Another timely Gospel reading

[47of74]

Anyone else think of what a certain political party did in regards to food stamps when today's Gospel reading was presented? (I checked and it was the same at least in both the Episcopal and Catholic Churches).

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Luke 16:13)

I seriously doubt it made any Republican squirm in their seats given the hardness of their hearts.

[polmaven]

1. I felt the same way..

The Lectionary reading was the same in the United Methodist church..(Luke 16: 1-13). Our pastor read it from a modern English version, and I nearly stood up to cheer when she was finished.

[wryter2000]

2. Episcopal here

Our sermon expounded on this.

[UrbScotty]

3. The first reading from Amos (8:4-7) was even more powerful

http://origin.usccb.org/bible/readings/092213.cfm

Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land!
“When will the new moon be over,” you ask,
“that we may sell our grain,
and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?
We will diminish the ephah,
add to the shekel,
and fix our scales for cheating!
We will buy the lowly for silver,
and the poor for a pair of sandals;
even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”
The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Never will I forget a thing they have done!

[47of74]

5. We didn't get that one this past weekend in the Episcopal Church

Ours was this;

My joy is gone, grief is upon me,
my heart is sick.
Hark, the cry of my poor people
from far and wide in the land:
"Is the LORD not in Zion?
Is her King not in her?"
("Why have they provoked me to anger with their images,
with their foreign idols?&quot
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended,
and we are not saved."
For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt,
I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.
Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of my poor people
not been restored?
O that my head were a spring of water,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I might weep day and night
for the slain of my poor people!
(Jeremiah 8:18-9:1)

[Thav]

4. It's not in Leviticus, nor was it written by Paul

So therefore it is ignored. The only important parts of the Bible are a few passages from Leviticus, and a few passages that Paul wrote. Those pesky teachings of Jesus don't fit within their worldview.

[47of74]

6. They just like a few sentences in the New Testament

Most of the text in their version has been redacted, especially that pesky stuff that is written in [font color="red"]red[/font].