Friday, October 23, 2048

Friday of the 22nd week after Pentecost

Fasting: FastJulian: October 10

Epistle

Colossians 4.10-18

Read in context

10Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)Log in to add notes

11And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.Log in to add notes

12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.Log in to add notes

13For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.Log in to add notes

14Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.Log in to add notes

15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.Log in to add notes

16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.Log in to add notes

17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.Log in to add notes

18The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.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