First Reading - Jer 26:1-9
1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying:
2 “Thus says the Lord: Stand in the atrium of the house of the
Lord, and speak to all the cities of Judah, from which they come to
adore in the house of the Lord, all the words that I have commanded you
to speak to them. Do not choose to subtract any word.
3 So may they hear and be converted, each one from his evil way.
And then I may repent of the evil that I plan to do to them because of
the wickedness of their pursuits.
4 And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: If you will not
listen to me, so that you walk in my law, which I have given to you,
5 so that you listen to the words of my servants, the prophets,
whom I have sent to you, who arise while it is still night, and though
they give guidance, you do not listen,
6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city into a curse for all the nations of the earth.”
7 And the priests, and the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.
8 And when Jeremiah had completed speaking all that the Lord had
instructed him to speak to all the people, then the priests, and the
prophets, and all the people apprehended him, saying: “You shall be put
to death.”
9 “Why has he prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying: ‘Like
Shiloh, so shall this house be,’ and, ‘This city shall be made
desolate, even without an inhabitant?’ ” And all the people were
gathered together against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
Psalm - Ps 69:5,8-10,14
5 Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied
beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly,
have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not
take.
8 For because of you, I have endured reproach; confusion has covered my face.
9 I have become a stranger to my brothers and a sojourner to the sons of my mother.
10 For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me.
14 But as for me, truly, my prayer is to you, O Lord. This time
has pleased you well, O God. In the multitude of your mercy, in the
truth of your salvation, hear me.
Gospel - Mt 13:54-58
54 And arriving in his own country, he taught them in their
synagogues, so much so that they wondered and said: “How can such
wisdom and power be with this one?
55 Is this not the son of a workman? Is not his mother called
Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Therefore, from where has this one obtained all these things?”
57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A
prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own
house.”
58 And he did not work many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
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