October 26, 2025

Proper 25 (30)

• First Reading: Joel 2:23-32 Psalm 65

  KJV

  ¹Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

  ²A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  ³A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

  ⁴The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

  ⁵Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

  ⁶Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

  ⁷They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

  ⁸Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

  ⁹They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

  ¹⁰The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

  ¹¹And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

  ¹²Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  ¹³And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  ¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

  ¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

  ¹⁶Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  ¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

  ¹⁸Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

  ¹⁹Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

  ²⁰But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

  ²¹Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

  ²²Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

  ²³Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

  ²⁴And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

  ²⁵And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

  ²⁶And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

  ²⁷And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

  ²⁸And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

  ²⁹And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

  ³⁰And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

  ³¹The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

  ³²And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

• Psalm: Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 Psalm 84:1-7

• Second Reading: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

  KJV

  ¹I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

  ²Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

  ³For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

  ⁴And they shall turn away* their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

  ⁵But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

  ⁶For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

  ⁷I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

  ⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  ⁹Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:

  ¹⁰For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

  ¹¹Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

  ¹²And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.

  ¹³The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.

  ¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

  ¹⁵Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

  ¹⁶At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

  ¹⁷Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  ¹⁸And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  ¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

  ²⁰Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

  ²¹Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

  ²²The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. [The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second* time.]

• Gospel: Luke 18:9-14

  KJV

  ¹And he spake* a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

  ²Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither* regarded man:

  ³And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

  ⁴And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor* regard man;

  ⁵Yet because this widow troubleth* me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

  ⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

  ⁷And shall not God avenge* his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  ⁸I tell you that he will avenge them speedily*. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

  ⁹And he spake* this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

  ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

  ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

  ¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

  ¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

  ¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  ¹⁵And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

  ¹⁶But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

  ¹⁷Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein*.

  ¹⁸And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

  ¹⁹And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

  ²⁰Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

  ²¹And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

  ²²Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

  ²³And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

  ²⁴And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

  ²⁵For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  ²⁶And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

  ²⁷And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

  ²⁸Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

  ²⁹And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you*, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

  ³⁰Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

  ³¹Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

  ³²For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

  ³³And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

  ³⁴And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them*, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

  ³⁵And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

  ³⁶And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

  ³⁷And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

  ³⁸And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

  ³⁹And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

  ⁴⁰And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

  ⁴¹Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

  ⁴²And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

  ⁴³And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.