(~) Bible Readings for Sunday July 17

Proper 11

Wisdom 12:13,16-19
Romans 8:18-25
Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

First Lesson Wisdom 12:13,16-19

There is no god besides you, whose care is for all people,
to whom you should prove that you have not judged unjustly;
for your strength is the source of righteousness,
and your sovereignty over all causes you to spare all.
For you show your strength when people doubt the completeness of your
power, and you rebuke any insolence among those who know it.
Although you are sovereign in strength, you judge with mildness,
and with great forbearance you govern us;
for you have power to act whenever you choose.
Through such works you have taught your people
that the righteous must be kind,
and you have filled your children with good hope,
because you give repentance for sins.

The Epistle Romans 8:18-25

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth
comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation
waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the
creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of
the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set
free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of
the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in
labor pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who
have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for
adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now
hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we
hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.


The Gospel Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

Jesus put before the crowd another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be
compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody
was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went
away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared
as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, `Master,
did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come
from?' He answered, `An enemy has done this.' The slaves said to him,
`Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he replied, `No; for in
gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both
of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell
the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be
burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" Then he left the crowds and
went in