Gospel Reading for 18 November 2023 | Luke 18:1-8
When the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?
When the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?
Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
As the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of man be in his day.
Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
When you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty’.
‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.’
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
The master commended the dishonest steward for his prudence; for the sons of this world are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.
Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’