Daily Mass Readings for July 18, 2026: Gospel — Mt 12,14-21

¹ Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. ² They confiscate the fields they desire and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes and deprive people of the land they have inherited. ³ Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe. ⁴ In that day people will sing this taunt song to you— they will mock you with this lament: ‘We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’” ⁵ Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.