Book of Common Prayer

¹³ And the sixth angel blew. And I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is before God, ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels that are bound in the great river Euphrates! ¹⁵ And the four angels were released, who were prepared for an hour, for a day, for a month, and for a year, to slay the third part of man-kind. ¹⁶ And the number of horsemen of war was twenty times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And thus I saw the horses in a vision, and those who sat on them, having fiery breastplates of a jacinth colour, and of crystal sulphur. And the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. And out of their mouths went forth fire and smoke and brimstone. ¹⁸ And by these three the third part of mankind was killed; that is to say, by the fire, smoke, and brimstone that proceeded out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails were like serpents, and had heads, and with them they did harm.

²⁰ And the rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the deeds of their hands, so they would not worship devils, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear, nor go about. ²¹ Also, they did not repent of their murder, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their theft.

³⁸ It happened as they journeyed that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. ³⁹ And this woman had a sister called Mary, who sat at Jesus’ feet and heard his preaching. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted with much work of serving, and stood and said, Master, do you not care that my sister has left me to minister alone? Tell her therefore that she should help me. ⁴¹ And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you care and are troubled about many things. ⁴² Truly one is needful, and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.