WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.859 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:11.779 of Matthew chapter 18 and the Gospel of Luke 00:00:11.779 --> 00:00:16.579 chapters 17 and 18. From the Gospel of Matthew 00:00:16.579 --> 00:00:20.440 chapter 18. At that time the disciples came to 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:23.500 Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom 00:00:23.500 --> 00:00:26.260 of heaven? Then Jesus called a little child to 00:00:26.260 --> 00:00:29.120 him, set him in the midst of them, and said, 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:32.380 Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted 00:00:32.380 --> 00:00:35.060 and become as little children, you will by no 00:00:35.060 --> 00:00:37.759 means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:40.659 whoever humbles himself as this little child 00:00:40.659 --> 00:00:43.780 is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:47.179 receives one little child like this in my name 00:00:47.179 --> 00:00:50.070 receives me. But whoever causes one of these 00:00:50.070 --> 00:00:52.929 little ones who believe in me to sin, it would 00:00:52.929 --> 00:00:55.670 be better for him if a millstone were hung around 00:00:55.670 --> 00:00:57.990 his neck and he were drowned in the depth of 00:00:57.990 --> 00:01:00.969 the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses, 00:01:01.229 --> 00:01:04.730 for offenses must come, but woe to that man by 00:01:04.730 --> 00:01:07.250 whom the offense comes. If your hand or foot 00:01:07.250 --> 00:01:10.049 causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from 00:01:10.049 --> 00:01:12.310 you. It is better for you to enter into life 00:01:12.310 --> 00:01:15.310 lame or maimed rather than having two hands or 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:17.989 two feet to be cast into the everlasting fire. 00:01:18.189 --> 00:01:21.030 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:23.650 and cast it from you. It is better for you to 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:26.129 enter into life with one eye, rather than having 00:01:26.129 --> 00:01:29.709 two eyes to be cast into hell fire. Take heed 00:01:29.709 --> 00:01:32.489 that you do not despise one of these little ones, 00:01:32.650 --> 00:01:35.310 for I say to you that in heaven their angels 00:01:35.310 --> 00:01:38.730 always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 00:01:38.890 --> 00:01:41.810 For the Son of Man has come to save that which 00:01:41.810 --> 00:01:45.549 was lost. What do you think? If a man has a hundred 00:01:45.549 --> 00:01:49.090 sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not 00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:51.230 leave the ninety -nine and go to the mountains 00:01:51.230 --> 00:01:54.150 to seek the one that is straying? And if he should 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:56.969 find it, assuredly I say to you, he rejoices 00:01:56.969 --> 00:02:00.129 more over that sheep than over the ninety -nine 00:02:00.129 --> 00:02:03.450 that did not go astray. Even so, it is not the 00:02:03.450 --> 00:02:05.790 will of your Father who is in heaven that one 00:02:05.790 --> 00:02:08.469 of these little ones should perish. Moreover, 00:02:08.729 --> 00:02:11.629 if your brother sins against you, go and tell 00:02:11.629 --> 00:02:15.169 him his fault between you and him alone. If he 00:02:15.169 --> 00:02:17.789 hears you, you have gained your brother. But 00:02:17.789 --> 00:02:20.789 if he will not hear, take with you one or two 00:02:20.789 --> 00:02:23.729 more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses 00:02:23.729 --> 00:02:27.250 every word may be established. And if he refuses 00:02:27.250 --> 00:02:30.050 to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he 00:02:30.050 --> 00:02:32.969 refuses even to hear the church, let him be to 00:02:32.969 --> 00:02:36.110 you like a heathen and a tax collector. Assuredly, 00:02:36.110 --> 00:02:38.870 I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will 00:02:38.870 --> 00:02:41.030 be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on 00:02:41.030 --> 00:02:43.810 earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I say 00:02:43.810 --> 00:02:47.009 to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning 00:02:47.009 --> 00:02:50.389 anything that they ask, it will be done for them 00:02:50.389 --> 00:02:53.229 by my Father in heaven. For where two or three 00:02:53.229 --> 00:02:55.949 are gathered together in my name, I am there 00:02:55.949 --> 00:02:58.830 in the midst of them. Then Peter came to him 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:02.210 and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin 00:03:02.210 --> 00:03:04.729 against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times. 00:03:05.259 --> 00:03:08.180 Jesus said to him, I do not say to you up to 00:03:08.180 --> 00:03:12.300 seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:14.719 the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.259 who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.300 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one 00:03:20.300 --> 00:03:22.620 was brought to him who owed him ten thousand 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:26.460 talents. But as he was not able to pay, his master 00:03:26.460 --> 00:03:29.460 commanded that he be sold with his wife and children 00:03:29.460 --> 00:03:32.539 and all that he had, and that payment be made. 00:03:32.969 --> 00:03:35.629 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 00:03:35.930 --> 00:03:38.430 Master, have patience with me, and I will pay 00:03:38.430 --> 00:03:40.969 you all. Then the master of that servant was 00:03:40.969 --> 00:03:43.969 moved with compassion, released him, and forgave 00:03:43.969 --> 00:03:46.909 him the debt. But that servant went out and found 00:03:46.909 --> 00:03:49.430 one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred 00:03:49.430 --> 00:03:52.110 denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him 00:03:52.110 --> 00:03:55.590 by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. So 00:03:55.590 --> 00:03:57.689 his fellow servant fell down at his feet and 00:03:57.689 --> 00:04:00.370 begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and 00:04:00.370 --> 00:04:03.199 I will pay you all. And he would not, but went 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.620 and threw him into prison till he should pay 00:04:05.620 --> 00:04:08.259 the debt. So when his fellow servants saw what 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:11.120 had been done, they were very grieved and came 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.599 and told their master all that had been done. 