Amos 2:6-10, 13-16

6Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Israel, and now four— I will not take it back — Because they hand over the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; 7 They trample the heads of the destitute into the dust of the earth, and force the lowly out of the way. Son and father sleep with the same girl, profaning my holy name. 8 Upon garments taken in pledge they recline beside any altar. Wine at treasury expense they drink in their temples. 9 Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, who were as tall as cedars, and as strong as oak trees. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots beneath. 10 It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, and who led you through the desert for forty years, to occupy the land of the Amorites; 13 Look, I am groaning beneath you, as a wagon groans when laden with sheaves. 14 Flight shall elude the swift, and the strong shall not retain strength; The warrior shall not save his life, 15 nor shall the archer stand his ground; The swift of foot shall not escape, nor shall the horseman save his life. 16 And the most stouthearted of warriors shall flee naked on that day — oracle of the LORD.

Psalms 50:16-23

16 But to the wicked God says: “Why do you recite my commandments and profess my covenant with your mouth? 17 You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you! 18 If you see a thief, you run with him; with adulterers you throw in your lot. 19 You give your mouth free rein for evil; you yoke your tongue to deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother, slandering your mother’s son. 21 When you do these things should I be silent? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay out the matter before your eyes. 22 “Now understand this, you who forget God, lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer. 23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; I will let him whose way is steadfast look upon the salvation of God.”

Matthew 8:18-22

18h When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side. 19 A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” 21 Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”

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