INTRO TO THE GOSPEL READING
Reader: On top of a mountain, Peter said to Jesus, “It is good for us to be
here.”
All: And then they heard a voice from the clouds:
Reader: “This is my Son, my Chosen. Listen to him.”
All: Let us listen to Jesus today. (Luke 9:33-35)
GOSPEL READING
Luke 7:18-35
18The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John
summoned two of his disciples 19and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are
you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” 20When the
men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to
ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’”
21Jesus had just then cured many people of diseases, plagues, and evil
spirits, and had given sight to many who were blind. 22And he answered
them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive
their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead
are raised, the poor have good news brought to them. 23And blessed is
anyone who takes no offense at me.” 24When John’s messengers had
gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go
out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 25What
then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those
who put on fine clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces. 26What
then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a
prophet.
27This is the one about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’ 28I tell
you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; yet the
least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29(And all the people
who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of
God, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. 30But by
refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected
God’s purpose for themselves.) 31“To what then will I compare the
people of this generation, and what are they like? 32They are like
children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, ‘We
played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did
not weep.’ 33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking
no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon’; 34the Son of Man has come
eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a
friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35Nevertheless, wisdom is
vindicated by all her children.”
Reader: This is the gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, O Christ.
Reader: While everyone was amazed at all that Jesus was saying and
doing, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears:
All: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.” (Luke 9:43-44)
