Tuesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time - Matt 9: 32-37
Daily Gospel Exegesis
Logical Bible Study
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🗓️ 7 July 2025
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Matthew 9: 32-37 - 'The harvest is rich but the labourers are few.'
Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:
- 2611 (In 'Jesus teaches us how to pray') - The prayer of faith consists not only in saying “Lord, Lord,” but in disposing the heart to do the will of the Father. Jesus calls his disciples to bring into their prayer this concern for cooperating with the divine plan.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to Daily Gospel Exegesis, where we look at the gospel reading from today's Catholic Mass, and we try to provide an exegesis of the text. |
| 0:23.3 | What's the text really saying on the literal level? |
| 0:26.9 | Today we're going to look at Matthew chapter 9, verses 32 to 37. |
| 0:34.0 | A man was brought to Jesus, a dumb demoniac, and when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, |
| 0:41.9 | and the people were amazed. |
| 0:43.9 | Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel, they said, but the Pharisees said, it is through |
| 0:50.6 | the prince of devils that he casts out devils. |
| 0:54.2 | Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, |
| 0:57.9 | teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, |
| 1:02.3 | and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness. |
| 1:07.2 | And when he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them |
| 1:10.0 | because they were harassed and dejected, |
| 1:12.6 | like sheep without a shepherd. |
| 1:14.6 | Then he said to his disciples, |
| 1:16.6 | The harvest is rich, but the labourers are few. |
| 1:20.6 | So ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. |
| 1:25.6 | So what's the context? What's been happening just before this passage? send labourers to his harvest. |
| 1:29.9 | So, what's the context? |
| 1:31.8 | What's been happening just before this passage? |
| 1:35.2 | That's where we should always start when we're thinking about doing an exegesis. |
| 1:39.2 | So in chapters 8 and 9, Jesus has been moving through Galilee. |
| 1:43.6 | He's been doing lots of different healings and he's been teaching in their synagogues. And in the passage just |
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