First ReadingActs 20:17-27
From the Acts of the Apostles
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.