Saturday in Advent

13Verse 13. You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. 14Verse 14. With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. 15Verse 15. You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters. 16Verse 16. I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us. 17Verse 17. Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls, 18Verse 18. yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! 19Verse 19. GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights!

28Verse 28. But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29Verse 29. ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. 30Verse 30. Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go. 31Verse 31. Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first, ” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. 32Verse 32. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.