SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 | PENTECOST
NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Old Testament Deuteronomy 10:12–21
Psalm Psalm 2
New Testament 1 Corinthians 1:4–9
Gospel Matthew 22:34–46
Christian Worship One Year 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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