Friday, October 20, 2045

Friday of the 21st week after Pentecost

Fasting: FastSix-sticheraJulian: October 7

Epistle

Colossians 2.1-7

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1For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;Log in to add notes

2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;Log in to add notes

3In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.Log in to add notes

4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.Log in to add notes

5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.Log in to add notes

6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:Log in to add notes

7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Luke 7.31-35

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31And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?Log in to add notes

32They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.Log in to add notes

33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.Log in to add notes

34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!Log in to add notes

35But wisdom is justified of all her children.Log in to add notes