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Catholic lectionary for 21 September 2023

New American Standard Bible (en)

Ephesians, Chapter 4,  verses 1-7, 11-13

1 Unity of the Spirit
1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, 3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
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11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of thed Or holy onessaints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of thee Or true knowledgeknowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the staturef Lit of the fullnesswhich belongs to the fullness of Christ.

Matthew, Chapter 9,  verses 9-13

9 Matthew Called
9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
10 Then it happened that ase Lit HeJesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors andf I.e. irreligious Jewssinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learng Lit what iswhat this means: ‘I DESIREh Or mercyCOMPASSION,i I.e. more thanAND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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