Daily Readings - 30/03/2026

^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.

^42:5 Thus says God, Yahweh, he who created the heavens and spread them out, who gave shape to the earth and what comes from it, who gave breath to its people and life to the creatures that move in it:

^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.

^26:1 Yahweh, be my judge! I go my way in my innocence, My trust in Yahweh never wavers.

^26:2 Test me, Yahweh, and probe me, put me to the trial, loins and heart;

^26:3 for your love is before my eyes, and I live my life in loyalty to you.

^26:4 No sitting with wastrels for me, no associating with hypocrites;

^26:5 I hate the society of evil men, I refuse to sit down with the wicked.

^26:6 I wash my hands in innocence and join the procession round your altar,

^26:7 singing a hymn of thanksgiving, proclaiming all your wonders.

^26:8 I love the house where you live, the place where your glory makes its home.

^26:9 Do not let my soul share the fate of sinners, or my life the doom of men of blood,

^26:10 men with guilt on their hands, whose right hands are heavy with bribes.

^26:11 But I live my life in innocence, redeem me, Yahweh, take pity on me;

^26:12 my foot is set on the right path, I bless you, Yahweh, at the Assemblies.

^12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

^12:2 They gave a dinner for him there; Martha waited on them and Lazarus was among those at table.

^12:3 Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair; the house was full of the scent of the ointment.

^12:4 Then Judas Iscariot – one of his disciples, the man who was to betray him – said,

^12:5 ‘Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?’

^12:6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he was in charge of the common fund and used to help himself to the contributions.

^12:7 So Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone; she had to keep this scent for the day of my burial.

^12:8 You have the poor with you always, you will not always have me.’

^12:9 Meanwhile a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

^12:10 Then the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus as well,

^12:11 since it was on his account that many of the Jews were leaving them and believing in Jesus.