Gospel for Thursday, July 30, 2026

Thursday of the seventeenth week of Ordinary Time

Gospel for Thursday, July 30, 2026

A reading from the Holy Gospel, Matthew 13:47-53

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: ⁴⁸Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. ⁴⁹So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, ⁵⁰And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. ⁵²Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. ⁵³And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

First reading Jeremiah 18:1-6

¹The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ²Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. ³Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. ⁴And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. ⁵Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁶O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Scripture quotations: King James Version (KJV), public domain. Mass readings: Roman Lectionary references.