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XIX Pentecost |
Lesson
A Lament for Israel's Sin
Epistle
Moses a Servant, Christ a Son
Gospel
The Rich Man
"With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible
with God." |
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Lesson |
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Amos 5:6-7,10-15 |
6: Seek the LORD and live, lest he break out like fire in the house of
Joseph, and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
7: O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the
earth!
10: They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks
the truth.
11: Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions
of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in
them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their
wine.
12: For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins
-- you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy
in the gate.
13: Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is
an evil time.
14: Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of
hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
15: Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be
that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. |
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Epistle |
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Hebrews 3:1-6 |
1: Therefore, holy
brethren, who share in a heavenly call, consider Jesus, the apostle and high
priest of our confession.
2: He was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful
in God's house.
3: Yet Jesus has been counted worthy of as much more glory than Moses as the
builder of a house has more honor than the house.
4: (For every house is built by some one, but the builder of all things is
God.)
5: Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the
things that were to be spoken later,
6: but Christ was faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house
if we hold fast our confidence and pride in our hope. |
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Gospel |
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Mark 10:17-27(28-31) |
17: 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?"
18: And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God
alone.
19: 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.'"
20: And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
21: 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."
22: At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he
had great possessions.
23: And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be
for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!"
24: And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them
again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
25: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
26: And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be
saved?"
27: Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with
God; for all things are possible with God."
[28: Peter began to say to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed
you."
29: Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or
brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake
and for the gospel,
30: who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers
and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in
the age to come eternal life.
31: But many that are first will be last, and the last first."] |
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