Daily Readings - 27/02/2026

^129:1 Hard as they have harried me since I was young – let Israel repeat it –

^129:2 Hard as they have harried me since I was young, they have not overcome me.

^129:3 Ploughmen have ploughed on my back longer and longer furrows,

^129:4 but now Yahweh the Righteous has shattered the yoke of the wicked.

^129:5 May they all be thrown into confusion, be routed, who have hated Zion,

^129:6 be blasted by winds from the east like grass sprouting on the roof!

^129:7 Roof-grass never yet filled reaper’s arm or binder’s lap –

^129:8 and no one passing them will ever say, ‘Yahweh’s blessing on you!’ We bless you in the name of Yahweh.

^5:20 ‘For I tell you, if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

^5:21 ‘You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors: You must not kill;[*c] and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court.

^5:22 But I say this to you: anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court; if a man calls his brother “Fool”[*d] he will answer for it before the Sanhedrin;[*e] and if a man calls him “Renegade”[*f] he will answer for it in hell fire.

^5:23 So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

^5:24 leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering.

^5:25 Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

^5:26 I tell you solemnly, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.