Tuesday 11 May 2027

17From Miletus he sent to Ephesusand called to himself the elders of the assembly.18When they had come to him,he said to them, “You yourselves know,from the first day that I set foot in Asia,how I was with you all the time,19serving the Lord with all humility,with many tears, and with trialswhich happened to me by the plots of the Jews;20how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anythingthat was profitable,teaching you publicly and from house to house,21testifying both to Jewsand to Greeks repentance toward Godand faith toward our Lord Jesus.22Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem,not knowing what will happen to me there;23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city,saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.24But these things don’t count;nor do I hold my life dear to myself,so that I may finish my race with joy,and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus,to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

25“Now, behold, I know that you all,among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom,will see my face no more.26Therefore I testify to you todaythat I am clean from the blood of all men,27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

10You, God, sent a plentiful rain.You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.11Your congregation lived therein.You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

20Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,even the God who is our salvation.21God is to us a God of deliverance.To GOD, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

1Jesus said these things,then lifting up his eyes to heaven,he said, “Father, the time has come.Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;2even as you gave him authority over all flesh,so he will give eternal life to allwhom you have given him.3This is eternal life,that they should know you,the only true God,and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.4I glorified you on the earth.I have accomplished the workwhich you have given me to do.5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glorywhich I had with you before the world existed.

6“I revealed your name to the peoplewhom you have given me out of the world.They were yours, and you have given them to me.They have kept your word.7Now they have knownthat all things whatever you have given me are from you,8for the wordswhich you have given me I have given to them;and they received them,and knew for sure that I came from you.They have believed that you sent me.9I pray for them.I don’t pray for the world,but for those whom you have given me,for they are yours.10All things that are mine are yours,and yours are mine,and I am glorified in them.11I am no more in the world,but these are in the world,and I am coming to you.Holy Father, keep them through your namewhich you have given me,that they may be one, even as we are.