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| "Jesus Heals a Mute Possessed Man" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING:Hosea 8:
4 - 7, 11 - 13
4
They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but without
my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their
own destruction.
5
I have spurned your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How
long will it be till they are pure
6
in Israel? A workman made it; it is not God. The calf of Samaria
shall be broken to pieces.
7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The
standing grain has no heads, it shall yield no meal; if it were to
yield, aliens would devour it.
11
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they have become
to him altars for sinning.
12
Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands, they would be
regarded as a strange thing.
13
They love sacrifice; they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but the LORD
has no delight in them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and
punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
PSALM:
Psalms 115: 3 - 10
3
Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.
4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
5
They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
6
They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
7
They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do
not make a sound in their throat.
8
Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them.
9
O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
10
O house of Aaron, put your trust in the LORD! He is their help and
their shield.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 9: 32 - 38
32
As they were going away, behold, a dumb demoniac was brought to him.
33
And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the
crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in
Israel."
34
But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of
demons."
35
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
disease and every infirmity.
36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were
harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37
Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but
the laborers are few;
38
pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his
harvest."
