Daily Scripture

Epistle

Ephesians 5.33-6.9

5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

6:2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

6:3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

6:5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

6:6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

6:7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

6:9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Gospel

Luke 4.16-22

Read in context

16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

Thursday, October 4, 2012