Daily Readings - 25/01/2026

^8:3 I went to the prophetess, she conceived and gave birth to a son. Yahweh said to me, ‘Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

^27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation, whom need I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my life, of whom should I be afraid?

^27:2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, they, my opponents, my enemies, are the ones who stumble and fall.

^27:3 Though an army pitched camp against me, my heart would not fear; though war were waged against me, my trust would still be firm.

^27:4 One thing I ask of Yahweh, one thing I seek: to live in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh and to consult him in his Temple.

^27:5 For he shelters me under his awning in times of trouble; he hides me deep in his tent, sets me high on a rock.

^27:6 And now my head is held high over the enemies who surround me, in his tent I will offer exultant sacrifice. I will sing, I will play for Yahweh!

^27:7 Yahweh, hear my voice as I cry! Pity me! Answer me!

^27:8 My heart has said of you, ‘Seek his face’. Yahweh, I do seek your face;

^27:9 do not hide your face from me. Do not repulse your servant in anger; you are my help. Never leave me, never desert me, God, my saviour!

^27:10 If my father and mother desert me, Yahweh will care for me still.

^27:11 Yahweh, teach me your way, lead me in the path of integrity because of my enemies;

^27:12 do not abandon me to the will of my foes – false witnesses have risen against me, and breathe out violence.

^27:13 This I believe: I shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.

^27:14 Put your hope in Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.

^1:10 All the same, I do appeal to you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to make up the differences between you, and instead of disagreeing among yourselves, to be united again in your belief and practice.

^1:11 From what Chloe’s people have been telling me, my dear brothers, it is clear that there are serious differences among you.

^1:12 What I mean are all these slogans that you have, like: ‘I am for Paul’, ‘I am for Apollos’, ‘I am for Cephas'[*a], ‘I am for Christ’.

^1:13 Has Christ been parcelled out? Was it Paul that was crucified for you? Were you baptised in the name of Paul?

^1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News, and not to preach that in the terms of philosophy[*b] in which the crucifixion of Christ cannot be expressed.

^4:12 Hearing that John had been arrested he went back to Galilee,

^4:13 and leaving Nazareth he went and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali.

^4:14 In this way the prophecy of Isaiah was to be fulfilled:

^4:15 ‘Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Way of the sea on the far side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations!

^4:16 The people that lived in darkness has seen a great light; on those who dwell in the land and shadow of death a light has dawned.'[*e]

^4:17 From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand’.

^4:18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake with their net, for they were fishermen.

^4:19 And he said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men’.

^4:20 And they left their nets at once and followed him.

^4:21 Going on from there he saw another pair of brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.

^4:22 At once, leaving the boat and their father, they followed him.

^4:23 He went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people.