Third Sunday after
Easter
Morning Prayer
Sunday
1st Lesson
2 Samuel 12:15b-23
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David
therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and
lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and
went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither
did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day,
that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that
the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet
alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how
will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 19 But
when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the
child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and
washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the
house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and
when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then
said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou
didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the
child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the
child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether
God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is
dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to
him, but he shall not return to me.
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2nd Lesson
John 14:1-14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in
me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and
the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him,
Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him,
Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me,
Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou
then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of
myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 11
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else
believe me for the very works' sake. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I
will do it.
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1st Lesson
1 Samuel 2:1b-10
1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine
horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;
because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord:
for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled
are girded with strength. 5 They that were full have hired out
themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the
barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and
bringeth up. 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low,
and lifteth up. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up
the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make
them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the
Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of
his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength
shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to
pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge
the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and
exalt the horn of his anointed.
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2nd Lesson
Acts 2:22-36
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God
did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23 Him,
being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye
have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God
hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not
possible that he should be holden of it. 25 For David speaketh
concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on
my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart
rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in
hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me
the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us
unto this day. 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to
the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing
this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not
left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 32 This Jesus hath
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the
right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise
of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The
LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy
foes thy footstool. 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
both Lord and Christ.
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Third Sunday after Easter
Evening Prayer
Sunday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 26:12-16, 19
12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought
all our works in us. 13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had
dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not
rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their
memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast
increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto
all the ends of the earth. 16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee,
they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew
of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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2nd Lesson
2 Corinthians 5
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being
clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this
tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed,
but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5 Now he
that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given
unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the
Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say,
and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with
the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may
be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat
of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing
therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made
manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your
consciences. 12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give
you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer
them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For whether we be
beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your
cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge,
that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for
all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves,
but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16 Wherefore
henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known
Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of
God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given
to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto
them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then
we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we
pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made
him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
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1st Lesson
Wisdom 5:1-16,
14-16
1 Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the
face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
2 When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall
be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that
they looked for. 3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit
shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in
derision, and a proverb of reproach: 4 We fools accounted his life
madness, and his end to be without honour: 5 How is he numbered among
the children of God, and his lot is among the saints! 6 Therefore have
we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not
shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
14 For the hope of the Godly is like dust that is blown away with the
wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the
smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away
as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day. 15 But the
righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the
care of them is with the most High. 16 Therefore shall they receive a
glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with
his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect
them.
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2nd Lesson
Luke 20:27-39
27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there
is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote
unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without
children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto
his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took
a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife,
and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the
seven also: and they left no children, and died. 32 Last of all the
woman died also. 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is
she? for seven had her to wife. 34 And Jesus answering said unto them,
The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 35 But they
which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and
are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 37 Now
that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth
the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto
him. 39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast
well said.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Morning Prayer
Monday
1st Lesson
Exodus 25:1-11, 17-22
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it
willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the
offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for
the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx
stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According
to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the
pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 And
they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be
the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a
cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with
pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon
it a crown of gold round about.
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a
half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth
thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work
shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one
cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of
the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou
shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt
put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with
thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from
between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of
all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of
Israel.
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2nd Lesson
Hebrews 9:15
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that
by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were
under the first testament, they which are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must
also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of
force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while
the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was
dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to
all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of
goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament
which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood
both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost
all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of
blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns
of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly
things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is
not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures
of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of
God for us: 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high
priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the judgment: 28 So Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the
second time without sin unto salvation.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Evening Prayer
Monday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 45:20
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are
escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of
their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Tell ye,
and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath
declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have
not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a
Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have
sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and
shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall
swear. 24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and
strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against
him shall be ashamed. 25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be
justified, and shall glory.
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2nd Lesson
Ephesians 1:1-14
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints
which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace be to
you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of
the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace; 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward
us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 Having made known unto us the mystery
of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in
himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven,
and which are on earth; even in him: 11 In whom also we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should
be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13 In whom
ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with
that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance
until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
glory.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Morning Prayer
Tuesday
1st Lesson
Exodus 28:1-4, 29-38
1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,
from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar,
Aaron's sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother
for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are
wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they
may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto
me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall
make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a
mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's
office.
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the
breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy
place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. 30 And thou shalt put
in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall
be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall
bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the
Lord continually. 31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of
blue. 32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst
thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of
it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 And
beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of
purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold
between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden
bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it
shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he
goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out,
that he die not. 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave
upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 37 And
thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon
the forefront of the mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's
forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the
children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be
always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.
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2nd Lesson
Hebrews 10:1-14
1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the
very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they
offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the
worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every
year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats
should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he
saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had
no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is
written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice
and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then
said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first,
that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And
every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same
sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he
had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand
of God; 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his
footstool. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that
are sanctified.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Evening Prayer
Tuesday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 46:3-4, 9-13
3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house
of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from
the womb: 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs
will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and
will deliver you.
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the
beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done,
saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel
from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass;
I have purposed it, I will also do it. 12 Hearken unto me, ye
stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: 13 I bring near my
righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not
tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
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2nd Lesson
Ephesians 1:15
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,
and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And
what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power, 20 Which he wrought in
Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right
hand in the heavenly places, 21 Far above all principality, and power,
and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this
world, but also in that which is to come: 22 And hath put all things
under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the
church, 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Morning Prayer
Wednesday
1st Lesson
Exodus 32:1-7, 15-20
1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto
him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses,
the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is
become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden
earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your
daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the
golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And
when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose
up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace
offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
play. 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,
which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted
themselves:
15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables
of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the
tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God,
graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people
as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the
camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for
mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome:
but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 And it came to pass, as
soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the
dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his
hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which
they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and
strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of
it.
