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Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
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The following readings below are for Sunday, November
11, 2018:
Today's Epistle reading [Ephesians 4.1-17]:
I, therefore,
a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and
meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There
is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according
to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said,
"When
he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
(In saying, "He ascended,"
what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also
ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles,
some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the equiopment of the saints, for the work of ministry, for
building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature
manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro
and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. Rather,
speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body,
joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth
and upbuilds itself in love.
Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility
of their minds.
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The Gospel reading for today
[Luke 10.25-37]:
And
behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He
said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the
Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor
as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A
man was going down to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half-dead.
Now by change a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise
a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine;
then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii
and gave them to the innnkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.'
Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The
one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
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