Saturday, January 4, 2042

Saturday of the 30th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: December 22

Epistle

Ephesians 5.1-8

Read in context

1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;Log in to add notes

2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.Log in to add notes

3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;Log in to add notes

4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.Log in to add notes

5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.Log in to add notes

6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.Log in to add notes

7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.Log in to add notes

8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 16.10-15

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10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.Log in to add notes

11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?Log in to add notes

12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?Log in to add notes

13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.Log in to add notes

14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.Log in to add notes

15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.Log in to add notes