Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thursday of the 27th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: December 2

Epistle

1 Timothy 6.17-21

Read in context

17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;Log in to add notes

18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;Log in to add notes

19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.Log in to add notes

20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:Log in to add notes

21Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 20.9-18

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9Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.Log in to add notes

10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.Log in to add notes

11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.Log in to add notes

12And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.Log in to add notes

13Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.Log in to add notes

14But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.Log in to add notes

15So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?Log in to add notes

16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.Log in to add notes

17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?Log in to add notes

18Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.Log in to add notes