恭讀聖瑪竇福音 13:44-52
那時候,耶穌對群眾說:「天國好像藏在地裡的寶貝;人找到了,就把它藏起來,高興地去賣掉他所有的一切,買了那塊地。
「天國好像一個尋找完美珍珠的商人;他一找到一顆寶貴的珍珠,就去賣掉他所有的一切,買了那顆珍珠。
「天國又好像撒在海裡的網,網羅各種的魚。網一滿了,人就拉上岸來,坐下,揀好的,放在器皿裡;壞的,扔在外面。在今世的終結時,也將如此:天使要出去,把惡人由義人中分開,把他們扔在火窯裡;在那裡要有哀號和切齒。
「這一切你們都明白了嗎?」
群眾說:「是的。」
耶穌就對他們說:「為此,凡成為天國門徒的經師,就好像一個家主,從他的寶庫裡,拿出新的和舊的寶貝。」
—基督的福音。

(17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13:44-52

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; 48 when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. 49 So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, 50 and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. 51 “Have you understood all this?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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