Monday, November 24, 2042

Monday of the 26th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: November 11

Epistle

1 Timothy 1.1-7

Read in context

1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;Log in to add notes

2Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.Log in to add notes

3As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,Log in to add notes

4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.Log in to add notes

5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:Log in to add notes

6From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;Log in to add notes

7Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 14.12-15

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12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.Log in to add notes

13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:Log in to add notes

14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.Log in to add notes

15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.Log in to add notes