This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlinks will take you to additional translations. Italicized hyperlinks will take you to resources about the meaning of the original Hebrew or Greek words. Excerpts from those resources are in blue. Text highlighted in yellow tells us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him. Text in green tells us about something God wants us to do. Text in red describe what God tells us not to do.
Reading 1
for the house of Israel; when you hear me say anything, you shall warn them for me. If I tell the wicked, “O wicked one, you shall surely die,” and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way, the wicked shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death. But if you warn the wicked, trying to turn him from his way, and he refuses to turn from his way, he shall die for his guilt, but you shall save yourself.
to look out or about, spy, keep watch, observe, watch; watch closely; to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance;to observe, await; to view; to observe accurately;
admonish, warn, teach, shine, send out light, be light, be shining;to gleam;to enlighten (by caution):—admonish, shine, teach, (give) warn(-ing); to make shine; dissuade; to be brilliant, give fort light
to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing; to speak with one another, talk;answer; pronounce; teach; use (entreaties), utter; to lead, to guide; to direct a people; admonish; to speak kindly, console; to speak friendly, peaceably with anyone; to announce welfare
Responsorial Psalm
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.”
to be hard, be severe, be fierce, be harsh; to make difficult, make difficulty;to make severe, make burdensome; make stiff, make stubborn; obstinacy; to show stubbornness; to be dense, i.e. tough or severe; be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous; be sore.
to shout, raise a sound, cry out, give a blast; make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Reading 2
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love* does no evil to the neighbor; hence, love* is the fulfillment of the law.
Verb; is not an impulse from the feelings, it does not always run with the natural inclinations, nor does it spend itself only upon those for whom some affinity is discovered; this is not the love of complacency, or affection, that is, it was not drawn out by any excellency in its objects; Love seeks the welfare of all; love seeks opportunity to do good to all men
to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly; to have a preference for, wish well to, regard the welfare of; to take pleasure in the thing, prize it above other things, be unwilling to abandon it or do without it; to welcome with desire, long for
Noun;affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell* the church. If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
by conviction to bring to the light, to expose; correct; to call to account, show one his fault; admonish; tell a fault, rebuke, reprove
to speak, say
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If I tell the wicked, “O wicked one, you shall surely die,” and you do not speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way, the wicked shall die for his guilt, but I will hold you responsible for his death
if you warn the wicked, trying to turn him from his way, and he refuses to turn from his way, he shall die for his guilt, but you shall save yourself.
he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides
the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Love does no evil to the neighbor
love is the fulfillment of the law
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ
entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven
whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven
if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them
you shall warn them for me
speak out to dissuade the wicked from his way
sing joyfully to the LORD
acclaim the rock of our salvation.
come into his presence with thanksgiving
joyfully sing psalms to him
bow down in worship
kneel before the LORD
hear his voice
Owe nothing to anyone
love one another
love your neighbor as yourself
Love does no evil to the neighbor
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone
If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you
If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church
If he refuses to listen even to the church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector.
harden not your hearts
harden not your hearts
harden not your hearts
Harden not your hearts
harden not your hearts
You shall not commit adultery
you shall not kill
you shall not steal
you shall not covet
