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<DIV>The following are the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Proper 22), Oct. 8, according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA),
Roman Catholic, Canadian BAS, and the Church of England (Common Worship)
lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version
(NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the ECUSA, Canadian and C of E
lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day. Throughout Pentecost the
alternate RCL Psalm would normally be used with the alternate RCL O. T. reading.
Note also that the Canadian RCL does not have the alternative readings.</DIV>
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<DIV>OLD TESTAMENT: Exodus 20: 1 - 4, 7 - 9, 12 - 20 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Exod 20:1 (NRSV) Then God spoke all these words: </DIV>
<DIV>2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not
make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven
above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
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<DIV>7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the
LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor
and do all your work. </DIV>
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<DIV>12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the
land that the LORD your God is giving you. </DIV>
<DIV>13 You shall not murder.</DIV>
<DIV>14 You shall not commit adultery. </DIV>
<DIV>15 You shall not steal. </DIV>
<DIV>16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. </DIV>
<DIV>17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that
belongs to your neighbor. </DIV>
<DIV>18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of
the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood
at a distance, 19 and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but
do not let God speak to us, or we will die." 20 Moses said to the people, "Do
not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon
you so that you do not sin." </DIV>
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<DIV>Isaiah 5: 1 - 7 (alt. for RCL, Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Isai 5:1 (NRSV) Let me sing for my beloved </DIV>
<DIV>my love-song concerning his vineyard: </DIV>
<DIV>My beloved had a vineyard </DIV>
<DIV>on a very fertile hill. </DIV>
<DIV>2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, </DIV>
<DIV>and planted it with choice vines; </DIV>
<DIV>he built a watchtower in the midst of it, </DIV>
<DIV>and hewed out a wine vat in it; </DIV>
<DIV>he expected it to yield grapes, </DIV>
<DIV>but it yielded wild grapes. </DIV>
<DIV>3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem </DIV>
<DIV>and people of Judah, </DIV>
<DIV>judge between me </DIV>
<DIV>and my vineyard. </DIV>
<DIV>4 What more was there to do for my vineyard </DIV>
<DIV>that I have not done in it? </DIV>
<DIV>When I expected it to yield grapes, </DIV>
<DIV>why did it yield wild grapes? </DIV>
<DIV>5 And now I will tell you </DIV>
<DIV>what I will do to my vineyard. </DIV>
<DIV>I will remove its hedge, </DIV>
<DIV>and it shall be devoured; </DIV>
<DIV>I will break down its wall, </DIV>
<DIV>and it shall be trampled down. </DIV>
<DIV>6 I will make it a waste; </DIV>
<DIV>it shall not be pruned or hoed, </DIV>
<DIV>and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; </DIV>
<DIV>I will also command the clouds </DIV>
<DIV>that they rain no rain upon it. </DIV>
<DIV>7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts </DIV>
<DIV>is the house of Israel, </DIV>
<DIV>and the people of Judah </DIV>
<DIV>are his pleasant planting; </DIV>
<DIV>he expected justice, </DIV>
<DIV>but saw bloodshed; </DIV>
<DIV>righteousness, </DIV>
<DIV>but heard a cry! </DIV>
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<DIV>PSALM 19 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 19:1 (NRSV) The heavens are telling the glory of God; </DIV>
<DIV>and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. </DIV>
<DIV>2 Day to day pours forth speech, </DIV>
<DIV>and night to night declares knowledge. </DIV>
<DIV>3 There is no speech, nor are there words; </DIV>
<DIV>their voice is not heard; </DIV>
<DIV>4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, </DIV>
<DIV>and their words to the end of the world. </DIV>
<DIV>In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, </DIV>
<DIV>5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, </DIV>
<DIV>and like a strong man runs its course with joy. </DIV>
<DIV>6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, </DIV>
<DIV>and its circuit to the end of them; </DIV>
<DIV>and nothing is hid from its heat. </DIV>
<DIV>7 The law of the LORD is perfect, </DIV>
<DIV>reviving the soul; </DIV>
<DIV>the decrees of the LORD are sure, </DIV>
<DIV>making wise the simple; </DIV>
<DIV>8 the precepts of the LORD are right, </DIV>
<DIV>rejoicing the heart; </DIV>
<DIV>the commandment of the LORD is clear, </DIV>
<DIV>enlightening the eyes; </DIV>
<DIV>9 the fear of the LORD is pure, </DIV>
<DIV>enduring forever; </DIV>
<DIV>the ordinances of the LORD are true </DIV>
<DIV>and righteous altogether. </DIV>
<DIV>10 More to be desired are they than gold, </DIV>
<DIV>even much fine gold; </DIV>
<DIV>sweeter also than honey, </DIV>
<DIV>and drippings of the honeycomb. </DIV>
<DIV>11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; </DIV>
<DIV>in keeping them there is great reward. </DIV>
<DIV>12 But who can detect their errors? </DIV>
<DIV>Clear me from hidden faults. </DIV>
<DIV>13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; </DIV>
