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This year, we are reading through all four Gospels.

Join us as we invite God to plant seeds of faith in our lives through His Holy Word.

Welcome back to the Catholic Sprouts podcast.

Today is day 37 of our journey through the Gospels this year.

We are reading the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 21, verses 23 through 49, where we will hear among other things the parable of the two sons. Today I'm reading from the new American translation

of the Bible. I encourage you to follow along and take notes, and most importantly, keep your heart prayerfully open to God's message.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Send forth your spirit, and they shall be created, and you will renew the face of the earth.

Amen.

In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Matthew,

chapter 21, verses 23 through 49.

When he had come into the temple area,

the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him

as he was teaching and said,

By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?

Jesus said to them in reply, I shall ask you one question. And if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things.

Where was John's baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?

They discussed this among themselves and said,

If we say of heavenly origin, he will say to us, then why did you not believe him? But if we say

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