Daily Readings - 28/09/2026

^16:1 Look after me, God, I take shelter in you.

^16:2 To Yahweh you say, ‘My Lord, you are my fortune, nothing else but you’,

^16:3 yet to those pagan deities in the land, ‘My princes, all my pleasure is in you’.

^16:4 Their idols teem, after these they run: shall I pour their blood-libations? – not I! Take their names on my lips ? – never!

^16:5 Yahweh, my heritage, my cup, you, and you only, hold my lot secure;

^16:6 the measuring line marks out delightful places for me, for me the heritage is superb indeed.

^16:7 I bless Yahweh, who is my counsellor, and in the night my inmost self instructs me

^16:8 I keep Yahweh before me always, for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me.

^16:9 So my heart exults, my very soul rejoices, my body, too, will rest securely,

^16:10 for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor allow the one you love to see the Pit;

^16:11 you will reveal the path of life to me, give me unbounded joy in your presence, and at your right hand everlasting pleasures.

^9:46 An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest.

^9:47 Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child and set him by his side

^9:48 and then said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the least among you all, that is the one who is great.’

^9:49 John spoke up. ‘Master,’ he said ‘we saw a man casting out devils in your so name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.’

^9:50 But Jesus said to him, ‘You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you’.