January 30, 2026
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Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
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☆ Gospel:Mark 4:26-34
26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
27
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
28
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
30
And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?
31
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,
32
But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.
33
And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:
34
And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.
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☆ 2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 4c-10a, 13-17
1
Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab and his servants and all Israel with him; and they made waste the land of the children of Ammon, and took up their position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem.
2
Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
3
And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4a,c
And David sent and took her; then she went back to her house.
5
And the woman became with child; and she sent word to David that she was with child.
6
And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
7
And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.
8
And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.
9
But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
10a
And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house,
13
And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
15
And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.
16
So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.
17
And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.
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