SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 | AFTER PENTECOST
PROPER 25
YEAR A
Old Testament & Psalm, Option I
Old Testament Deuteronomy 34:1–12
Psalm Psalm 90:1–6, 13–17
or
Old Testament & Psalm, Option II
Old Testament Leviticus 19:1–2, 15–18
Psalm Psalm 1
New Testament 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8
Gospel Matthew 22:34–46
Revised Common Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).
A Threshing Floor
A Threshing Floor In the ancient world, farmers used threshing floors to separate grain from its inedible husk (chaff) by beating it with a flail or walking animals on it—sometimes while towing a threshing sledge. Sledges were fitted with flint teeth to dehusk the grain more quickly. Other workers would turn the grain over so that it would be evenly threshed by the sledge.
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