Wednesday, August 29, 2063

Image of Christ Not Made by Hands

Fasting: FastVigilJulian: August 16

Epistle

2 Corinthians 6.11-16

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11O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.Log in to add notes

12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.Log in to add notes

13Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.Log in to add notes

14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Log in to add notes

15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?Log in to add notes

16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Log in to add notes

Epistle — Image

Colossians 1.12-18

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12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:Log in to add notes

13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:Log in to add notes

14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:Log in to add notes

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:Log in to add notes

16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:Log in to add notes

17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.Log in to add notes

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Mark 1.23-28

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23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,Log in to add notes

24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.Log in to add notes

25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.Log in to add notes

26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.Log in to add notes

27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.Log in to add notes

28And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.Log in to add notes

Gospel — Image

Luke 9.51-56; Luke 10.22-24

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51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,Log in to add notes

52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.Log in to add notes

53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.Log in to add notes

54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?Log in to add notes

55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.Log in to add notes

56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.Log in to add notes

22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.Log in to add notes

23And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:Log in to add notes

24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.Log in to add notes