Wednesday 3 September 2025

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,and Timothy our brother,2to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:Grace to you and peace from God our Fatherand the Lord Jesus Christ.

3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,praying always for you,4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesusand of the love which you have toward all the saints,5because of the hopewhich is laid up for you in the heavens,of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News6which has come to you,even as it is in all the worldand is bearing fruit and growing,as it does in you also,since the day you heardand knew the grace of God in truth,7even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant,who is a faithful servant of Christ on your behalf,8who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

10But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.

11I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.I will hope in your name, for it is good,in the presence of your saints.

38He rose up from the synagogueand entered into Simon’s house.Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever,and they begged him to help her.39He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her.Immediately she rose up and served them.40When the sun was setting,all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him;and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.41Demons also came out of many,crying out and saying,“You are the Christ, the Son of God!”Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak,because they knew that he was the Christ.

42When it was day, he departedand went into an uninhabited placeand the multitudes looked for him,and came to him, and held on to him,so that he wouldn’t go away from them.43But he said to them,“I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also.For this reason I have been sent.”44He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.