Sunday, July 13, 1980

Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles

Fasting: No fastPolyeleosJulian: June 30

Epistle

Romans 15.1-7

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1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Log in to add notes

2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.Log in to add notes

3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.Log in to add notes

4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.Log in to add notes

5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:Log in to add notes

6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

7Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.Log in to add notes

Epistle — Apostles

1 Corinthians 4.9-16

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9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.Log in to add notes

10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.Log in to add notes

11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;Log in to add notes

12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:Log in to add notes

13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.Log in to add notes

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.Log in to add notes

15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.Log in to add notes

16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 9.27-35

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27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.Log in to add notes

28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.Log in to add notes

29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.Log in to add notes

30And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.Log in to add notes

31But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.Log in to add notes

32As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.Log in to add notes

33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.Log in to add notes

34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.Log in to add notes

35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.Log in to add notes

Gospel — Apostles

Mark 3.13-19

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13And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.Log in to add notes

14And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,Log in to add notes

15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:Log in to add notes

16And Simon he surnamed Peter;Log in to add notes

17And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:Log in to add notes

18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,Log in to add notes

19And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.Log in to add notes