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:16.839 Then his master, after he had called him, said 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.120 to him, You wicked servant, I forgave you all 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.060 that debt because you begged me. Should you not 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:26.220 also have had compassion on your fellow servant, 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:29.550 just as I had pity on you? And his master was 00:04:29.550 --> 00:04:32.670 angry and delivered him to the torturers until 00:04:32.670 --> 00:04:36.329 he should pay all that was due to him. So my 00:04:36.329 --> 00:04:39.430 heavenly Father also will do to you if each of 00:04:39.430 --> 00:04:42.529 you from his heart does not forgive his brother 00:04:42.529 --> 00:04:50.949 his trespasses. Then he said to the disciples, 00:04:51.290 --> 00:04:54.269 It is impossible that no offenses should come, 00:04:54.410 --> 00:04:58.149 but woe to him through whom they do come. it 00:04:58.149 --> 00:05:00.629 would be better for him if a millstone were hung 00:05:00.629 --> 00:05:03.529 around his neck and he were thrown into the sea 00:05:03.529 --> 00:05:06.170 than that he should offend one of these little 00:05:06.170 --> 00:05:09.529 ones take heed to yourselves if your brother 00:05:09.529 --> 00:05:12.410 sins against you rebuke him and if he repents 00:05:12.410 --> 00:05:15.250 forgive him and if he sins against you seven 00:05:15.250 --> 00:05:18.129 times in a day and seven times in a day returns 00:05:18.129 --> 00:05:21.230 to you saying i repent you shall forgive him 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.120 And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.139 faith. So the Lord said, If you have faith as 00:05:27.139 --> 00:05:29.860 a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:33.000 tree, Be pulled up by the roots and be planted 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:36.220 in the sea, and it would obey you. And which 00:05:36.220 --> 00:05:38.920 of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:41.699 will say to him when he has come in from the 00:05:41.699 --> 00:05:45.220 field, Come at once and sit down to eat? But 00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:47.660 will he not rather say to him, Prepare something 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:50.779 for my supper, and gird yourself, and serve me 00:05:50.779 --> 00:05:54.079 till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:57.060 will eat and drink? Does he thank the servant 00:05:57.060 --> 00:05:59.240 because he did the things that were commanded 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.459 him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have 00:06:02.459 --> 00:06:04.980 done all those things which you are commanded, 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.480 say, We are unprofitable servants. We have done 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.600 what was our duty to do. Now it happened as he 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.060 went to Jerusalem that he passed through the 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:18.040 midst of Samaria and Galilee. Then he entered 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.300 a certain village. There met him ten men who 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:24.480 were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.639 up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, have 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.399 mercy on us. So when he saw them, he said to 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:33.360 them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:36.160 so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:38.800 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.680 returned and with a loud voice glorified God 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:45.259 and fell down on his face at his feet, giving 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:48.319 him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.360 answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.920 But where are the nine? Were there not any found 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.980 who returned to give glory to God except this 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.019 foreigner? And he said to him, Arise, go your 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:05.040 way, your faith has made you well. Now when he 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.220 was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of 00:07:07.220 --> 00:07:09.759 God would come, he answered them and said, The 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:12.060 kingdom of God does not come with observation, 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:15.860 nor will they say, See here or see there. for 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:18.759 indeed the kingdom of God is within you. Then 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.240 he said to the disciples, The days will come 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.079 when you will desire to see one of the days of 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.720 the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.160 they will say to you, Look here or look there. 