Book of Common Prayer

¹⁴ The 2nd woe is past, and behold, the 3rd woe will come quickly.

¹⁵ And the seventh angel blew, and there were made great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are our Lord’s and his Christ’s, and he shall reign forevermore! ¹⁶ And the 24 elders that sit before God on their seats fell upon their faces and worshipped God, ¹⁷ saying, We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who is and was and is to come, for you have received your great might, and have reigned. ¹⁸ And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward to your servants the prophets and saints, and to those who fear your name, small and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth.

¹⁹ And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament. And there followed lightnings and voices and thunderings, and an earthquake, and much hail.

²⁷ And it happened, as he spoke those things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said to him, Happy is the womb that bore you, and the paps that gave you suck. ²⁸ But he said, Yea, happy are those who hear the word of God and keep it.

²⁹ When the people were gathered thick together, he began and said, This is an evil nation. They seek a sign, but no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ³⁰ For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this nation. ³¹ The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the end of the world to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, one greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn them, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

³³ No man lights a candle and puts it in a concealed place, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, so that those who come in may see the light. ³⁴ The light of your body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is single, then is all your body full of light. But if your eye is bad, then shall all your body be full of darkness. ³⁵ Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. ³⁶ For if all your body is lighted, having no part dark, then shall all be full of light, even as when a candle lights you with its brightness.