Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17

1. 3

   Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

2. 4

   Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3. 5

   For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.

4. 6

   To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

5. 12

   Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

6. 13

   Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

7. 17

   O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Second Reading

Romans 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19

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Gospel

Matthew 4:1-11

1. 1

   Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

2. 2

   And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

3. 3

   And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

4. 4

   Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

5. 5

   Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple,

6. 6

   And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone.

7. 7

   Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

8. 8

   Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,

9. 9

   And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

10. 10

    Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.

11. 11

    Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.