Seek the Lord while he may be found,/ call him while he is near./ Let the scoundrel forsake his way,/ and the wicked his thoughts;/ let him turn to the Lord for mercy;/ to our God, who is generous in forgiving./ For my thoughts are not your thoughts,/ nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord./ As high as the heavens are above the earth,/ so high are my ways above your ways/ and my thoughts above your thoughts.
When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable.
Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, “How are the dead raised?
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Brothers and sisters: If Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
