Ezekiel 36:23-28
Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Matthew 22:1-14
Ezekiel 36:23-28
(23) And I will sanctify my great name, which was defiled among the Gentiles, which you have defiled in their midst. So may the Gentiles know that I am the Lord, says the Lord of hosts, when I will have been sanctified in you, before their eyes. (24) Certainly, I will take you away from the Gentiles, and I will gather you together from all the lands, and I will lead you into your own land. (25) And I will pour clean water over you, and you shall be cleansed from all your filth, and I will cleanse you from all your idols. (26) And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh. (27) And I will place my Spirit in your midst. And I will act so that you may walk in my precepts and keep my judgments, and so that you may fulfill them. (28) And you shall live in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
(12) Create a clean heart in me, O God. And renew an upright spirit within my inmost being. (13) Do not cast me away from your face; and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. (14) Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and confirm me with an unsurpassed spirit. (15) I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you. (18) For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted. (19) A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.
Matthew 22:1-14
(1) And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: (2) “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. (3) And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come. (4) Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’ (5) But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business. (6) Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them. (7) But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city. (8) Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy. (9) Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’ (10) And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests. (11) Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment. (12) And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck. (13) Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (14) For many are called, but few are chosen.’ ”
