Daily Readings - 11/01/2026

^42:1 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have endowed him with my spirit that he may bring true justice to the nations.

^42:2 He does not cry out or shout aloud, or make his voice heard in the streets.

^42:3 He does not break the crushed reed, nor quench the wavering flame. Faithfully he brings true justice;

^42:4 he will neither waver, nor be crushed until true justice is established on earth, for the islands are awaiting his law.

^42:6 I, Yahweh, have called you to serve the cause of right; I have taken you by the hand and formed you; I have appointed you as covenant of the people and light of the nations,

^42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to free captives from prison, and those who live in darkness from the dungeon.

^28:1 I cry to you, Yahweh, my Rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the Pit like the rest.

^28:2 Hear my voice, raised in petition, as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, Yahweh, toward your Holy of Holies.

^28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, away with the evil men who talk of peace to their neighbours while malice is in their hearts.

^28:4 Repay them for their actions, Yahweh, for the evil they commit, for their handiwork repay them, let them have what they deserve!

^28:5 How blind they are to the works of Yahweh, to his own handiwork! May he pull them down and not rebuild them!

^28:6 Blessed be Yahweh, for he hears the sound of my petition!

^28:7 Yahweh is my strength, my shield, my heart puts its trust in him; I have been helped, my flesh has bloomed again, I thank him with all my heart.

^28:8 Yahweh is the strength of his people, a saving fortress for his anointed.

^28:9 Save your people! Bless your heritage! Shepherd them; carry them for ever!

^10:34 Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites,

^10:35 but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to him.

^10:36 ‘It is true, God sent his word to the people of Israel, and it was to them that the good news of peace was brought[*a] by Jesus Christ – but Jesus Christ is Lord of all men.

^10:37 You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism.

^10:38 God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit[*b] and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil.

^3:13 Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.

^3:14 John tried to dissuade him. ‘It is I who need baptism from you’ he said ‘and yet you come to me!’

^3:15 But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that righteousness demands’. At this, John gave in to him.

^3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptised he came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.

^3:17 And a voice spoke from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him’.