Daily Readings - 31/03/2026

^49:1 Islands, listen to me, pay attention, remotest peoples. Yahweh called me before I was born, from my mother’s womb he pronounced my name.

^49:2 He made my mouth a sharp sword, and hid me in the shadow of his hand. He made me into a sharpened arrow, and concealed me in his quiver.

^49:3 He said to me, ‘You are my servant (Israel) in whom I shall be glorified’;

^49:4 while I was thinking, ‘I have toiled in vain, I have exhausted myself for nothing’; and all the while my cause was with Yahweh, my reward with my God.

^49:6 ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant, to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the survivors of Israel; I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth’.

^70:1 Oh come and rescue me, God, Yahweh come quickly and help me!

^70:2 Shame and dishonour on those who are out to kill me! Down with them! Disgrace on those who enjoy my misfortune!

^70:3 May they be aghast with shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’

^70:4 But joy and gladness for all who seek you! To all who love your saving power give constant cause to say, ‘God is great!’

^70:5 To me, poor wretch, come quickly, God! My helper, my saviour, Yahweh, come without delay.!

^13:21 Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me’.

^13:22 The disciples looked at one another, wondering which he meant.

^13:23 The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus;

^13:24 Simon Peter signed to him and said, ‘Ask who it is he means’,

^13:25 so leaning back on Jesus’ breast he said, ‘Who is it, Lord?’

^13:26 ‘lt is the one’ replied Jesus ‘to whom I give the piece of bread that I shall dip in the dish.’ He dipped the piece of bread and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

^13:27 At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, ‘What you are going to do, do quickly’.

^13:28 None of the others at table understood the reason he said this.

^13:29 Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, ‘Buy what we need for the festival’, or telling him to give something to the poor.

^13:30 As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. Night had fallen.

^13:31 When he had gone Jesus said: ‘Now has the Son of Man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified.

^13:32 If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself,[*c] and will glorify him very soon.

^13:33 ‘My little children, I shall not be with you much longer. You will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come.

^13:36 Simon Peter said, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus replied, ‘Where I am going you cannot follow me now; you will follow me later’.

^13:37 Peter said to him, ‘Why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.’

^13:38 ‘Lay down your life for me?’ answered Jesus. ‘I tell you most solemnly, before the cock crows you will have disowned me three times.