MISSALWITH ILLUSTRATIONS

Readings from the Bible for the RomanCatholic liturgy in the ordinary

form in the year A in ordinary time

MISSALWITH ILLUSTRATIONS

Readings from the Bible for the Roman Catholic liturgyin the ordinary form in the year A in ordinary time

info@missale.netcover: Holy Trinity (Robert Campin, 1433, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

Liturgical Calendar for Sundays and feasts— 2013 — 2014 —

January19 Su ........... 526 Su ........... 6February2 Su ............. 79 Su ............. 816 Su ........... 923 Su ......... 10March2 Su ........... 11

June15 Su ........... 119 Th ........... 222 Su ......... 1527 F ............. 3July6 Su ........... 1713 Su ......... 1820 Su ......... 1927 Su ......... 20

August3 Su ........... 2110 Su ......... 2217 Su ......... 2324 Su ......... 2431 Su ......... 25September7 Su ........... 2614 Su ......... 2721 Su ......... 28

28 Su ......... 29October5 Su ........... 3012 Su ......... 3119 Su ......... 3226 Su ......... 33November9 Su ........... 3516 Su ......... 3623 Su ......... 37

— 2016 — 2017 —January15 Su ........... 522 Su ........... 629 Su ........... 7February5 Su ............. 812 Su ........... 919 Su ......... 1026 Su ......... 11June11 Su ........... 115 Th ........... 218 Su ......... 1423 F ............. 325 Su ......... 15July2 Su ........... 169 Su ........... 1716 Su ......... 1823 Su ......... 1930 Su ......... 20August6 Su ........... 2113 Su ......... 2220 Su ......... 2327 Su ......... 24

September3 Su ........... 2510 Su ......... 2617 Su ......... 2724 Su ......... 28October1 Su ........... 298 Su ........... 3015 Su ......... 3122 Su ......... 3229 Su ......... 33November5 Su ........... 3412 Su ......... 3519 Su ......... 3626 Su ......... 37

READINGS FORSUNDAYS AND FEASTS

ORDINARY FORM OFTHE ROMAN RITE

YEAR A

ORDINARY TIME

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Savior

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THE HOLY TRINITYJn 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the worldmight be saved through him.

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Fr. Stephen, MSC, Corpus Christi, 2011 - ©Fr. Stephen, MSC

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CORPUS CHRISTIJn 6:57-58a

Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the onewho feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down fromheaven.

3

Come to me you weary one

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SACRED HEART OF JESUSMt 11:28-30

And I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek andhumble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and myburden light.".

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Raul Bersoza, Corazón Inmaculado de María de Fátima, 2012 - ©Raul Bersoza

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IMMACULATE HEART OF MARYMt 9:14-15

Then the disciples of John approached him and said, "Why do we and the Phariseesfast (much), but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the weddingguests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when thebridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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Andrea del Verrocchio, De doop van Christus, ca. 1472 - 1475 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

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SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEJn 1:32-33

John testified further, saying, "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from the sky andremain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with watertold me, 'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one whowill baptize with the holy Spirit.'.

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Lois Russell, Fishers of men - ©Lois Russell

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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 4:18-21

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is calledPeter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. Hesaid to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." At once they lefttheir nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers,James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their fatherZebedee, mending their nets. He called them.

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Giusto de' Menabuoi, Paradise, 1376 (Baptistry, Padua)

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FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 5:3-9

For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will becomforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they whohunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

8

Het zout

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 5:13

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? Itis no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

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Keith Fieler, Hand eye guy, 2010 - ©kfieler

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 5:29-30

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you tolose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. Andif your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you tolose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.

10

Like

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SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME1 Cor 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you considers himself wise in this age,let him become a fool so as to become wise.

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Pauline Baynes, Saint Francis of Assisi - ©Pauline Baynes

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EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 6:26

Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they?

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Daily Grace, Build on the rock, 2012 - ©Daily Grace

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NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 7:24-27

"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wiseman who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blewand buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. Andeveryone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like afool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blewand buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.".

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Caravaggio, The calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600 (San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome)

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TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 9:9

As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customspost. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

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12 aposteles

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 10:1-4

And gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure everydisease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simoncalled Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son ofAlphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

15

Megachurch worship

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TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 10:28-32

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, beafraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not twosparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without yourFather's knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid;you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me beforeothers I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.

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Gezinsfoto

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THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 10:37

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoeverloves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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Ikone Gottesmutter die Helferin in der Geburt

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FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son exceptthe Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Sonwishes to reveal him.

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Johan Thorn Prikker, De Zaaier, 1909 (Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam)

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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 13:3b-9

And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fellon rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was notdeep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. Someseed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some seed fell onrich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears oughtto hear.".

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Stained Glass Parables of Jesus Cutouts - ©catholicartworks.com

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 13:34-35

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only inparables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: "I will open my mouth inparables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation (of the world).".

