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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel

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of Luke chapter 20 and the Gospel of Matthew

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chapter 22. Luke chapter 20. Now it happened

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on one of those days, as he taught the people

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in the temple and preached the gospel, that the

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chief priests and the scribes, together with

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the elders, confronted him and spoke to him,

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saying, Tell us by what authority are you doing

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these things? Or who is he who gave you this

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authority? But he answered and said to them,

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I also will ask you one thing, and answer me.

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The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from

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men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying,

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If we say from heaven, he will say, Why then

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did you not believe him? But if we say from men,

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all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded

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that John was a prophet. So they answered that

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they did not know where it was from. And Jesus

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said to them, Neither will I tell you by what

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authority I do these things. Then he began to

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tell the people this parable. A certain man planted

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a vineyard, leased it to vine dressers, and went

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into a far country for a long time. Now at vintage

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time he sent a servant to the vine dressers,

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that they might give him some of the fruit of

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the vineyard. But the vine dressers beat him

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and sent him away empty -handed. Again he sent

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another servant, and they beat him also. treated

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him shamefully, and sent him away empty -handed.

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And again he sent a third, and they wounded him

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also, and cast him out. Then the owner of the

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vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my

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beloved son. Probably they will respect him when

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they see him. But when the vine dressers saw

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him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,

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This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that

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the inheritance may be ours. So they cast him

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out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore,

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what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

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He will come and destroy those vine dressers

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and give the vineyard to others. And when they

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heard it, they said, Certainly not. Then he looked

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at them and said, What then is this that is written?

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The stone which the builders rejected has become

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the chief cornerstone. Whoever falls on that

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stone will be broken, but on whomever it falls

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it will grind them to powder. And the chief priests

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and the scribes that very hour sought to lay

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hands on him, but they feared the people, for

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they knew he had spoken this parable against

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them. So they watched him and sent spies who

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pretended to be righteous, that they might seize

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on his words in order to deliver him to the power

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and the authority of the governor. Then they

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asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you

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say and teach rightly, and you do not show personal

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favoritism. But teach the way of God in truth.

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Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or

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not? But he perceived their craftiness and said

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to them, Why do you test me? Show me a denarius.

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Whose image and inscription does it have? They

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answered and said, Caesar's. And he said to them,

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Render therefore to Caesar the things that are

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Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

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But they could not catch him in his words in

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the presence of the people, and they marveled

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at his answer and kept silent. Then some of the

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Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection,

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came to him and asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses

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wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having

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a wife, and he dies without children, his brother

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should take his wife and raise up offspring for

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his brother. Now there are seven brothers, and

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the first took a wife and died without children,

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and the second took her as wife, and he died

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childless. Then the third took her, and in like

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manner the seven also. And they left no children

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and died. Last of all, the woman died also. Therefore,

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in the resurrection, whose wife does she become?

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For all seven had her as wife. Jesus answered

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and said to them, The sons of this age marry

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and are given in marriage. But those who are

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counted worthy to attain that age and the resurrection

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from the dead, neither marry nor are given in

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marriage. nor can they die anymore, for they

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are equal to the angels and are sons of God,

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being sons of the resurrection. But even Moses

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showed in the burning bush passage that the dead

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are raised, when he called the Lord the God of

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Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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For he is not the God of the dead, but of the

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living, for all live to him. Then some of the

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scribes answered and said, Teacher, you have

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spoken well. But after that they dared not question

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him anymore. And he said to them, How can they

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say that the Christ is the son of David? Now

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David himself said in the book of Psalms, The

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Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand till

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I make your enemies your footstool. Therefore

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David calls him Lord. How is he then his son?

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Then in hearing of all the people, he said to

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his disciples, Beware of the scribes who desire

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to go around in long robes. Love greetings in

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the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues,

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and the best places at feasts, who devour widows'

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houses, and for a pretense make long prayers.

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These will receive greater condemnation. And

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Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables,

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and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a certain

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king who arranged a marriage for his son. and

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sent out his servants to call those who were

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invited to the wedding, and they were not willing

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to come. Again he sent out other servants, saying,

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Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared

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my dinner, my oxen and fatted calf are killed,

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and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.

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But they made light of it and went their ways,

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one to his own farm, another to his business,

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and the rest seized his servants, treated them

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spitefully, and killed them. But when the king

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heard about it, he was furious, and he sent out

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his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned

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up their city. Then he said to his servants,

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The wedding is ready, but those who were invited

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were not worthy. Therefore go into the highways,

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and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.

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So those servants went out into the highways

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and gathered together all whom they found, both

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bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled

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with guests. But when the king came in to see

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the guests, he saw a man there who did not have

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on a wedding garment. So he said to him, Friend,

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how did you come in here without a wedding garment?

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And he was speechless. Then the king said to

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the servants, Bind him hand and foot. Take him

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away and cast him into outer darkness. There

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will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many

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are called, but few are chosen. Then the Pharisees

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went and plotted how they might entangle him

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in his talk. And they sent to him their disciples

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with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know

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that you are true, and teach the way of God in

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truth. Nor do you care about anyone, for you

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do not regard the person of men. Tell us, therefore,

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what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes

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to Caesar or not? And Jesus perceived their wickedness

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and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

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Show me the tax money. So they brought him a

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denarius. And he said to them, Whose image and

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inscription is this? They said to him, Caesars.

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And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar

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the things that are Caesar's, and to God the

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things that are God's. When they had heard these

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words, they marveled and left him and went their

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way. The same day the Sadducees, who say there

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is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,

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saying, Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies,

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having no children, his brother shall marry his

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wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

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Now there were with us seven brothers. The first

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died after he had married and having no offspring,

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left his wife to his brother. Likewise the second

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also, and the third even to the seventh. Last

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of all, the woman died also. Therefore, in the

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resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she

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be? For they all had her. Jesus answered and

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said to them, You are mistaken. not knowing the

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scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection

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they neither marry nor are given in marriage,

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but are like angels of God in heaven. But concerning

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the resurrection of the dead, have you not read

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what was spoken to you by God, saying, I am the

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God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God

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of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but

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of the living. And when the multitudes heard

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this, they were astonished at his teaching. But

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when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced

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the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one

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of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing

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him and saying, Teacher, which is the great commandment

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in the law? Jesus said to him, You shall love

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the Lord your God with all your heart, with all

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your soul, and with all your mind. This is the

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first and great commandment, and the second is

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like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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On these two commandments hang all the law and

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the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered

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together, Jesus asked them, saying, What do you

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think about the Christ? Whose son is he? They

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said to him, The son of David. He said to them,

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How then does David in the spirit call him Lord,

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saying, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right

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hand till I make your enemies your footstool.

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If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

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And no one was able to answer him a word, nor

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from that day on did anyone dare question him.

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anymore i hope you enjoyed today's reading as

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much as i did and i look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey god

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bless you and have a great day