Tuesday, July 7

1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

2To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,

5that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,

6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,

7so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

8who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

24Another parable He put forth to them, saying: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

25but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.

26But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

27So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?'

28He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go and gather them up?'

29But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, 'First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.' ' '