Saturday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce. 2Verse 2. And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room. 3Verse 3. Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located. 4Verse 4. Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” 5Verse 5. He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6Verse 6. Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” 7Verse 7. Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 8Verse 8. Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy. 9Verse 9. “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10Verse 10. Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” 11Verse 11. Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. 12Verse 12. On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. 13Verse 13. I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. 14Verse 14. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’” 15Verse 15. Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16Verse 16. but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel. 17Verse 17. “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.” 18Verse 18. So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

1Verse 1. Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. 2Verse 2. At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. 3Verse 3. But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4Verse 4. Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully. 5Verse 5. He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed. 6Verse 6. Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said. 7Verse 7. But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8Verse 8. So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9Verse 9. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 10Verse 10. Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 11Verse 11. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’ ?” 12Verse 12. At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.