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:32.540 Do not go after them or follow them. For as the 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:35.420 lightning that flashes out of one part under 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:38.180 heaven shines to the other part under heaven, 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:41.920 so also the Son of Man will be in his day. But 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:44.930 first he must suffer many things. and be rejected 00:07:44.930 --> 00:07:48.189 by this generation. And as it was in the days 00:07:48.189 --> 00:07:51.129 of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the 00:07:51.129 --> 00:07:54.209 Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married 00:07:54.209 --> 00:07:56.930 wives, they were given in marriage until the 00:07:56.930 --> 00:07:59.970 day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood 00:07:59.970 --> 00:08:02.850 came and destroyed them all. Likewise, as it 00:08:02.850 --> 00:08:05.930 was also in the days of Lot, they ate, they drank, 00:08:06.149 --> 00:08:08.870 they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. 00:08:09.069 --> 00:08:12.069 But on the day that Lot went out of Sodom, It 00:08:12.069 --> 00:08:15.029 rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed 00:08:15.029 --> 00:08:18.610 them all. Even so will it be in the day when 00:08:18.610 --> 00:08:21.990 the Son of Man is revealed. In that day, he who 00:08:21.990 --> 00:08:24.569 is on the housetop and his goods are in the house, 00:08:24.689 --> 00:08:27.329 let him not come down to take them away. And 00:08:27.329 --> 00:08:30.290 likewise, the one who is in the field, let him 00:08:30.290 --> 00:08:33.899 not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.940 to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:40.340 his life will preserve it. I tell you, in that 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:43.559 night there will be two men in one bed. The one 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.480 will be taken, and the other will be left. Two 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:48.700 women will be grinding together. The one will 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:51.879 be taken, and the other left. Two men will be 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.539 in the field. The one will be taken, and the 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:57.059 other left. And he answered and said to him, 00:08:57.179 --> 00:09:00.100 Where, Lord? So he said to them, Wherever the 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:03.559 body is. There the eagles will be gathered together. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:10.320 Chapter 18 Then he spoke a parable to them, that 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:12.879 men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:16.240 saying, There was in a certain city a judge who 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:19.899 did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:22.320 a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:26.000 Get justice for me from my adversary. And he 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.860 would not for a while. But afterward he said 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:31.799 within himself, though i do not fear god nor 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.200 regard man yet because this widow troubles me 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:38.480 i will avenge her lest by her continual coming 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:41.940 she weary me then the lord said hear what the 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:45.539 unjust judge said and shall god not avenge his 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:48.700 own elect who cry out day and night to him though 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:51.580 he bears long with them i tell you that he will 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:54.759 avenge them speedily nevertheless when the son 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.100 of man comes will he really find faith on earth 00:09:58.789 --> 00:10:01.409 Also he spoke this parable to some who trusted 00:10:01.409 --> 00:10:05.110 in themselves that they were righteous and despised 00:10:05.110 --> 00:10:08.110 others. Two men went up to the temple to pray, 00:10:08.230 --> 00:10:10.970 one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 00:10:11.269 --> 00:10:14.070 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 00:10:14.750 --> 00:10:18.049 God, I thank you that I am not like other men, 00:10:18.210 --> 00:10:22.669 extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:26.179 this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give 00:10:26.179 --> 00:10:29.740 tithe of all that I possess. And a tax collector 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:32.980 standing afar off would not so much as raise 00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:35.740 his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:39.940 God, be merciful to me, a sinner. I tell you, 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.580 this man went down to his house justified, rather 00:10:43.580 --> 00:10:46.039 than the other. For everyone who exalts himself 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:49.720 