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Epistle: Ephesians 4: 23-28
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There must be a renewal in the inner life of your minds;
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you must be clothed in the new self, which is created in God’s image, justified and sanctified through the truth.
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Away with falsehood, then; let everyone speak out the truth to his neighbour; membership of the body binds us to one another.
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Do not let resentment lead you into sin; the sunset must not find you still angry.
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Do not give the devil his opportunity.
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The man who was a thief must be a thief no longer; let him work instead, and earn by his own labour the blessings he will be able to share with those who are in need.
Gospel: Matthew 22: 1-14
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At that time, Jesus once more spoke to them in parables;
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Here is an image, he said, of the kingdom of heaven; there was once a king, who held a marriage-feast for his son,
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and sent out his servants with a summons to all those whom he had invited to the wedding; but they would not come.
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Then he sent other servants with a fresh summons, bidding them tell those who had been invited, By this, I have prepared my feast, the oxen have been killed, and the fatlings, all is ready now; come to the wedding.
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But still they paid no heed, and went off on other errands, one to his farm in the country, and another to his trading;
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and the rest laid hands upon his servants, and insulted and killed them.
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The king fell into a rage when he heard of it, and sent out his troops to put those murderers to death, and burn their city.
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After this, he said to his servants, Here is the marriage-feast all ready, and those who had been invited have proved unworthy of it.
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You must go out to the street-corners, and invite all whom you find there to the wedding.
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And his servants went out into the streets, where they mustered all they could find, rogues and honest men together; and so the wedding had its full tale of guests.
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But when the king came in to look at the company, he saw a man there who had no wedding-garment on;
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My friend, he said, how didst thou come to be here without a wedding-garment? And he made no reply.
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Whereupon the king said to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the darkness, where there shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth.
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Many are called, but few are chosen.