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.

^98:1 Sing Yahweh a new song for he has performed marvels, his own right hand, his holy arm, gives him the power to save.

^98:2 Yahweh has displayed his power; has revealed his righteousness to the nations,

^98:3 mindful of his love and faithfulness to the House of Israel. The most distant parts of the earth have seen the saving power of our God.

^98:4 Acclaim Yahweh, all the earth, burst into shouts of joy!

^98:5 Sing to Yahweh, sing to the music of harps, and to the sound of many instruments;

^98:6 to the sound of trumpet and horn acclaim Yahweh the King!

^98:7 Let the sea thunder and all that it holds, and the world, with all who live in it;

^98:8 let all the rivers clap their hands and the mountains shout for joy,

^98:9 at the presence of Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth, to judge the world with righteousness and the nations with strict justice.

^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.

^103:1 Bless Yahweh, my soul, bless his holy name, all that is in me!

^103:2 Bless Yahweh, my soul, and remember all his kindnesses:

^103:3 in forgiving all your offences, in curing all your diseases,

^103:4 in redeeming your life from the Pit, in crowning you with love and tenderness,

^103:5 in filling your years with prosperity, in renewing your youth like an eagle’s[*a]

^103:6 Yahweh, who does what is right, is always on the side of the oppressed;

^103:7 he revealed his intentions to Moses, his prowess to the sons of Israel.

^103:8 Yahweh is tender and compassionate, slow to anger, most loving;

^103:9 his indignation does not last for ever, his resentment exists a short time only;

^103:10 he never treats us, never punishes us, as our guilt and our sins deserve.

^103:11 No less than the height of heaven over earth is the greatness of his love for those who fear him;

^103:12 he takes our sins farther away than the east is from the west.

^103:13 As tenderly as a father treats his children, so Yahweh treats those who fear him;

^103:14 he knows what we are made of, he remembers we are dust.

^103:15 Man lasts no longer than grass, no longer than a wild flower he lives,

^103:16 one gust of wind, and he is gone, never to be seen there again;

^103:17 yet Yahweh’s love for those who fear him lasts from all eternity and for ever, like his goodness to their children’s children,

^103:18 as long as they keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

^103:19 Yahweh has fixed his throne in the heavens, his empire is over all.

^103:20 Bless Yahweh, all his angels, heroes mighty to enforce his word, attentive to his word of command.

^103:21 Bless Yahweh, all his armies, servants to enforce his will.

^103:22 Bless Yahweh, all his creatures in every part of his empire! Bless Yahweh, my soul.

^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.’