Proper 26A

• Joshua 3.7-17
• 1Thessalonians 2.9-13
• Matthew 23.1-12

Homily

You really ought to listen to the Pharisees, says Jesus. Their teaching is good. Do what they say. Just don’t do as they do – they don’t practise what they preach! Ouch! Jesus could be quite devastating. But it wasn’t just Jesus who had a go at the Pharisees.