Thursday, December 27, 2040

Thursday of the 27th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: December 14

Epistle

1 Timothy 6.17-21

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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

Mark 9.10-16

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10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.Log in to add notes

11And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?Log in to add notes

12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.Log in to add notes

13But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.Log in to add notes

14And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.Log in to add notes

15And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.Log in to add notes

16And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?Log in to add notes