TUESDAY- 21^st WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -A

I Reading: 2Thessalonians 2:1-3. 14-17: Keep the traditions that we taught you.

Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26: You should have practised these matters of the Law, without neglecting the others.

The Eight Accusations against False Religionists, Mt 23:23-26

1. False religionists stress the lighter commandments and neglect the more important ones (v.23-24)

a. They stress the lighter duties and neglect the more important duties

b. They avoid the lesser sins and commit the greater sins

2. False religionists are blind to real cleanness (v.25-25)

a. Their outside appearance clean

b. Their insides are full of greed and self-indulgence

c. Their need: Then the outside will be clean

Thought: The false religionist fails at both points of sin. He/She sins both by omission and commission. He/she neglects the more important duties, and commits the greater duties.

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