Daily Readings - 11/06/2026

^11:21 The Lord helped them, and a great number believed and were converted to the Lord.

^11:22 The church in Jerusalem heard about this and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

^11:23 There he could see for himself that God had given grace, and this pleased him, and he urged them all to remain faithful to the Lord with heartfelt devotion;

^11:24 for he was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith. And a large number of people were won over to the Lord.

^11:25 Barnabas then left for Tarsus to look for Saul,

^11:26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. As things turned out they were to live together in that church a whole year, instructing a large number of people. It was at Antioch that the disciples were first called ‘Christians’.

^13:1 In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

^13:2 One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy Spirit said, ‘I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them’.

^13:3 So it was that after fasting and prayer they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

^97:1 Yahweh is king! Let earth rejoice, the many isles be glad!

^97:2 Cloud and Darkness surround him, Righteousness and Justice support his throne.

^97:3 A fire precedes him as he goes, devouring all enemies around him;

^97:4 his lightning lights up the world, earth observes and quakes.

^97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the coming of the Master of the world;

^97:6 the heavens proclaim his righteousness, all nations see his glory.

^97:7 Shame on those who worship images, who take pride in their idols: bow down as he passes, all you gods!

^97:8 Zion hears and rejoices, the daughters of Judah exult at the rulings you utter, Yahweh.

^97:9 For you are Yahweh Most High over the world, far transcending all other gods.

^97:10 Yahweh loves those who repudiate evil, he guards the souls of the devout, rescuing them from the clutches of the wicked.

^97:11 Light dawns for the virtuous, and joy, for upright hearts.

^97:12 Rejoice in Yahweh, you virtuous, remember his holiness, and praise him!

^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.

^102:1 Yahweh, hear my prayer, let my cry for help reach you;

^102:2 do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble; bend down to listen to me, when I call, be quick to answer me!

^102:3 For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones smouldering like logs,

^102:4 my heart shrivelling like scorched grass and my appetite has gone;

^102:5 whenever I heave a sigh, my bones stick through my skin.

^102:6 I live in a desert like the pelican, in a ruin like the screech owl,

^102:7 I stay awake, lamenting like a lone bird on the roof;

^102:8 my enemies insult me all day long, those who used to praise me now use me as a curse.

^102:9 Ashes are the bread I eat, what I drink I lace with tears,

^102:10 under your furious anger, since you only picked me up to throw me down;

^102:11 my days dwindle away like a shadow, I am as dry as hay.

^102:12 Whereas, Yahweh, you remain for ever; each generation in turn remembers you!

^102:13 Rise, take pity on Zion! – the time has come to have mercy on her, the hour has come;

^102:14 for your servants prize her stones and are moved to pity by her dust.

^102:15 Then will the nations fear the name of Yahweh and all kings on earth respect your glory;

^102:16 when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;

^102:17 he will answer the prayer of the abandoned, he will not scorn their petitions.

^102:18 Put this on record for the next generation, so that a race still to be born can praise God:

^102:19 Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down at earth from heaven,

^102:20 to hear the sighing of the captive, and to set free those doomed to die.

^102:28 Your servants’ sons will have a permanent home, and their descendants be in your presence always,

^102:21 to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;

^102:22 nations and kingdoms will be united and offer worship to Yahweh together.

^102:25 Aeons ago, you laid earth’s foundations, the heavens are the work of your hands;

^102:26 all will vanish, though you remain, all wear out like a garment, like clothes that need changing you will change them;

^102:27 but yourself, you never change, and your years are unending.

^4:7 My dear people, let us love one another since love comes from God and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.

^4:8 Anyone who fails to love can never have known God, because God is love.

^4:9 God’s love for us was revealed when God sent into the world his only Son so that we could have life through him;

^4:10 this is the love I mean: not our love for God, but God’s love for us when he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.

^4:11 My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another.

^4:12 No one has ever seen God; but as long as we love one another God will live in us and his love will be complete in us.

^4:13 We can know that we are living in him and he is living in us because he lets us share his Spirit.

^4:14 We ourselves saw and we testify that the Father sent his Son as saviour of the world.

^4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God.

^4:16 We ourselves have known and put our faith in God’s love towards ourselves. God is love and anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him.

^11:25 At that time Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.

^11:26 Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.

^11:27 Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

^11:28 ‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.

^11:29 Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.[*f]

^11:30 Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’