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| "Woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Galatians
5: 18 - 25
18
But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.
19
Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity,
licentiousness,
20
idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness,
dissension, party spirit,
21
envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned
you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the
kingdom of God.
22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23
gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.
24
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with
its passions and desires.
25
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
PSALM:
Psalms 1:
1 - 4, 6
1
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor
stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2
but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he
meditates day and night.
3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit
in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he
prospers.
4
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
6
for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the
wicked will perish.
GOSPEL:
Luke 11:
42 - 46
42
"But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every
herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; these you ought to
have done, without neglecting the others.
43
Woe to you Pharisees! for you love the best seat in the synagogues
and salutations in the market places.
44
Woe to you! for you are like graves which are not seen, and men walk
over them without knowing it."
45
One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you
reproach us also."
46
And he said, "Woe to you lawyers also! for you load men with
burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens
with one of your fingers.
