Tuesday 11 July 2034

4They have set up kings, but not by me.They have made princes, and I didn’t approve.Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols,that they may be cut off.5Let Samaria throw out his calf idol!My anger burns against them!How long will it be until they are capable of purity?6For this is even from Israel!The workman made it, and it is no God;indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.7For they sow the wind,and they will reap the whirlwind.He has no standing grain.The stalk will yield no head.If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.· · · verses 8–10 are not read11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,they became for him altars for sinning.12I wrote for him the many things of my law,but they were regarded as a strange thing.13As for the sacrifices of my offerings,they sacrifice meat and eat it,but the Lord doesn’t accept them.Now he will remember their iniquity,and punish their sins.They will return to Egypt.

3But our God is in the heavens.He does whatever he pleases.4Their idols are silver and gold,the work of men’s hands.

5They have mouths, but they don’t speak.They have eyes, but they don’t see.6They have ears, but they don’t hear.They have noses, but they don’t smell.

7They have hands, but they don’t feel.They have feet, but they don’t walk,neither do they speak through their throat.8Those who make them will be like them;yes, everyone who trusts in them.

9Israel, trust in the Lord!He is their help and their shield.10House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!He is their help and their shield.

32As they went out, behold,a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him.33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.The multitudes marveled,saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

34But the Pharisees said,“By the prince of the demons,he casts out demons.”

35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages,teaching in their synagoguesand preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,and healing every diseaseand every sickness among the people.36But when he saw the multitudes,he was moved with compassion for thembecause they were harassed and scattered,like sheep without a shepherd.37Then he said to his disciples,“The harvest indeed is plentiful,but the laborers are few.38Pray thereforethat the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”