November 26, 2026

Thanksgiving Day

First Reading: Deuteronomy 8:7-18 Psalm 65
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¹All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
²And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
⁴Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
⁵Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
⁶Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
⁷For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
⁸A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
⁹A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
¹⁰When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
¹¹Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
¹²Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
¹³And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
¹⁴Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
¹⁵Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
¹⁶Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
¹⁷And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
¹⁸But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
¹⁹And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
²⁰As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
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¹For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
²For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
³Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
⁴Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we* (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready*, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
⁶But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully*.
⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly*, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
⁹(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
¹¹Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
¹²For the administration of this service not only supplieth* the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
¹³Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
¹⁴And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
¹⁵Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
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¹Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
²It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
³Take heed to yourselves: If* thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
⁴And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
⁵And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
⁶And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
⁷But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
⁸And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward* thou shalt eat and drink?
⁹Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
¹⁰So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say*, We are unprofitable servants*: we have done that which was our duty to do.
¹¹And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
¹²And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
¹³And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
¹⁴And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went*, they were cleansed.
¹⁵And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
¹⁶And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
¹⁷And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
¹⁸There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
¹⁹And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
²⁰And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
²¹Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
²²And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
²³And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
²⁴For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
²⁵But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
²⁶And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
²⁷They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
³¹In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back*.
³²Remember Lot's wife.
³³Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
³⁴I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
³⁵Two women shall be grinding together*; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
³⁶Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
³⁷And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.