Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.

Mom!

Up the stairs for something.

Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.

Mom, what's for dinner?

Chop, sizzle, done.

Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.

So its phones down, forks up.

Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.

Hi friends. I'm 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, the miracles.

So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, and then I'll pray, and that's it.

Today is day eight.

And I'll be reading Matthew chapters 22 through 24. And this month I'm reading from the CSB version.

Matthew 22. Once more, Jesus spoke to them in parables. The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn't want to come.

Again, he sent out other servants and said,

Tell those who are invited, see, I've prepared my dinner, my oxen, and fat and cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready.

Come to the wedding banquet. But they paid no attention and went away, one to his own farm,

another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

The king was enraged, and he sent out his troops, killed those murderers, and burned down their city. Then he told his servants, the banquet is

ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go then to where the roads exit the city and

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