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Today's Readings
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Friday, 7th January 2022 --- 29 Kiahk 1738
Vespers Gospel
Stand in the fear of God and listen to the Holy Gospel.
A reading from the Gospel according to our teacher Saint Matthew the Evangelist.
May His Blessings be with us all.
Matthew 12 : 15 - 33
Chapter 12
| 15 | But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
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| 16 | Yet He warned them not to make Him known,
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| 17 | that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
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| 18 | "Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
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| 19 | He will not quarrel nor cry out, Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
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| 20 | A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench, Till He sends forth justice to victory;
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| 21 | And in His name Gentiles will trust."
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| 22 | Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
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| 23 | And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"
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| 24 | Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, "This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons."
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| 25 | But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
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| 26 | If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
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| 27 | And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
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| 28 | But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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| 29 | Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
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| 30 | He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
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| 31 | "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
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| 32 | Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
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| 33 | "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
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And Glory be to God forever.
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