Gospel Reading for 8 November 2023 | Luke 14:25-33
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
Every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
Then he took him and healed him, and let him go.
I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’
All his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.