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A reading from the book of Genesis.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children
because he was the son of his old age.
And he had made him a long robe with sleeves.
But when his brothers saw that their father loved him
more than all his brothers, they hated him
and could not speak peaceably to him.
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shekum.
And Israel said to Joseph,
Are not your brothers pastoring the flock at Shekum?
Come, I will send you to them.
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them,
they conspired against him to kill him.
They said to one another, Here comes this dreamer.
Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.
Then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him,
and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
But when Rubin heard it, he delivered him out of their hands,
saying, Let us not take his life.
And Rubin said to them, Shed no blood.
Cast him into this pit here in the wilderness,
but lay no hand upon him, that he might rescue him out of their hand
to restore him to his father.
So when Joseph came to his brothers,
they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore,
and they took him and cast him into a pit.
The pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Then they sat down to eat, and looking up,
they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead,
with their camels bearing gum, balm, and mer,
on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
Then Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother
and conceal his blood?
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites,
and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.
And his brothers heated him.
Then Midianite traders passed by, and they drew Joseph up,
and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shuckles of silver.
When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread,
he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.
His feet were hurt with shackles, his neck was put in a collar of iron,
until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.
The king sent and released him, the ruler of the people's set him free.
He made him a lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.
Here another parable.
There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it,
and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit,
and the tenants took his servants, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did the same to them.
Afterward, he sent his son to them, saying, they will respect my son.
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, this is the heir.
Come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.
And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
When therefore, the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?
They said to him, he will put those wretches to a miserable death,
and lease the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the fruits in their seasons.
Jesus said to them, have you never read in the Scriptures, the very stone which the builders
rejected has become the cornerstone? This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation
producing the fruits of it. When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,
they perceived that he was speaking about them. But when they tried to arrest him,
they feared the multitudes, because they held him to be a prophet.
What is the Lord saying to you today through these Scriptures?
What can you now say to the Lord in response to his word?
What conversion of mind, heart, and life is the Lord asking of you today?
Spend a few moments in silence, resting in the presence of the Lord.
Nourished by God's Word, what is one specific way that you can go forth and make your life a gift for others?
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing. Give thanks in all circumstances.
For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Amen.
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