Readings for Sunday – 7/13/25

The Fifth Sunday After Pentecost

THE COLLECT
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant
that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may
have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT: Amos 7:7-17
This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb
line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you
see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “See, I am setting a plumb
line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high
places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid
waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.” Then
Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, “Amos has
conspired against you in the very center of the house of Israel; the land is not able
to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel must go into exile away from his land.’” And Amaziah said to Amos,
“O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy
there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a
temple of the kingdom.” Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a
prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord
took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my
people Israel.’ “Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, ‘Do not
prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.” Therefore
thus says the Lord: ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons
and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parceled out by
line; you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile
away from its land.’”
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God

PSALM: Psalm 82
1 God takes his stand in the council of heaven; *
he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:
2 “How long will you judge unjustly, *
and show favor to the wicked?
3 Save the weak and the orphan; *
defend the humble and needy;
4 Rescue the weak and the poor; *
deliver them from the power of the wicked.
5They do not know, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; *
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, *
and all of you children of the Most High;
7 Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, *
and fall like any prince.’”
8 Arise, O God, and rule the earth, *
for you shall take all nations for your own.

EPISTLE: Colossians 1:1-14
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To
the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and
peace from God our Father. In our prayers for you we always thank God, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and
of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in
heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel that
has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it
has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly
comprehended the grace of God. This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved
fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, and he has made
known to us your love in the Spirit. For this reason, since the day we heard it, we
have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the
knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may
lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good
work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. May you be made strong with all
the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to
endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who
has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued
us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved
Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Reader: The Word of the Lord People: Thanks be to God

THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ according to:
Luke 10:25-37 People: Glory to You Lord Christ
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do
to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do
you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your
mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have given the
right answer; do this, and you will live.” But wanting to justify himself, he
asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who
stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance
a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the
other side. So likewise, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him,
passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while traveling came near him;
and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged
his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own
animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out
two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when
I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ Which of these three,
do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the
robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go
and do likewise.”
Reader: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