恭讀聖路加福音 13:31-35

那時候,有幾個法利塞人前來對耶穌說:「你離開這裏走吧!因為黑落德要殺你。」耶穌對他們說:「你們去告訴這個狐狸吧!看,我今天明天驅逐魔鬼,第三天就要完畢。但是,今天明天以及後天,我必須前行,因為先知不宜死在耶路撒冷之外。
「耶路撒冷!耶路撒冷!你屢次殘殺先知,用石塊擊斃那些奉命到你這裏來的人;我多少次願意聚集你的子女,如母雞聚集自己的小雞在牠翅翼下,可是你們偏不願意。看吧!你們的家園將成廢墟;但我告訴你們:你們斷不能再看見我,直到你們說:因主名而來的,當受讚頌的時刻來到。」

—上主的話。

(30th Week in Ordinary Time – Thursday)

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke 13:31-35

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! Behold, your house will be abandoned. But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”

—The Gospel of the Lord.

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