Tenth Sunday after Pentecost; 14 August 2022; Proper 15C (RCL); Isaiah 5:1-7; Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18; Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2; Luke 12:49-56.
The saying about bringing division, not peace, and households divided against themselves comes from Q material (it is found also in Matthew, but not Mark). Burton Mack identifies this as coming from the second layer of the Q tradition, expressing frustration at the failure of the message of the kingdom. That’s the layer of tradition that gives us the imprecations against various villages. Mack points out that by the third layer of tradition the Q community had reached some sort of accommodation to the status quo.
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