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October 27 Lesson  9 ( KJV ) Grateful Faith Devotional Reading:   John 13:3–11 Background  Scripture :   Luke 7:36–50 Luke 7:37–48 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that  Jesus  sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at  his feet  behind  him  weeping, and began to wash  his feet  with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed  his feet , and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This  man , if  he  were a prophet, would have known  who  and what manner of woman this is that toucheth  him : for she is a sinner. 40 And  Jesus  answering said unto him,  Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.  And he saith,  Master , say on. 41  There wa...

Sunday , October 27, 2019 | Pentecost Twentieth Sunday after Pentecos t Year C Old Testament Habakkuk 1:1–3 , 2:1–4 Old Testament 1 Chronicles 29:1 , 2, 10–18 ( Supplemental ) Psalm Psalm 27 New Testament 2 Timothy 1:3–14 New Testament Romans 6:15–23 ( Supplementa l) Gospel Luke 17:1–10   Christian Worship Three Year Lectionary (with Supplemental Lectionary) . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Sunday , October 27, 2019 | Pentecost Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Old Testament Exodus 15:22–26 Psalm Psalm 139 New Testament Ephesians 4:22–28 Gospel Matthew 9:1–8   Christian Worship One Year Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Sunday , October 27, 2019 | After Pentecost Proper 25 Year C Old Testament Joel 2:23–32 Psalm Psalm 65 (UMH 789) New Testament 2 Timothy 4:6–8 , 16–18 Gospel Luke 18:9–14   Vanderbilt...

Today's Scripture Mark 2:13–17

Insight  Tax collectors were despised and hated by the Jews because they were regarded as mercenaries and traitors who worked for the hated Roman conquerors who subjugated them. They also collected more than what was legally mandated, pocketing the excess and dishonestly enriching themselves at the expense of their own people ( Luke 3:13–14 ). The term “sinners” was used to describe the notoriously wicked—reprobates who rejected God’s law . The Pharisees also used “sinners” to include anyone who didn’t meticulously maintain ceremonial purity or follow their rigid standards. Tax collectors were deliberately lumped together with sinners to show how degenerate and wicked the tax collectors were. Jesus was invited to dine with all sorts of people, even with the Pharisees ( Luke 7:36 ; 11:37 ; 14:1 ). But  He ate so often with social and religious outcasts—considered to be the scum of society—that He earned the reputation of being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners”...

When we realize that we’re all “sick” and in need of a doctor ( Romans 3:10 ), we can better appreciate Jesus’s willingness to eat with the “sinners and tax collectors” —us. In turn, like the health care workers in San Francisco, Jesus appointed us as His “street team” to take His saving message to others in need. By:    Kirsten Holmberg Reflect & Pray How did Jesus seek you out? To whom can you take the medicine of Jesus ? Thank You , Jesus , for meeting me in my condition.