Daily Readings - 15/04/2026

^5:17 Then the high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy,

^5:18 they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol.

^5:19 But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out,

^5:20 ‘Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new Life’.

^5:21 They did as they were told; they went into the Temple at dawn and began to preach.

^5:22 But when the officials arrived at the prison they found they were not inside, so they went back and reported,

^5:23 ‘We found the gaol securely locked and the warders on duty at the gates, but when we unlocked the door we found no one inside’.

^5:24 When the captain of the Temple and the chief priests heard this news they wondered what this could mean.

^5:25 Then a man arrived with fresh news. ‘At this very moment’ he said ‘the men you imprisoned are in the Temple. They are standing there preaching to the people.’

^5:26 The captain went with his men and fetched them. They were afraid to use force in case the people stoned them.

^34:1 I will bless Yahweh at all times, his praise shall be on my lips continually;

^34:2 my soul glories in Yahweh, let the humble hear and rejoice.

^34:3 Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, together let us extol his name.

^34:4 I seek Yahweh, and he answers me and frees me from all my fears.

^34:5 Every face turned to him grows brighter and is never ashamed.

^34:6 A cry goes up from the poor man, and Yahweh hears, and helps him in all his troubles.

^34:7 The angel of Yahweh pitches camp round those who fear him; and he keeps them safe.

^34:8 How good Yahweh is – only taste and see! Happy the man who takes shelter in him.

^34:9 Fear Yahweh, you his holy ones: those who fear him want for nothing.

^34:10 The young lion may go empty and hungry, but those who seek Yahweh lack nothing good.

^34:11 Come, my sons, listen to me, I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

^34:12 Which of you wants to live to the full, who loves long life and enjoyment of prosperity?

^34:13 Malice must be banished from your tongue, deceitful conversation from your lips;

^34:14 never yield to evil, practise good, seek peace, pursue it.

^34:16 The face of Yahweh frowns on evil men, to wipe their memory from the earth;

^34:15 the eyes of Yahweh are turned towards the virtuous, his ears to their cry.

^34:17 They cry for help and Yahweh hears and rescues them from all their troubles;

^34:18 Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.

^34:19 Hardships in plenty beset the virtuous man, but Yahweh rescues him from them all;

^34:20 taking care of every bone, Yahweh will not let one be broken.

^34:21 Evil will bring death to the wicked, those who hate the virtuous will have to pay;

^34:22 while Yahweh himself ransoms the souls of his servants, and those who take shelter in him have nothing to pay.

^3:16 Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.

^3:17 For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.

^3:18 No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe in the name of God’s only Son.

^3:19 On these grounds is sentence pronounced: that though the light has come into the world men have shown they prefer darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.

^3:20 And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, for fear his actions should be exposed;

^3:21 but the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light, so that it may be plainly seen that what he does is done in God;’