Tuesday, December 1, 2043

Tuesday of the 24th week after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastJulian: November 18

Epistle

1 Thessalonians 3.9-13

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9For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;Log in to add notes

10Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?Log in to add notes

11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.Log in to add notes

12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:Log in to add notes

13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 14.25-35

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25And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,Log in to add notes

26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Log in to add notes

27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.Log in to add notes

28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?Log in to add notes

29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,Log in to add notes

30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.Log in to add notes

31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?Log in to add notes

32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.Log in to add notes

33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.Log in to add notes

34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?Log in to add notes

35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.Log in to add notes