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2nd Lesson
Hebrews 10:15-25
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he
had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,
and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities
will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no
more offering for sin. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way,
which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his
flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us
draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with
pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one
another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.
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Third Sunday after
Easter
Evening Prayer
Wednesday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 48:12-21
12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the
first, I also am the last. 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of
the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto
them, they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear;
which among them hath declared these things? The Lord hath loved him: he
will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous. 16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye
this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that
it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his spirit, hath sent me.
17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the
Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the
way that thou shouldest go. 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my
commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness
as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the
offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not
have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 20 Go ye forth of
Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye,
tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath
redeemed his servant Jacob. 21 And they thirsted not when he led them
through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for
them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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Ephesians 2:1-10
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had
our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath
raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it
is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we
are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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Morning Prayer
Thursday
1st Lesson
Exodus 32:21-24, 30-34
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that
thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not
the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set
on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go
before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the
land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto
them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it
me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the
people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses
returned unto the Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great
sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive
their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou
hast written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned
against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead
the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine
Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will
visit their sin upon them.
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Hebrews 10:26
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which
shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses' law died
without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29 Of how much sorer
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto
the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance
belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The
Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God. 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in
which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of
afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by
reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of
them that were so used. 34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and
took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye
have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away
therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For
ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall
come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith:
but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But
we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that
believe to the saving of the soul.
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Easter
Evening Prayer
Thursday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 49:1-12
1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The
Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he
made mention of my name. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft;
in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O
Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 4 Then I said, I have laboured in
vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my
judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. 5 And now, saith the
Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob
again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in
the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. 6 And he said, It
is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the
tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also
give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation
unto the end of the earth. 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the
nation abhoreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise,
princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and
the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 8 Thus saith the Lord,
In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have
I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of
the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate
heritages; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them
that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor
thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath
mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he
guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways
shall be exalted. 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these
from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
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Ephesians 2:11
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the
flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the
Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were
without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God
in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath
made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between
us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of
commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain
one new man, so making peace; 16 And that he might reconcile both unto
God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And
came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that
were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly
framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye
also are builded together for an habitation of God through the
Spirit.
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Morning Prayer
Friday
1st Lesson
Exodus 33:7
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp,
afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the
congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord
went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the
camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and
looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came
to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked
with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the
tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in
his tent door. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his
servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the
tabernacle. 12 And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me,
Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send
with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also
found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found
grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I
may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy
people. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give
thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me,
carry us not up hence. 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and
thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest
with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people
that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord said unto Moses, I
will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace
in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 And he said, I beseech thee,
shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass
before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and
will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom
I will shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there
shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a
place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to
pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the
rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will
take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall
not be seen.
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Hebrews 11:1-16
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying
of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was
translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God
had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony,
that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a
rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned
of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to
the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became
heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he
was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an
inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By
faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God. 11 Through faith also Sara herself received
strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was
past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore
sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars
of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable. 13 These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and
embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on
the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they
seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country
from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have
returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
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Evening Prayer
Friday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 49:13-23
13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into
singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will
have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken
me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking
child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea,
they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven
thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 17
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee
waste shall go forth of thee. 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and
behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I
live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as
with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 19 For thy
waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall
even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The children which thou shalt
have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The
place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. 21 Then
shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have
lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro?
and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where
had they been? 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine
hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they
shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried
upon their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and
their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their
face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt
know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for
me.
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Ephesians 3:1-12
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God
which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known
unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye
read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which
in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now
revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the
Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of
his promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Whereof I was made a minister,
according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual
working of his power. 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all
saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the
unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all men see what is the
fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath
been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the
intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to
the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 12 In
whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of
him.
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Easter
Morning Prayer
Saturday
1st Lesson
Exodus 34:1-10, 29-35
1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were
in the first tables, which thou brakest. 2 And be ready in the morning,
and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there
to me in the top of the mount. 3 And no man shall come up with thee,
neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the
flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 And he hewed two tables of
stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and
went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his
hand the two tables of stone. 5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and
stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 And the
Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty;
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the
children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. 8 And
Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. 9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my
Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and
pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10
And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do
marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation:
and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord:
for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with
the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the
mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he
talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw
Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come
nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of
the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And
afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in
commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And
till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. 34
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the
veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the
children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of
Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and
Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with
him.
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Hebrews 11:17-31
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that
had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom
it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that
God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he
received him in a figure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of
his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his
bones. 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his
parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not
afraid of the king's commandment. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to
years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing
rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the
recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he
that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith they passed
through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do
were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they
were compassed about seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished
not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with
peace.
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Evening Prayer
Saturday
1st Lesson
Isaiah 50:4-10
4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should
know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth
morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5 The
Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned
away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that
plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 For
the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed. 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me?
let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 9
Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo,
they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. 10 Who
is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in
the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
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Ephesians 3:13
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,
which is your glory. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth
is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love
of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the
fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in
us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all
ages, world without end. Amen.
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