Daily Readings for Tuesday January 08,2013

Season of Epiphany

22	So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.
23	Have nothing to do with stupid, senseless controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
24	And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kindly to every one, an apt teacher, forbearing,
25	correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,
26	and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

23	And some one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
24	"Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25	When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, `Lord, open to us.' He will answer you, `I do not know where you come from.'
26	Then you will begin to say, `We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
27	But he will say, `I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!'
28	There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out.
29	And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
30	And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."