All Saints Hampton

All Saints Hampton

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  • Precious People
    Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes
    into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their
    mouth, that is what defiles them.”
    Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees
    were offended when they heard this?”
    He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be
    pulled up by the roots. Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind
    lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
    Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
    “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. “Don’t you see that whatever
    enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the
    things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these
    defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery,
    sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a
    person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
    Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A
    Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of
    David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering
    terribly.”
    Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him,
    “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
    He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
    The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
    He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to
    the dogs.”
    “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from
    their master’s table.”
    Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is
    granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
    * Matthew 15:10-28
    19 min
  • Listen for Christ in the storm
    Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of
    him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed
    them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he
    was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from
    land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
    Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the
    disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,”
    they said, and cried out in fear.
    But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be
    afraid.”
    “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
    “Come,” he said.
    Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward
    Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink,
    cried out, “Lord, save me!”
    Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little
    faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”
    And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who
    were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
    * Matthew 14:22-33
    18 min
  • God’s Kingdom
    He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
    seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest
    of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and
    becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
    He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
    that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it
    worked all through the dough.”
    “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man
    found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and
    bought that field.
    “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.
    When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had
    and bought it.
    “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into
    the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen
    pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish
    in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of
    the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous
    and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and
    gnashing of teeth.
    “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked.
    “Yes,” they replied.
    He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a
    disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings
    out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
    * Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
    19 min
  • The Wheat and the Weeds
    Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who
    sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy
    came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat
    sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
    “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed
    in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
    “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
    “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
    “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may
    uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At
    that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them
    in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
    Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him
    and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
    He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field
    is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The
    weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the
    devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
    “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the
    end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed
    out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They
    will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and
    gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the
    kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
    * Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
    18 min
  • The Master Gardener
    That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large
    crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all
    the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables,
    saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed,
    some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on
    rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly,
    because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were
    scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among
    thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good
    soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was
    sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
    “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the
    message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes
    and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along
    the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the
    word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they
    last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the
    word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to
    someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the
    deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed
    falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands
    it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or
    thirty times what was sown.”
    * Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
    23 min
  • Come to me
    “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in
    the marketplaces and calling out to others:
    “‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
    we sang a dirge,
    and you did not mourn.’
    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton
    and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is
    proved right by her deeds.”
    At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
    because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and
    revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were
    pleased to do.
    “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son
    except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to
    whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
    “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in
    heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my
    burden is light.”
    * Matthew 11:16-18 & 25-30
    13 min
  • Father’s Day
    “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
    It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like
    their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much
    more the members of his household!
    “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not
    be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the
    dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from
    the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the
    soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in
    hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall
    to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your
    head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many
    sparrows.
    “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my
    Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown
    before my Father in heaven.
    “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not
    come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn
    “‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
    a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
    a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
    “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me;
    anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
    Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
    Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my
    sake will find it.
    * Matthew 10:24-39
    17 min
  • Sunday 14th June
    Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their
    synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every
    disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,
    because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
    Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers
    are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into
    his harvest field.”
    Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive
    out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
    These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called
    Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
    Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of
    Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed
    him.
    These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go
    among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the
    lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of
    heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who
    have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
    * Matthew 9:35-10:8
    18 min
  • God is not finished
    As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax
    collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and
    followed him.
    While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and
    sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw
    this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax
    collectors and sinners?”
    On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but
    the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not
    sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
    While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and
    said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and
    she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
    Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up
    behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I
    only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
    Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has
    healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
    When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and
    people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.”
    But they laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he went in
    and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this spread through
    all that region.
    * Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
    17 min

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