazarus.
• Matthew 25:31-45. I was hungry and you gave me to eat.
• John 4: 5-42. Samaritan woman at the well.
• John 8: 3-11. Jesus stops the stoning of a woman.
• John 20:11-18. Jesus sends a woman to announce the resurrection
• Acts 2:42-47. Sharing among the first Christians.
• Acts 4:32-35.
• Galatians 3:26-28. Neither Jew nor Greek.
• Philippines 2: 3-11. He emptied himself.
• James 2:14-17, 26. Faith without good works is dead.
• 1 John 3:14-18. If anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need.
• Revelations 21: 1 - 5. Behold I make all things new.
• Revelations 13: 1-17. The power of the beast.