32When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 2Aaron said to them, ‘Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.’ 3So all the people took off the gold rings from their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 4He took the gold from them, formed it in a mould,* and cast an image of a calf; and they said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’ 5When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, ‘Tomorrow shall be a festival to the Lord.’ 6They rose early the next day, and offered burnt-offerings and brought sacrifices of well-being; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.
7 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; 8they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” ’ 9The Lord said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. 10Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.’
11 But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, ‘O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, “I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.” ’ 14And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
25O Lord,
you are my God;
I will exalt you, I will praise your name;
for you have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful
and sure.
2 For you have made the city a heap,
the
fortified city a ruin;
the palace of aliens is a city no more,
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
4 For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a
refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the
rainstorm and a shade from the heat.
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,
5 the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place,
you subdued the heat with the shade of clouds;
the song of the
ruthless was stilled.
6 On this mountain the Lord of
hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of
well-matured wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of
well-matured wines strained clear.
7 And he will destroy on this mountain
the
shroud that is cast over all peoples,
the sheet that is spread
over all nations;
8 he will swallow up death for ever.
Then the Lord God will
wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people
he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has
spoken.
9 It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our
God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for
whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
1 Alleluia.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious, •
for his faithfulness endures for ever.
2 Who
can express the mighty acts of the Lord •
or show forth all his praise?
3 Blessed
are those who observe what is right •
and always do what is just.
4 Remember
me, O Lord, in the favour you bear for your people; •
visit me in the day of your salvation;
5 That I
may see the prosperity of your chosen
and rejoice in the
gladness of your people, •
and exult
with your inheritance.
6 We
have sinned like our forebears; •
we
have done wrong and dealt wickedly.
19 They
made a calf at Horeb •
and
worshipped the molten image;
20 Thus
they exchanged their glory •
for the
image of an ox that feeds on hay.
21 They
forgot God their saviour, •
who had
done such great things in Egypt,
22 Wonderful
deeds in the land of Ham •
and
fearful things at the Red Sea.
23 So he
would have destroyed them,
had not Moses his chosen stood
before him in the breach, •
to turn
away his wrath from consuming them.
1 The Lord is
my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;*
3 he restores my soul.*
He leads me in right paths*
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,*
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort
me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence
of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely* goodness
and mercy* shall
follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.*
41Therefore, my brothers and sisters,* whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.3Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion,* help these women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
4 Rejoice* in
the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.* 5Let
your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. 6Do
not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And
the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, beloved,* whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about* these things. 9Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
22Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: 2‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. 4Again he sent other slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” 5But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, 6while the rest seized his slaves, maltreated them, and killed them. 7The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. 8Then he said to his slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. 9Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.” 10Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11 ‘But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a wedding robe, 12and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?” And he was speechless.13Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 14For many are called, but few are chosen.’
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