March 6, 2026
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Friday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
33
Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
34
And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
35
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.
37
But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
38
But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
39
And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
40
When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
41
They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.
42
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
45
And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
46
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
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☆ Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
12
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13a
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them.
17b
So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28a
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver,
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