Epiphany

Friday in Epiphany

Friday, January 29, 2027

FIRST READING

Deuteronomy 12:28-32

Verse 28. Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God. Verse 29. When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land, Verse 30. be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.” Verse 31. You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. Verse 32. See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

PSALM

Psalm 111

Verse 1. Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Verse 2. Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Verse 3. Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
Verse 4. He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Verse 5. He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
Verse 6. He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
Verse 7. The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
Verse 8. They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
Verse 9. He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Verse 10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

SECOND READING

Revelation 2:12-17

Verse 12. To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword. Verse 13. I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells. Verse 14. But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. Verse 15. In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Verse 16. Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth. Verse 17. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.