FIRST
READING: Exodus
16: 2 - 4, 12 - 15
2
And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
3
and said to them, "Would that we had died by the hand of the
LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread
to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill
this whole assembly with hunger."
4
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from
heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's
portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in
my law or not.
12
"I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel; say to
them, `At twilight you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall
be filled with bread; then you shall know that I am the LORD your
God.'"
13
In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the
morning dew lay round about the camp.
14
And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness
a fine, flake-like thing, fine as hoarfrost on the ground.
15
When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What
is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to
them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
PSALM:
Psalms 78: 3
- 4, 23 - 25, 54
3
things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
4
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming
generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the
wonders which he has wrought.
23
Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;
24
and he rained down upon them manna to eat, and gave them the grain of
heaven.
25
Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance.
54
And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right
hand had won.
SECOND
READING: Ephesians
4: 17, 20 - 24
17
Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer
live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds;
20
You did not so learn Christ! --
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assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the
truth is in Jesus.
22
Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life
and is corrupt through deceitful lusts,
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and be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
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and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in true
righteousness and holiness.
GOSPEL:
John 6:
24 - 35
24
So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples,
they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper'na-um, seeking
Jesus.
25
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,
"Rabbi, when did you come here?"
26
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me,
not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the
loaves.
27
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which
endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for
on him has God the Father set his seal."
28
Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works
of God?"
29
Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe
in him whom he has sent."
30
So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see,
and believe you? What work do you perform?
31
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, `He
gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
32
Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not
Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the
true bread from heaven.
33
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives
life to the world."
34
They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always."
35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me
shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
