The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost; 2 October 2022; Proper 22C (RCL); Lamentations 1:1-6; Lamentations 3:19-26; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10.
The “parable” of the mulberry tree is confusing. Why would anyone want to plant a mulberry tree in the middle of the sea, anyway? I think Luke may be mixing sayings here; both Mark and Matthew have Jesus make a statement about having faith and saying to this mountain be cast into the sea and it would obey. That at least makes a little sense — but planting trees in the sea?
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