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Responsorial Psalm,
R: Mere
They deliberately challenged God By demanding food to their hearts' content. They insulted God by saying, 'Can God make a banquet in the desert? R: Even so he gave orders to the skies above, He opened the sluice-gates of heaven; He rained down manna to feed them, He gave them the wheat of heaven; R: Mere mortals ate the bread of the Mighty, He sent them as much food as they could want. He roused an east wind in the heavens, Despatched a south wind by his strength; R: He rained down meat on them like dust, Birds thick as sand on the seashore, Tumbling into the middle of his camp, All around his dwelling-place. R:
Gospel
Matthew 13:1-9
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Mathew. That same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, 2 but such large crowds gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The people all stood on the shore, 3 and he told them many things in parables. He said, 'Listen, a sower went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil and sprang up at once, because there was no depth of earth;6 but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having any roots, they withered away. 7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.8 Others fell on rich soil and produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 Anyone who has ears should listen!'
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