恭讀聖瑪竇福音 13:24-30

耶穌給群眾設了一個比喻說:「天國好像一個人,在自己田裏撒了好種子;但在人睡覺的時候,他的仇人來,在麥子中間撒上莠子,就走了。苗長起來,抽出穗的時候,莠子也顯出來了。家主的僕人就前來對他說:主人!你不是在你田地裏撒了好種子嗎!那麼從那裏來了莠子?家主對他們說:這是仇人做的。僕人對他說:那麼,你願我們去把莠子收集起來嗎?他卻說:不,免得你們收集莠子時,連麥子也拔了出來。讓兩樣一起長到收割的時候好了;在收割時,我要對收割的人說:你們先收集莠子,把莠子捆起來,好投入爐中燃燒,再把麥子收入我的倉裏。」

—上主的話。

(16th Week in Ordinary Time – Saturday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew 13:24-30

Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”‘”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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