A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 6:3-4, 8-11
Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her.
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.
The Lord has consumed without pity/ all the dwellings of Jacob;/ He has torn down in his anger/ the fortresses of daughter Judah;/ He has brought to the ground in dishonor/ her king and her princes.
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole army advanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it, and built siege walls on every side.
Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
