A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 11:47-54
The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
The Lord said: “Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
The Lord said: “Woe to you Pharisees!
After Jesus had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah.
As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said: “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed.
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
