(~) Bible Readings for Sunday August 29
Ecclesiasticus 10:(7-11)12-18
Hebrews 13:1-8
Luke 14:1,7-14
The First Lesson Ecclesiasticus 10:(7-11)12-18
[Arrogance is hateful to the Lord and to mortals,
and injustice is outrageous to both.
Sovereignty passes from nation to nation
on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.
How can dust and ashes be proud?
Even in life the human body decays.
A long illness baffles the physician;
the king of today will die tomorrow.
For when one is dead
he inherits maggots and vermin and worms.]
The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord;
the heart has withdrawn from its Maker.
For the beginning of pride is sin,
and the one who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities,
and destroys them completely.
The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers,
and enthrones the lowly in their place.
The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations,
and plants the humble in their place.
The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations,
and destroys them to the foundations of the earth.
He removes some of them and destroys them,
and erases the memory of them from the earth.
Pride was not created for human beings,
or violent anger for those born of women.
The Epistle Hebrews 13:1-8
Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,
for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them;
those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being
tortured. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed
be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Keep
your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have;
for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you." So we can say
with confidence, "The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can anyone do to me?"
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider
the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is
the same yesterday and today and forever.
The Gospel Luke 14:1,7-14
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the
Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.
When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a
parable. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit
down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you
has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may
come and say to you, `Give this person your place,' and then in disgrace
you would start to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and
sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to
you, `Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of
all who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be
humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." He said also
to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do
not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich
neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and
the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you
will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
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