Year A Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Psalm 19 Philippians 3:4b-14 Matthew 21:33-46 May the words of my mouth O God…  speak your truth… The writers of Exodus were familiar with various kinds of legal documents…  they knew about many of the different forms used in and around the Near East…  and one of them was the suzerain-vassal treaty...