Hi friends, I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, and the

miracles. So each month here on Let's Read the Gospels, we read all four books. So go

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of Matthew right along with us. You know how it works? I'm going to read three chapters

to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible. And then I'll pray. And that's

it. So today is June 10th, day 10 of this month. I'll be reading Matthew chapters 12

through 14. And this month, I'm reading from the NRSV. Matthew 12. At that time, Jesus went

through the grain fields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to

pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, look, your disciples

are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath. He said to them, have you not read what

David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and ate the

bread of the presents, which it was not lawful for him or his companions to eat, but only

for the priests. Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath, the priests in

the temple break the Sabbath and yet are guiltless. I tell you something greater than the

temple is here. But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice,

you would not have condemned the guiltless for the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

He left that place and entered their synagogue. A man was there with a withered hand, and

they asked him, is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath so that they might accuse him? He

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