FIRST
READING:
2 Thessalonian
2: 1 - 3, 14 - 17
1
And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and of our gathering together unto him:
2
That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as
if the day of the Lord were at hand.
3
Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt
first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
14
Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing
of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15
Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you
have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.
16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath
loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope in
grace,
17
Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.
PSALM:
Psalms 96:
10 - 13
10
Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath
corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the
people with justice.
11
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be
moved, and the fulness thereof:
12
The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then
shall all the trees of the woods rejoice
13
Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to
judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the
people with his truth.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 23:
23 - 26
23
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint,
and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law;
judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done,
and not to leave those undone.
24
Blind guides, who strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean
the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of
rapine and uncleanness.
26
Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of
the dish, that the outside may become clean.
