Daily Readings - 08/09/2026

^12:1 Save us, Yahweh! There are no devout men left, fidelity has vanished from mankind.

^12:2 All they do is lie to one another, flattering lips, talk from a double heart.

^12:3 May Yahweh slice off every flattering lip, each tongue so glib with boasts,

^12:4 those who say, ‘In our tongue lies our strength, our lips have the advantage; who can master us?’

^12:5 ‘For the plundered poor, for the needy who groan, now will I act’ says Yahweh. ‘I will grant them the safety they sigh for.’

^12:6 The words of Yahweh are without alloy, nature’s silver coming from the earth seven times refined.

^12:7 And you, Yahweh, hold us in your keeping, against that breed protect us always.

^12:8 The wicked prowl on every side, baseness stands high among the sons of men.

^1:1 A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:[*a]

^1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

^1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, Tamar being their mother, Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

^1:4 Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

^1:5 Salmon was the father of Boaz, Rahab being his mother, Boaz was the father of Obed, Ruth being his mother, Obed was the father of Jesse;

^1:6 and Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

^1:7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

^1:8 Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Azariah,

^1:9 Azariah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

^1:10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah;

^1:11 and Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place.

^1:12 After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

^1:13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,

^1:14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,

^1:15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob;

^1:16 and Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.

^1:18 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph;[*b] but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

^1:19 Her husband Joseph; being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally.

^1:20 He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.

^1:21 She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save[*c] his people from their sins.’

^1:22 Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

^1:23 ‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel,[*d] a name which means ‘God-is-with-us’.