Daily Readings - 28/10/2026

^2:19 So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household.

^2:20 You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets[*c] for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone.

^2:21 As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord;

^2:22 and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.

^19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God, the vault of heaven proclaims his handiwork;

^19:2 day discourses of it to day, night to night hands on the knowledge.

^19:3 No utterance at all, no speech, no sound that anyone can hear;

^19:4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their message to the ends of the world. High above, he pitched a tent for the sun,

^19:5 who comes out of his pavilion like a bridegroom, exulting like a hero to run his race.

^19:6 He has his rising on the edge of heaven, the end of his course is its furthest edge, and nothing can escape his heat.

^19:7 The Law of Yahweh is perfect, new life for the soul; the decree of Yahweh is trustworthy, wisdom for the simple.

^19:8 The precepts of Yahweh are upright, joy for the heart; the commandment of Yahweh is clear, light for the eyes.

^19:9 The fear of Yahweh is pure, lasting for ever; the judgements of Yahweh are true, righteous, every one,

^19:10 more desirable than gold, even than the finest gold; his words are sweeter than honey, even than honey that drips from the comb.

^19:11 Thus your servant is formed by them, observance brings great reward.

^19:12 But who can detect his own failings? Wash out my hidden faults.

^19:13 And from pride preserve your servant, never let it dominate me. So shall I be above reproach, free from grave sin.

^19:14 May the words of my mouth always find favour, and the whispering of my heart, in your presence, Yahweh, my Rock, my Redeemer!

^6:12 Now it was about this time that he went out into the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God.

^6:13 When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’:

^6:14 Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

^6:15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot,

^6:16 Judas son of James[*a], and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.

^6:17 He then came down with them and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon

^6:18 who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases. People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured,

^6:19 and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.