will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.940 be exalted. Then they also brought infants to 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:55.720 him that he might touch them. But when the disciples 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:58.799 saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.500 to him and said, Let the little children come 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:04.440 to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.860 the kingdom of God. Assuredly I say to you, whoever 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:10.500 does not receive the kingdom of God as a little 00:11:10.500 --> 00:11:13.919 child will by no means enter it. Now a certain 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:17.279 ruler asked him, saying, Good teacher, what shall 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.570 I do to inherit eternal life? So Jesus said to 00:11:20.570 --> 00:11:23.269 him, Why do you call me good? No one is good 00:11:23.269 --> 00:11:26.950 but one, that is God. You know the commandments. 00:11:27.210 --> 00:11:30.169 Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not 00:11:30.169 --> 00:11:33.110 steal. Do not bear false witness. Honor your 00:11:33.110 --> 00:11:36.029 father and your mother. And he said, All these 00:11:36.029 --> 00:11:38.970 things I have kept from my youth. So when Jesus 00:11:38.970 --> 00:11:41.570 heard these things, he said to him, You still 00:11:41.570 --> 00:11:45.330 lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute 00:11:45.330 --> 00:11:47.669 to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. 00:11:47.809 --> 00:11:50.659 And come, follow me. But when he heard this, 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:53.419 he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich. 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.340 And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:59.779 he said, How hard it is for those who have riches 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:03.019 to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier 00:12:03.019 --> 00:12:05.019 for a camel to go through the eye of a needle 00:12:05.019 --> 00:12:07.759 than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.860 And those who heard it said, Who then can be 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:13.879 saved? But he said, The things which are impossible 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:17.620 with men are possible with God. Then Peter said, 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:21.139 See, we have left all and followed you. So he 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:24.039 said to them, Assuredly I say to you, there is 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:27.399 no one who has left house or parents or brothers 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.240 or wife or children for the sake of the kingdom 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:33.539 of God, who shall not receive many times in this 00:12:33.539 --> 00:12:36.759 present time and in the age to come eternal life. 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:39.840 Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.039 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. and all 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.360 things that are written by the prophets concerning 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.580 the Son of Man will be accomplished. For he will 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:51.639 be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:55.019 and insulted and spit upon. They will scourge 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:58.120 him and kill him, and the third day he will rise 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:01.120 again. But they understood none of these things. 00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:03.820 This saying was hidden from them, and they did 00:13:03.820 --> 00:13:07.179 not know the things which were spoken. Then it 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:09.789 happened, as he was coming near Jericho, that 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:12.129 a certain blind man sat by the road begging, 00:13:12.350 --> 00:13:15.690 and hearing a multitude passing by, he asked 00:13:15.690 --> 00:13:18.830 what it meant. So they told him that Jesus of 00:13:18.830 --> 00:13:21.929 Nazareth was passing by, and he cried out, saying, 00:13:22.190 --> 00:13:26.090 Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. Then those 00:13:26.090 --> 00:13:28.710 who went before warned him that he should be 00:13:28.710 --> 00:13:31.769 quiet, but he cried out all the more, Son of 00:13:31.769 --> 00:13:34.980 David, have mercy on me. So Jesus stood still 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:38.000 and commanded him to be brought to him. And when 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.539 he had come near, he asked him, saying, What 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.940 do you want me to do for you? He said, Lord, 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:46.159 that I may receive my sight. Then Jesus said 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:49.139 to him, Receive your sight. Your faith has made 00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:52.159 you well. And immediately he received his sight 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:55.399 and followed him, glorifying God. And all the 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.720 people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:06.100 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:08.200 I did and I look forward to seeing you again 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:10.639 tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:11.720 you and have a great day.