August 9, 2021

Deuteronomy 10: 12- 22

10:12	And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only that you fear the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
10:13	and that you keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I am instructing to you this day, so that it may be well with you.
10:14	Lo, heaven belongs to the Lord your God, and the heaven of heaven, and the earth, and all the things that are within these.
10:15	Now the Lord was closely joined to your fathers, and he loved them, and he chose their offspring after them, that is, you yourselves, out of all the nations, just as is being proven today.
10:16	Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.
10:17	For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.
10:18	He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.
10:19	Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.
10:20	You shall fear the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
10:21	He is your praise and your God. He has done for you these great and terrible things, which your eyes have seen.
10:22	As seventy souls, your fathers descended into Egypt. And now, behold, the Lord your God has multiplied you to be like the stars of heaven.”

Matthew 17: 21- 26

17:21	And when they were conversing together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: “The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
17:22	And they will kill him, but he will rise again on the third day.” And they were extremely saddened.
17:23	And when they had arrived at Capernaum, those who collected the half shekel approached Peter, and they said to him, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the half shekel?”
17:24	He said, “Yes.” And when he had entered into the house, Jesus went before him, saying: “How does it seem to you, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tribute or the census tax: from their own sons or from foreigners?”
17:25	And he said, “From foreigners.” Jesus said to him: “Then the sons are free.
17:26	But so that we may not become an obstacle to them: go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that is brought up, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to them, for me and for you.”