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Master of the Berlin Sketchbook, Anna selbdritt, 1525 (Musee des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg)

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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 13:44

Which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has andbuys that field.

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Georges Meertens, Zonder titel, 1957 (Breda's Museum) - ©Georges Meertens

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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 14:19-21

And he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the twofish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave themto the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied,and they picked up the fragments left over --twelve wicker baskets full. Those who atewere about five thousand men, not counting women and children.

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Jesus walks on the lake

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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 14:28-31

Peter said to him in reply, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on thewater." He said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the watertoward Jesus. But when he saw how (strong) the wind was he became frightened; and,beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Immediately Jesus stretched out hishand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?".

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Pieter Lastman, The Canaanite Woman, 1617 (Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam)

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TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 15:21-28

Then Jesus went from that place and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Andbehold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, "Have pity on me,Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not say a wordin answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, "Send her away, for she keepscalling out after us." He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the houseof Israel." But the woman came and did him homage, saying, "Lord, help me." He saidin reply, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." Shesaid, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of theirmasters." Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be donefor you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

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Pope Benedictus XVI prays the rosary

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TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 16:18-19

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, andthe gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys tothe kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; andwhatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.".

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Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1601 (Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome)

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TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 16:24-26

Take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, butwhoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one togain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

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Anthony Falbo, A Cubist Prayer, 2012 - ©Anthony Falbo

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TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 18:19-20

Again, (amen,) I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which theyare to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or threeare gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.".

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John Everett Millais, The Unmerciful Servant, 1864

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TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 18:23-27

That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settleaccounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was broughtbefore him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way of paying it back, hismaster ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property,in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, 'Bepatient with me, and I will pay you back in full.' Moved with compassion the master ofthat servant let him go and forgave him the loan.

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Codex Aureus Epternacensis, Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, 11th century

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TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 20:9-16

When those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual dailywage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but eachof them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against thelandowner, saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made themequal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.' He said to one of them in reply,'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? (Or)am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I amgenerous?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.".

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Ang Talinghaga Patungkol sa Dalawang Anak

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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 21:28-31a

"What is your opinion? A man had two sons. He came to the first and said, 'Son, go outand work in the vineyard today.' He said in reply, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changedhis mind and went. The man came to the other son and gave the same order. He saidin reply, 'Yes, sir,' but did not go. Which of the two did his father's will?".

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Derrick Grant, The Crucifixion - ©Derrick Grant

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TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 21:33-40

Put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it totenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants tothe tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one theybeat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, morenumerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he senthis son to them, thinking, 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw theson, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire hisinheritance.' They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What willthe owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?".

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Enguerrand Quarton, Le Couronnement de la Vierge, 1454 (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France)

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TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 22:8-10

Then he said to his servants, 'The feast is ready, but those who were invited werenot worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feastwhomever you find.' The servants went out into the streets and gathered all theyfound, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests.

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Geeft dan aan de keizer wat de keizer toekomt, en aan God wat God toekomt

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TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 22:15-21

Went off and plotted how they might entrap him in speech. They sent their disciplesto him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are a truthful manand that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. And you are notconcerned with anyone's opinion, for you do not regard a person's status. Tell us, then,what is your opinion: Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?" Knowing theirmalice, Jesus said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? Show me the coin thatpays the census tax." Then they handed him the Roman coin. He said to them, "Whoseimage is this and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." At that he said to them,"Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.".

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Ten Commandments

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THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 22:37-40

He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all yoursoul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. Thesecond is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and theprophets depend on these two commandments.".

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Pope Francis official photograph, 2013

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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 23:8-12

As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called'Master'; you have but one master, the Messiah. The greatest among you must be yourservant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will beexalted.

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The Parable of the Ten Virgins

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THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARYTIMEMt 25:10-13

While they went off to buy it, the bridegroom came and those who were ready wentinto the wedding feast with him. Then the door was locked. Afterwards the othervirgins came and said, 'Lord, Lord, open the door for us!' But he said in reply, 'Amen,I say to you, I do not know you.' Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the daynor the hour.

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Jesus Mafa, Parable of the Three Servants, 1973 ("Art in the Christian Tradition") - ©Jesus Mafa

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THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 25:20-26

The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. Hesaid, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.' His master saidto him, 'Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in smallmatters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.' (Then)the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, 'Master, you gaveme two talents. See, I have made two more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, mygood and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you greatresponsibilities. Come, share your master's joy.' Then the one who had received theone talent came forward and said, 'Master, I knew you were a demanding person,harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out offear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.' His master saidto him in reply, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did notplant and gather where I did not scatter?

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Toon en Luk spelen dokter, 2011

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CHRIST THE KINGMt 25:40

And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one ofthese least brothers of mine, you did for me.'.

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