<DIV>do not let them have dominion over me. </DIV>
<DIV>Then I shall be blameless, </DIV>
<DIV>and innocent of great transgression. </DIV>
<DIV>14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart </DIV>
<DIV>be acceptable to you, </DIV>
<DIV>O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. </DIV>
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<DIV>Psalm 80: 7 - 15 (alt. for RCL)</DIV>
<DIV>Psalm 80: 8, 11 - 15, 18 - 19 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Psal 80:1 (NRSV) </DIV>
<DIV>7 Restore us, O God of hosts; </DIV>
<DIV>let your face shine, that we may be saved. </DIV>
<DIV>8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; </DIV>
<DIV>you drove out the nations and planted it. </DIV>
<DIV>9 You cleared the ground for it; </DIV>
<DIV>it took deep root and filled the land. </DIV>
<DIV>10 The mountains were covered with its shade, </DIV>
<DIV>the mighty cedars with its branches; </DIV>
<DIV>11 it sent out its branches to the sea, </DIV>
<DIV>and its shoots to the River. </DIV>
<DIV>12 Why then have you broken down its walls, </DIV>
<DIV>so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? </DIV>
<DIV>13 The boar from the forest ravages it, </DIV>
<DIV>and all that move in the field feed on it. </DIV>
<DIV>14 Turn again, O God of hosts; </DIV>
<DIV>look down from heaven, and see; </DIV>
<DIV>have regard for this vine, </DIV>
<DIV>15 the stock that your right hand planted. </DIV>
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<DIV>18 Then we will never turn back from you; </DIV>
<DIV>give us life, and we will call on your name. </DIV>
<DIV>19 Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; </DIV>
<DIV>let your face shine, that we may be saved. </DIV>
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<DIV>Note: Verse numbering is one higher in Roman Catholic bibles; Verse
numbering may differ in your Psalter.</DIV>
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<DIV>NEW TESTAMENT: Philippians 3: 4b - 14 (RCL)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 3:4 (NRSV) If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I
have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of
the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Phar'isee; 6
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law,
blameless. </DIV>
<DIV>7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of
Christ. 8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing
value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of
all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and
be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,
but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on
faith. 10 I want to know Christ {and the power of his resurrection and the
sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may
attain the resurrection from the dead. </DIV>
<DIV>12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal;
but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13
Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do:
forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press
on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
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<DIV>Philippians 4: 6 - 9 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Phil 4:6 (NRSV) Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And
the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus. </DIV>
<DIV>8 Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is
just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there
is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these
things. 9 Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard
and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. </DIV>
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<DIV>GOSPEL: Matthew 21: 33 - 46 (RCL)</DIV>
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Matthew 21: 33 - 43 (Roman Catholic)</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt 21:33 (NRSV) "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who
planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a
watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34 When
the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his
produce. 35 But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and
stoned another. 36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they
treated them in the same way. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, "They
will respect my son.' 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to
themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Now
when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" 41 They
said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the
vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time."
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<DIV>42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: </DIV>
<DIV>"The stone that the builders rejected </DIV>
<DIV>has become the cornerstone; </DIV>
<DIV>this was the Lord's doing, </DIV>
<DIV>and it is amazing in our eyes'? </DIV>
<DIV>43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and
given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. 44 The one who falls
on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it
falls." </DIV>
<DIV>45 When the chief priests and the Phar'isees heard his parables, they
realized that he was speaking about them. 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they
feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Chad
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