Achrei Mot-Kedoshim — 6/21/25

Torah: Leviticus 18:22 - 19:14 (23)

Gospel: Matthew 21:28-22:14 (33)

Passages

Torah — Leviticus 18:22 - 19:14

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Leviticus 18:22 - 19:14

18:22 And you shall not lie with a male as lying with a woman; that is a detestable thing.
18:23 And you shall not have sexual relations with any animal, becoming unclean with it; and a woman shall not stand before an animal to copulate with it—that is a perversion.
18:24 “‘You must not make yourself unclean in any of these things, because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.
18:25 So the land became unclean, and I have brought the punishment of its guilt upon it, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants.
18:26 But you (neither the native nor the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not practice any of these detestable things
18:27 (because the people of the land, who were before you, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean),
18:28 so that the land will not vomit you out when you make it unclean just as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
18:29 Indeed, anyone who does any of these detestable things, even those persons who do so shall be cut off from the midst of their people.
18:30 Thus you shall keep my obligation to not do any of the statutes regarding the detestable things that they did before you, so that you will not make yourselves unclean by them; I am Yahweh your God.’”
19:1 Yahweh Is Holy Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
19:2 “Speak to all the community of the Israelites, and say to them, ‘You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
19:3 Each of you must revere your mother and your father, and you must keep my Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.
19:4 You must not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal; I am Yahweh your God.
19:5 “‘And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you must sacrifice it for your acceptance.
19:6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and the next day; but the remainder must be burned up in the fire by the third day.
19:7 And if it is indeed eaten on the third day, it is unclean meat; it shall not be regarded as accepted.
19:8 And the one who eats it shall bear his guilt, because he has profaned Yahweh’s holiness, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
19:9 Love Your Neighbor as Yourself “‘And at your reaping the harvest of your land you must not finish reaping the edge of your field, and you must not glean the remnants of your harvest.
19:10 And you must not glean your vineyard, and you must not gather your vineyard’s fallen grapes; you must leave them behind for the needy and for the alien; I am Yahweh your God.
19:11 “‘You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie to one another;
19:12 and you shall not swear falsely in my name, and so one of you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
19:13 “‘You shall not exploit your neighbor, and you shall not rob him; a hired worker’s wage you shall not withhold overnight until morning.
19:14 You shall not curse the deaf, and you shall not put a stumbling block before a blind person, but you shall revere your God; I am Yahweh.

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Gospel — Matthew 21:28-22:14

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Matthew 21:28-22:14

21:28 The Parable of the Two Sons “Now what do you think? A man had two sons. He approached the first and said, ‘Son, go work in the vineyard today.’
21:29 And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to!’ But later he changed his mind and went.
21:30 And he approached the second and said the same thing. So he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and he did not go.
21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God!
21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him. And when you saw it, you did not even change your minds later so as to believe in him.
21:33 The Parable of the Tenant Farmers in the Vineyard “Listen to another parable: There was a man—a master of a house—who planted a vineyard, and put a fence around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
21:34 And when the season of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the tenant farmers to collect his fruit.
21:35 And the tenant farmers seized his slaves, one of whom they beat, and one of whom they killed, and one of whom they stoned.
21:36 Again, he sent other slaves, more than the first ones, and they did the same thing to them.
21:37 So finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
21:38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!’
21:39 And they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
21:40 Now when the master of the vineyard arrives, what will he do to those tenant farmers?”
21:41 They said to him, “He will destroy those evil men completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season.”
21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the cornerstone. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
21:43 For this reason, I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruits.
21:44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls—it will crush him!”
21:45 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them,
21:46 and although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they looked upon him as a prophet.
22:1 The Parable of the Wedding Celebration And continuing, Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
22:2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man—a king—who gave a wedding celebration for his son.
22:3 And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding celebration, and they did not want to come.
22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding celebration!”’
22:5 But they paid no attention and went away—this one to his own field, that one to his business.
22:6 And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated them and killed them.
22:7 And the king was angry and sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
22:8 Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.
22:9 Therefore, go out to the places where the roads exit the city and invite to the wedding celebration as many people as you find.’
22:10 And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered everyone whom they found, both evil and good, and the wedding celebration was filled with dinner guests.
22:11 But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there not dressed in wedding clothes.
22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?’ But he could say nothing.
22:13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
22:14 For many are called but few are chosen.”

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