Tuesday of the 28th week of Ordinary Time

1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. 3Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. 5For we through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness. 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.

41Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD,

your salvation, according to your word.

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43Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth,

for I put my hope in your ordinances.

44So I will obey your law continually,

forever and ever.

45I will walk in liberty,

for I have sought your precepts.

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47I will delight myself in your commandments,

because I love them.

48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love.

I will meditate on your statutes.

ZAYIN

37Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table. 38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 39The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also? 41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.