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Comfortable Words lays out the complete text of the Authorized or King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611. You will also find a varied collection of prayers and hymns in a similar kind of ‘Church English’.

“On your bookshelves at home you will have something to supplement any anthology. Open your Bible at the Acts of the Apostles if you want straightforward accounts.”

NL Clay, Straightforward English (1949)

Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday December 1 NS November 18 OS

Ephesians 2:4-10

Luke 12:16-21

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The Departure of Bede

Bede died as he had lived, freely sharing all he had, and singing praises to God.

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About the Authorized Version

By Clay Lane

In 1611, a team of scholars delivered to King James I of England the new translation of the Bible that he had commissioned from them.

The Comfortable Words

From The Book of Common Prayer

Four short passages from the New Testament appointed to be read aloud in the English Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

Sunday Readings

Short passages from the King James Version, for the Sundays and Feasts of the Christian year.

The Old Testament

Books 39

The story of Israel and her covenants with God, from the making of mankind in the Garden of Eden to Abraham, Moses and David, and the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century BC.

The Apocrypha

Books 14

Stories and wise teachings from the time between the events of the Old Testament and those of the New.

The New Testament

Books 27

The story of Jesus Christ, his birth, his ministry, his death, and how the Apostles preached the good news of his resurrection and the promise of his return.

Bible Readings

Posts 18

A selection of passages from the King James Bible, for reading practice.

Hymns

Posts 43

A selection of Christian verse by modern masters such as Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts, and from the ancient liturgies of East and West.

Prayers and Creeds

Posts 19

Prayers and confessions of faith from the Book of Common Prayer and other sources, in both East and West.

Psalms and Canticles

Posts 10

Translations of the Psalms and other Biblical hymns, from sources other than the King James Bible.

Today is November 20 OS
December 3 NS

Luke 11:9-13

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

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