Sunday Gospel

Mark 13: 33 - 37
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Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.
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It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.
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Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning --
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lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
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And what I say to you I say to all: Watch."

The Gospel For Today

Mark 10: 17 - 21
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And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
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And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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You know the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'"
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And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
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And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 21: 29 - 33
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And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees;
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as soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.
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So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
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Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 11 - 19
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On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Sama'ria and Galilee.
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And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
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and lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
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When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
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Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
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and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
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Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
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Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
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And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 21: 12 - 19
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But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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This will be a time for you to bear testimony.
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Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer;
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for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
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You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death;
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you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
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But not a hair of your head will perish.
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By your endurance you will gain your lives.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 21: 5 - 11
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And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,
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"As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."
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And they asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?"
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And he said, "Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and, `The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.
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And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once."
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Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
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there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 21: 1 - 4
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He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;
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and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.
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And he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them;
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for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had."

Sunday Gospel

Matthew 25: 31 - 46
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"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
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Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
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and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.
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Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
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for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
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I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
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Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
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And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
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And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'
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And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
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Then he will say to those at his left hand, `Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;
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for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
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I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'
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Then they also will answer, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?'
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Then he will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.'
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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 20: 27 - 40
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There came to him some Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection,
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and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and died without children;
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and the second
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and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.
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Afterward the woman also died.
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In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."
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And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage;
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but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,
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for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
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But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
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Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him."
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And some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."
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For they no longer dared to ask him any question.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 19: 45 - 48
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And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold,
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saying to them, "It is written, `My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."
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And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him;
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but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 19: 41 - 44
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And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it,
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saying, "Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes.
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For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side,
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and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 19: 11 - 28
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As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
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He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return.
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Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, `Trade with these till I come.'
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But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, `We do not want this man to reign over us.'
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When he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
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The first came before him, saying, `Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.'
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And he said to him, `Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
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And the second came, saying, `Lord, your pound has made five pounds.'
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And he said to him, `And you are to be over five cities.'
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Then another came, saying, `Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away in a napkin;
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for I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'
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He said to him, `I will condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
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Why then did you not put my money into the bank, and at my coming I should have collected it with interest?'
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And he said to those who stood by, `Take the pound from him, and give it to him who has the ten pounds.'
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(And they said to him, `Lord, he has ten pounds!')
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`I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.'"
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And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 14: 22 - 33
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And the servant said, `Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
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And the master said to the servant, `Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
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For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"
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Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them,
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"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
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saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'
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Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
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And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace.
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So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

The Gospel For Today

Matthew 25: 31 - 40
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"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
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Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
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and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.
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Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
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for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
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I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
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Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
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And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
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And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'
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And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

Sunday Gospel

Matthew 25: 14 - 15, 19 - 21
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"For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property;
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to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away.
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Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
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And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, `Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'
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His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.'

The Gospel For Today

Luke 18: 1 - 8
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And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man;
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and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, `Vindicate me against my adversary.'
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For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, `Though I neither fear God nor regard man,
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yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
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And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
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And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
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I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 26 - 37
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As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man.
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They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Likewise as it was in the days of Lot -- they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,
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but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all --
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so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
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On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.
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Remember Lot's wife.
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Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
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I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
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There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other left."
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And they said to him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 20 - 25
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Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;
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nor will they say, `Lo, here it is!' or `There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you."
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And he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.
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And they will say to you, `Lo, there!' or `Lo, here!' Do not go, do not follow them.
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For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
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But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 11 - 19
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On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Sama'ria and Galilee.
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And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
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and lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
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When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
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Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
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and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
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Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
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Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
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And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 7 - 10
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"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come at once and sit down at table'?
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Will he not rather say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?
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Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
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So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"

The Gospel For Today

Luke 17: 1 - 6
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And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come!
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It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.
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Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him;
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and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, `I repent,' you must forgive him."
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The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
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And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, `Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Sunday Gospel

John 2: 13 - 22
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The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business.
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And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
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And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade."
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His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."
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The Jews then said to him, "What sign have you to show us for doing this?"
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Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
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The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"
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But he spoke of the temple of his body.
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When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 16: 9 - 15
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And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal habitations.
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"He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
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If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
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And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
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No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."
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The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
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But he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 16: 1 - 8
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He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.
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And he called him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'
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And the steward said to himself, `What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
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I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.'
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So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, `How much do you owe my master?'
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He said, `A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, `Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
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Then he said to another, `And how much do you owe?' He said, `A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill, and write eighty.'
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The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

The Gospel For Today

Luke 15: 1 - 10
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Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
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And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
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So he told them this parable:
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"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it?
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And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
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And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
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Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
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"Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
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And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
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Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

The Gospel For Today

John 6: 37 - 40
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All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
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For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
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and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

The Gospel For Today

Luke 14: 15 - 24
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When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"
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But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many;
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and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, `Come; for all is now ready.'
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But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, `I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.'
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And another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.'
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And another said, `I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'
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So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, `Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.'
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And the servant said, `Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'
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And the master said to the servant, `Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
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For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

The Gospel For Today

Luke 14: 12 - 14
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He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.
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But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
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and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Sunday Gospel

John 11: 17 - 27
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Now when Jesus came, he found that Laz'arus had already been in the tomb four days.
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Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
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and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
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When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house.
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Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you."
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Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
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Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
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Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
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and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
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She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."

The Gospel For Today

Matthew 5: 1 - 12
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Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him.
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And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
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"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
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"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
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"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
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"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.