Daily Readings - 03/12/2025

^23:1 Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

^23:2 In meadows of green grass he lets me lie. To the waters of repose he leads me;

^23:3 there he revives my soul. He guides me by paths of virtue for the sake of his name.

^23:4 Though I pass through a gloomy Valley, beside me your rod and your staff are there, to hearten me.

^23:5 You prepare a table before me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup brims over.

^23:6 Ah, how goodness and kindness pursue me, every day of my life, my home, the house of Yahweh, as long as I live!

^15:29 Jesus went on from there and reached the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and he went up into the hills. He sat there,

^15:30 and large crowds came to him bringing the lame, the crippled, the blind, the dumb and many others; these they put down at his feet, and he cured them.

^15:31 The crowds were astonished to see the dumb speaking, the cripples whole again, the lame walking and the blind with their sight, and they praised the God of Israel.

^15:32 But Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I feel sorry for all these people; they have been with me for three days now and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them off hungry, they might collapse on the way.’

^15:33 The disciples said to him, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this deserted place to feed such a crowd?’

^15:34 Jesus said to them, ‘How many loaves have you?’ ‘Seven’ they said ‘and a few small fish.’

^15:35 Then he instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground,

^15:36 and he took the seven loaves and the fish, and he gave thanks and broke them and handed them to the disciples who gave them to the crowds.

^15:37 They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected what was left of the scraps, seven baskets full.