Sunday between 5 and 11 June
(if after Trinity Sunday)
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
First Reading - Genesis 3.8-15
A reading from the book of Genesis.
The man and the woman
heard the Lord God
walking in the garden
in the cool
of the evening breeze.
And they hid themselves
from the presence
of the Lord God
amongst the trees
of the garden.
The Lord God
called out, ‘Where are you?’
The man said, ‘I heard you
in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked;
and I hid myself.’
The Lord God said, ‘Who told you
that you were naked?
Have you eaten
the fruit
of the tree
that I commanded you
not to eat?’
The man said, ‘The woman you gave
to be
with me -
she gave me
fruit
from the tree,
and I ate.’
The Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this
that you
have done?’
The woman said, ‘The serpent
tricked me,
and I ate.’
The Lord God
said to the serpent, ‘Because
you have
done this,
you are cursed, all your days,
more than
all other
creatures and animals,
to go about upon your belly,
and eat dust.
And there will be conflict,
between you and the woman,
and between
your offspring
and hers.
They will strike you
on the head,
and you will strike them
on the heel.’
This is the word of the Lord.
Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 4.13-15
A reading from the second letter of Paul
to the Corinthians.
In the Psalms,
it says, ‘I believe, and so I speak,
even though I am afflicted’.
In the same spirit of faith,
even though we are afflicted,
we believe, and so we speak.
We believe
that the one who raised the Lord Jesus
from the dead
will raise up, with Jesus, all who trust in him.
And so we speak,
to make God’s grace known to you,
and to countless more,
to the greater
praise and glory of God.
This is the word of the Lord.
Gospel - Mark 3.20-35
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Mark.
The crowd around Jesus at the house
was so large
that Jesus and the disciples
were not able even to eat.
When his family heard of it, they went there, to try
to take him away,
saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’
Meanwhile, the teachers of the law, from Jerusalem,
were saying, ‘He is possessed by the devil!
And that is how he drives out demons!’
But Jesus said to them, ‘How can the devil
drive out the devil?
A kingdom that is divided against itself
will fall.
If the devil is divided, and working against himself,
he is already defeated.
To plunder the house of someone powerful
you first have to defeat them.’
And because they had accused him
of working
not by the Holy Spirit,
but by the devil,
Jesus said, ‘People will be forgiven all their sins,
and whatever slanders they utter;
but this slander against the Holy Spirit
is unforgivable.’
Then his mother and his brothers arrived,
but they remained outside,
because of the crowds.
Those sitting around Jesus, in the house,
said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers
are outside, and they are asking for you.’
Jesus said to them, ‘Who are my
mother and my brothers?’
And looking at those around him,
he said, ‘Here are my mother, and my brothers!
Whoever does the will of God
is my mother, and sister, and brother!’
This is the Gospel of the Lord.