Each day read the Gospel passage
for the day and the Psalm passage for the day (you can read them all at once or
do one reading in the morning and one in the evening) and use the reflection
questions to help process the passage.
The
36th day of Lent
Tuesday
March 22nd, 2016
Gospel
Reading
The
Parable of the Tenants
12 Jesus
then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted
a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a
watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another
place. 2At harvest time he sent a
servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3But they seized him, beat him and sent him
away empty-handed. 4Then he sent
another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him
shamefully. 5He sent still another,
and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others
they killed.
6“He had one left to
send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect
my son.’
7“But the tenants said
to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance
will be ours.’ 8So they took him and
killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9“What then will the
owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the
vineyard to others. 10Haven’t you
read this passage of Scripture:
“ ‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the
cornerstone;
11the
Lord has done this,
and it is
marvelous in our eyes’?”
12Then the chief priests, the teachers of the
law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had
spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they
left him and went away.
Paying
the Imperial Tax to Caesar
13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and
Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14They came to him and
said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by
others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of
God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar
or not? 15Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why
are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me
a denarius and let me look at it.” 16They brought the coin,
and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose
inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
17Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is
God’s.”
And they were amazed at him.
Marriage
at the Resurrection
18Then the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to him with a question. 19“Teacher,” they said,
“Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no
children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20Now
there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any
children. 21The second one married the widow, but he also died,
leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22In fact, none of
the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23At
the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
24Jesus replied, “Are
you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
25When the dead rise, they will neither marry
nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 26Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of
Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are
badly mistaken!”
The
Greatest Commandment
28One of the teachers of the law came and heard
them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him,
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29“The most important
one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel:
The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind and with all your strength.’ 31The
second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment
greater than these.”
32“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You
are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33To
love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your
strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all
burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he
said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God
Whose
Son Is the Messiah?
35While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts,
he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the
Messiah is the son of David? 36David
himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right
hand
until I put
your enemies
under your feet.”
’
37David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?”
The large crowd listened to him with delight.
Warning
Against the Teachers of the Law
38As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk
around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,
39and have the most important seats in the
synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy
prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
The
Widow’s Offering
41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the
offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury.
Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and
put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.
43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the
treasury than all the others. 44They
all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in
everything—all she had to live on.”
The
Holy Bible : Today's New International Version. 2005. Grand Rapids , MI
Psalm
Reading
Of David. A psalm.
1The Lord says to my lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
2The Lord will extend your mighty scepter
from Zion ,
saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies.”
3Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
4The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
5The
Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his
wrath.
6He will judge the nations,
heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole
earth.
7He will drink from a brook
along the way,
and so he will lift up his head.
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