7.08.2016

Today's Bible story *

July 8, 2016

We hope it will be a good day today !

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Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23

16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep amongst wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

19 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

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Hosea 14:1--9(The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) 14:2-10)

1 Israel, return to the LORD your God;

for you have fallen because of your sin.

2 Take words with you, and return to the LORD.

Tell him, "Forgive all our sins,

and accept that which is good:

so we offer our lips like bulls.

3 Assyria can't save us.

We won't ride on horses;

neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!'

for in you the fatherless finds mercy."

4 "I will heal their waywardness.

I will love them freely;

for my anger is turned away from him.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel.

He will blossom like the lily,

and send down his roots like Lebanon.

6 His branches will spread,

and his beauty will be like the olive tree,

and his fragrance like Lebanon.

7 Men will dwell in his shade.

They will revive like the grain,

and blossom like the vine.

Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols?

I answer, and will take care of him.

I am like a green cypress tree;

from me your fruit is found."

9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things?

Who is prudent, that he may know them?

For the ways of the LORD are right,

and the righteous walk in them;

But the rebellious stumble in them.

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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/

◇ July 8, 2016 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/16_07_08.mp3

◇ Daily Readings July 8, 2016
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070816.cfm

◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2016-07-08

◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.10

◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=10&verse=

◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm

◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/

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