Gospel, Lk 9:46-50

Gospel, Lk 9:46-50







45 But they did not understand what he said; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.






46 An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest.






47 Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side






48 and then he said to them, 'Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me. The least among you all is the one who is the greatest.'






49 John spoke up. 'Master,' he said, 'we saw someone driving out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.'






50 But Jesus said to him, 'You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.'

Gospel, Mt 9:9-13

Gospel, Mt 9:9-13







9 As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And he got up and followed him.






10 Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples.






11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your master eat with tax collectors and sinners?'






12 When he heard this he replied, 'It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick.






13 Go and learn the meaning of the words: Mercy is what pleases me, not sacrifice. And indeed I came to call not the upright, but sinners.'

Gospel, Lk 8:1-3

Gospel, Lk 8:1-3







1 Now it happened that after this he made his way through towns and villages preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve,






2 as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,






3 Joanna the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.






4 With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, he told this parable:






5 'A sower went out to sow his seed. Now as he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up.






6 Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture.






7 Some seed fell in the middle of thorns and the thorns grew with it and choked it.






8 And some seed fell into good soil and grew and produced its crop a hundredfold.' Saying this he cried, 'Anyone who has ears for listening should listen!'






9 His disciples asked him what this parable might mean,






10 and he said, 'To you is granted to understand the secrets of the kingdom of God; for the rest it remains in parables, so that they may look but not perceive, listen but not understand.






11 'This, then, is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.






12 Those on the edge of the path are people who have heard it, and then the devil comes and carries away the word from their hearts in case they should believe and be saved.






13 Those on the rock are people who, when they first hear it, welcome the word with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of trial they give up.






14 As for the part that fell into thorns, this is people who have heard, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life and never produce any crops.






15 As for the part in the rich soil, this is people with a noble and generous heart who have heard the word and take it to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance.

Lk 6:43-49

43 'There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit.







44 Every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles.






45 Good people draw what is good from the store of goodness in their hearts; bad people draw what is bad from the store of badness. For the words of the mouth flow out of what fills the heart.






46 'Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord" and not do what I say?






47 'Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them -- I will show you what such a person is like.






48 Such a person is like the man who, when he built a house, dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built.






49 But someone who listens and does nothing is like the man who built a house on soil, with no foundations; as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!'