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Bible in Time 2016 Readings for Next Week Book of Common Prayer - Daily Office Lectionary Third week after Epiphany Note: Click texts to read them.... Sunday | 24 January 2016 | Third Sunday after Epiphany Ps. 63:1–8 (9–11) Ps. 98; Ps. 103; Gen. 13:2–18; Gal. 2:1–10; Mark 7:31–37 Monday | 25 January 2016 | Ps. 19; Isaiah 45:18–25; Philippians 3:4b–11; Ps. 119:89–112; Acts 9:1–22 Tuesday | 26 January 2016 | Ps. 45; Ps. 47 48; Gen. 15:1–11 17–21; Heb. 9:1–14; John 5:1–18 Wednesday | 27 January 2016 | Ps. 119:49–72; Ps. 49 [53]; Gen. 16:1–14; Heb. 9:15–28; John 5:19–29 Thursday | 28 January 2016 | Ps. 50; Ps. [59 60] or 118; Gen. 16:15—17:14; Heb. 10:1–10; John 5:30–47 Friday | 29 January 2016 | Ps. 40 54; Ps. 51; Gen. 17:15–27; Heb. 10:11–25; John 6:1–15 Saturday | 30 January 2016 | Ps. 55; Ps. 138 139:1–17 (18–23); Gen. 18:1–16; Heb. 10:26–39; John 6:16–27 Click on scripture reference to go to readings in Biblegateway.com . Listings from Daily Office Read...

Read | Day 270 | Sunday | September 27 | Mark 1: 12-13 Matthew 4: 1-11 Luke 4: 1-15 John 1: 19-28, 29-34, 35-51 John 2: 1-12, 13-25 By COPTS (Own work)  [CC BY-SA 3.0  (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Background | John | The Center for Biblical Studies |  John’s Gospel is quite different from the synoptic Gospels, both in terms of content and style. In fact, most of what John reports is not found in the other three Gospels. Where there is some overlap (for example, especially in the arrest, trial, and crucifixion of Jesus) John’s scenes are still entirely his own. This raises the obvious question of how and why John is so unique. The three “synoptic Gospels” certainly have distinctive elements, but all three basically tell the same story of Jesus in its rough outline. John, however, reports Jesus going places, doing things, and saying things that are not found elsewhere in the New Testament. Scholars are in general agreeme...

Read |  Day 267 | Thursday | September 24 | Mark 1: 1  Luke 1: 1-4  John 1: 1-18 Matthew 1: 1-17  Luke 3: 23b-38  Luke 1: 5-25, 26-38  Background | Center for Biblical Studies |  Mark’s Gospel is second in canonical order, but New Testament scholars understand that was written before the other Gospels. Matthew’s Gospel uses some of Mark’s for writing his account of Jesus’ life; Luke’s Gospel uses Mark as well. There is also likely an even older tradition that Matthew, Mark, and Luke all were familiar with, not to mention various oral traditions. This theory best explains why there is so much overlap between these three Gospels while at the same time there are so many significant differences. Because these three Gospels overlap in wording and content as often as they do, they are called the “synoptic Gospels” (Greek, syn, together with; optic, seeing). John’s Gospel presents Jesus in a different way, and there is likely very little, if any, connec...