Sunday 30 July 2023 – XVII of Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (13, 44 – 52)

At that time Jesus said to his disciples:
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in the field; a man finds it and hides it; then he goes, full of joy, sells all his possessions and buys that field.
The kingdom of heaven is also like a merchant who goes in search of precious pearls; having found a pearl of great value, he goes, sells all his possessions and buys it.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which catches all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore, sit down, collect the good fish in baskets and cast out the bad ones. So it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the bad from the good and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes.” And he said to them: “Therefore every scribe, having become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who extracts new things and old things from his treasure.”

Word of the Lord.