(~) Bible Readings for Sunday September 19
Amos 8:4-7(8-12)
1 Timothy 2:1-8
Luke 16:1-13
Old Testament Amos 8:4-7(8-12)
Hear this, you that trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,
saying, "When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain;
and the sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah small and the shekel great,
and practice deceit with false balances,
buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
and selling the sweepings of the wheat."
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
[Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who lives in it,
and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?
On that day, says the Lord GOD,
I will make the sun go down at noon,
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
I will turn your feasts into mourning,
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on all loins,
and baldness on every head;
I will make it like the mourning for an only son,
and the end of it like a bitter day.
The time is surely coming, says the Lord GOD,
when I will send a famine on the land;
not a famine of bread, or a thirst for water,
but of hearing the words of the LORD.
They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD,
but they shall not find it.
The Epistle 1 Timothy 2:1-8
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high
positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of
the truth. For there is one God;
there is also one mediator between God and humankind,
Christ Jesus, himself human,
who gave himself a ransom for all
-- this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald
and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the
Gentiles in faith and truth. I desire, then, that in every place the men
should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.
The Gospel Luke 16:1-13
Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and
charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So
he summoned him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Give
me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any
longer.' Then the manager said to himself, `What will I do, now that my
master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig,
and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am
dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' So,
summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, `How much
do you owe my master?' He answered, `A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said
to him, `Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' Then he
asked another, `And how much do you owe?' He replied, `A hundred
containers of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill and make it eighty.'
And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted
shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with
their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make
friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is
gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. "Whoever is faithful
in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a
very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful
with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if
you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you
what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either
hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the
other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
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