Wednesday, November 20, 2041

Wednesday of the 24th week after Pentecost

Fasting: FastJulian: November 7

Epistle

1 Thessalonians 4.1-12

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1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.Log in to add notes

2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.Log in to add notes

3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:Log in to add notes

4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;Log in to add notes

5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:Log in to add notes

6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.Log in to add notes

7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.Log in to add notes

8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.Log in to add notes

9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.Log in to add notes

10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;Log in to add notes

11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;Log in to add notes

12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 12.48-59

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48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.Log in to add notes

49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?Log in to add notes

50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!Log in to add notes

51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:Log in to add notes

52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.Log in to add notes

53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.Log in to add notes

54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.Log in to add notes

55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.Log in to add notes

56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?Log in to add notes

57Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?Log in to add notes

58When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.Log in to add notes

59I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.Log in to add notes