A reading from the Book of Genesis. Chapter 9. And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. And to your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plant, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. And for your life blood, I will require a reckoning. From every beast, I will require it. And from man, from his fellow man, I will require a reckoning for the life of man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. And you be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it. Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'Behold, I established my covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.

It is for every beast of the earth. I established my covenant with you that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I make between you and every living creature that is with you for all future generations. I I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the water shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between between me and all flesh that is on the earth. The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japhith.

Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the people of the whole earth were dispersed. Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japhith took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, Cursed be Canaan. A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers. He also said, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. May God enlarge Japhith, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. ' After the flood, Noah He lived 350 years. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died. These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japhith.

Sons were born to them after the flood. The sons of Japhoth, Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javen, Tubal, Meshek, and Tires. The sons of Gomer, Ashkanaash, Rephith, and Tegarma. The sons of Javen, Elisha, Tarshish, Kittam, and Dhodanim. From these the coastland people spread in their lands, each with his own language by their clans in their nations. The sons of Ham, Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush, Seba, Havala, Sabta, Reima, and Saptica. The sons of Reema, Sheba, and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore, it is said, like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Eirek, Aked, and Kalna, and the land of Shinar. From that land, he went into Assyria and built Nineveh. Rehoboth ear, Kala, and reason between Nineveh and Kyla. That is the great city. Egypt fathered Lutam, Annamum, Lehabim, Naphthahim, Pathrushim, Kastlehem, from whom the Philistines came, and Kapterim. Canaan fathered Siden, his first born in Heth, and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Gergoshites, the Hivites, the Archites, the Cinnites, the Arvidites, the Zemmerites, and the Hamathites.

Afterward, the clans of the Canaanites dispersed, and the territory of the Canaanites extended from Siden in the direction of Gerar as far as Geza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gamora, Adma, and Zboam as far as Lashah. These are the sons of Ham by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japhith, children were born. The sons of Shem, Elam, Asher, Arpatchet, Ludd, and Eram, the sons of Eram, Us, Hul, Geither, and Mash. Arpatchet fathered Sheila, and Sheila fathered Eber. To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Jokhtan. Jokhtan fathered Almodad, Sheelef, Hazarmaveth, Jira, Hadoram, Usal, Dikla, Obal, Abimiel, Sheba, Ofer, Havala, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Jokhtan. The territory in which they lived extended from Misha in the direction of Cepher to the hill country of the east. These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations.

And from these, the nation spread abroad on earth after After the flood. A reading from the Book of Psalm.

To the Chriermaster for the Flutes, a Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my groaning. Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice. In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch, for you are not a God who delights in wickedness. Evil may not dwell with you. The The boasts shall not stand before your eyes. You hate all evildoers. You destroy those who speak lies. The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of my enemies. Make your way straight before me, for there is no truth in their mouth. Their innmost self is destruction. Their throat is an open grave. They flatter with their tongue. Make them bear their guilt, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Because of the abundance of their transgressions, cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. But let all who take refuge in you, rejoice.

Let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exalt in you, for you bless the righteous, O Lord. You cover him with favor, as with a shield.

A reading of the gospel according to Matthew.

Judge not that you be not judged, for with the judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take this speck out of your eye when there is the log in your own eye? ' You hypocrite. First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. Ax, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be open to you. For everyone who acts, receives. And the one who seeks, finds. And to the one who knocks, it will be open. Or which one of you If his son asks him for bread, we'll give him a stone. Or if he asks for a fish, we'll give him a serpent.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him? So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the law and the prophets. Enter by the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thisdles? So every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the deceased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a deceased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, you will recognize them by their fruits. Not everyone who says to me, 'lord, lord, ' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

On that day, many will say to me, 'lord, lord, did we not prophesy die in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name, and then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of lawlessness. ' Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.