Daily Readings - 10/10/2026

^3:22 but it is not: scripture makes no exceptions when it says that sin is master everywhere. In this way the promise can only be given through faith in Jesus Christ and can only be given to those who have this faith.

^3:23 Before faith came, we were allowed no freedom by the Law; we were being looked after till faith was revealed.

^3:24 The Law was to be our guardian until the Christ came and we could be justified by faith.

^3:25 Now that that time has come we are no longer under that guardian,

^3:26 and you are, all of you, sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

^3:27 All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ,

^3:28 and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

^3:29 Merely by belonging to Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised.

^104:1 Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh my God, how great you are! Clothed in majesty and glory,

^104:2 wrapped in a robe of light! You stretch the heavens out like a tent,

^104:3 you build your palace on the waters above; using the clouds as your chariot, you advance on the wings of the wind;

^104:4 you use the winds as messengers and fiery flames as servants.

^104:5 You fixed the earth on its foundations, unshakeable for ever and ever;

^104:6 you wrapped it with the deep as with a robe, the waters overtopping the mountains.

^104:7 At your reproof the waters took to flight, they fled at the sound of your thunder,

^104:8 cascading over the mountains, into the valleys, down to the reservoir you made for them;

^104:9 you imposed the limits they must never cross again, or they would once more flood the land.

^104:10 You set springs gushing in ravines, running down between the mountains,

^104:11 supplying water for wild animals, attracting the thirsty wild donkeys;

^104:12 near there the birds of the air make their nests and sing among the branches.

^104:13 From your palace you water the uplands until the ground has had all that your heavens have to offer;

^104:14 you make fresh grass grow for cattle and those plants made use of by man, for them to get food from the soil:

^104:15 wine to make them cheerful, oil to make them happy and bread to make them strong.

^104:16 The trees of Yahweh get rain enough, those cedars of Lebanon he planted;

^104:17 here the little birds build their nest and, on the highest branches, the stork has its home.

^104:18 For the wild goats there are the mountains, in the crags rock-badgers hide.

^104:19 You made the moon to tell the seasons, the sun knows when to set:

^104:20 you bring darkness on, night falls, all the forest animals come out:

^104:21 savage lions roaring for their prey, claiming their food from God.

^104:22 The sun rises, they retire, going back to lie down in their lairs,

^104:23 and man goes out to work, and to labour until dusk.

^104:24 Yahweh, what variety you have created, arranging everything so wisely! Earth is completely full of things you have made:

^104:25 among them vast expanse of ocean, teeming with countless creatures, creatures large and small,

^104:26 with the ships going to and fro and Leviathan whom you made to amuse you.

^104:27 All creatures depend on you to feed them throughout the year;

^104:28 you provide the food they eat, with generous hand you satisfy their hunger.

^104:29 You turn your face away, they suffer, you stop their breath, they die and revert to dust.

^104:30 You give breath, fresh life begins, you keep renewing the world.

^104:31 Glory for ever to Yahweh! May Yahweh find joy in what he creates,

^104:32 at whose glance the earth trembles, at whose touch the mountains smoke!

^104:33 I mean to sing to Yahweh all my life, I mean to play for my God as long as I live.

^104:34 May these reflections of mine give him pleasure, as much as Yahweh gives me!

^104:35 May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked exist no more! Bless Yahweh, my soul.

^11:27 Now as he was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’

^11:28 But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’

^25:6 On this mountain, Yahweh Sabaoth will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.

^25:7 On this mountain he will remove the mourning veil covering all peoples, and the shroud enwrapping all nations,

^25:8 he will destroy Death for ever. The Lord Yahweh will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people’s shame everywhere on earth, for Yahweh has said so.

^25:9 That day, it will be said: See, this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; Yahweh is the one in whom we hoped. We exult and we rejoice that he has saved us;

^25:10 for the hand of Yahweh rests on this mountain. Moab is trodden down where he stands as straw is trodden in the dung pit;

^22:1 My God, my God, why have you deserted me? How far from saving me, the words I groan!

^22:2 I call all day, my God, but you never answer, all night long I call and cannot rest.

^22:3 Yet, Holy One, you who make your home in the praises of Israel,

^22:4 in you our fathers put their trust, they trusted and you rescued them;

^22:5 they called to you for help and they were saved, they never trusted you in vain.

^22:6 Yet here am I, now more worm than man, scorn of mankind, jest of the people,

^22:7 all who see me jeer at me, they toss their heads and sneer,

^22:8 ‘He relied on Yahweh, let Yahweh save him! If Yahweh is his friend, let Him rescue him!’

^22:9 Yet you drew me out of the womb, you entrusted me to my mother’s breasts;

^22:10 placed on your lap from my birth, from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

^22:11 Do not stand aside: trouble is near, I have no one to help me!

^22:12 A herd of bulls surrounds me, strong bulls of Bashan close in on me;

^22:13 their jaws are agape for me, like lions tearing and roaring.

^22:14 I am like water draining away, my bones are all disjointed, my heart is like wax, melting inside me;

^22:16 A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of Villains closes me in; they tie me hand and foot

^22:17 I can count every one of my bones, and there they glare at me, gloating;

^22:18 they divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothes.

^22:19 Do not stand aside, Yahweh. O my strength, come quickly to my help;

^22:20 rescue my soul from the sword, my dear life from the paw of the dog,

^22:21 save me from the lion’s mouth, my poor soul from the wild bulls’ horns!

^22:22 Then I shall proclaim your name to my brothers, praise you in full assembly:

^22:23 you who fear Yahweh, praise him! Entire race of Jacob, glorify him! Entire race of Israel, revere him!

^22:24 For he has not despised or disdained the poor man in his poverty, has not hidden his face from him, but has answered him when he called.

^22:25 You are the theme of my praise in the Great Assembly, I perform my vows in the presence of those who fear him.

^22:26 The poor will receive as much as they want to eat. Those who seek Yahweh will praise him. Long life to their hearts!

^22:27 The whole earth, from end to end, will remember and come back to Yahweh; all the families of the nations will bow down before him.

^22:28 For Yahweh reigns, the ruler of nations!

^22:29 Before him all the prosperous of the earth will bow down, before him will bow all who go down to the dust. And my soul will live for him,

^22:30 my children will serve him; men will proclaim the Lord to generations

^22:31 still to come, his righteousness to a people yet unborn. All this he has done.

^4:12 I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too. I have been through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty.

^4:13 There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength.

^4:14 All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.

^4:19 In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can.

^4:20 Glory to God, our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.

^22:1 Jesus began to speak to them in parables once again,

^22:2 ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding.

^22:3 He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come.

^22:4 Next he sent some more servants. “Tell those who have been invited” he said “that I have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding.”

^22:5 But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business,

^22:6 and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them.

^22:7 The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town.

^22:8 Then he said to his servants, “The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy,

^22:9 go to the crossroads in the town and invite everyone you can find to the wedding”.

^22:10 So these servants went out on to the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

^22:11 When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment,

^22:12 and said to him, “How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?” And the man was silent.

^22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth”.

^22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.’