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.

^29:1 Pay tribute to Yahweh, you sons of God,[*a] tribute to Yahweh of glory and power,

^29:2 tribute to Yahweh of the glory of his name, worship Yahweh in his sacred court.

^29:4 The voice of Yahweh in power! The voice of Yahweh in splendour!

^29:5 The voice of Yahweh shatters the cedars, Yahweh shatters the cedars of Lebanon,

^29:6 making Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion[*b] like a young wild bull.

^29:7 The voice of Yahweh sharpens lightning shafts!

^29:8 The voice of Yahweh sets the wilderness shaking. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

^29:10 Yahweh sat enthroned for the Flood, Yahweh sits enthroned as a king for ever.

^29:11 Yahweh gives strength to his people, Yahweh blesses his people with peace.

^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’.