Today’s gospel lesson from Matthew is only heard at this daily Eucharist, every other year, when a commemoration doesn’t take precedence. The parallel passages from Mark and Luke are also heard at daily Eucharists. Of course, all of these lessons are read one way or another at Daily Morning and Evening Prayer. That said, one might say concerning the narratives of Mark, Matthew, and Luke, this is the moment when the Pharisees in Mark and Matthew decide to destroy Jesus and in Luke “[the Pharisees] were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.”[1]
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