Thank you Audrey. I just did a long version of a scripture reading during a worship service.
I left out verses which didn't fit the premise. Such as Deuteronomy 23:1 (King James Version): “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.” Which means some of the guys around here shouldn't be allowed into church. Such as the farmers who lost their packages in hay-baling accidents; the grocery butchers who lost their's while making the sausage; and the cat owners who learned the hard way that they should have had the little buggers de-clawed before rough-housing with them.