Daily Readings - 14/11/2026

^111:1 Alleluia!

^111:2 The works of Yahweh are sublime,

^111:3 Every work that he does is full of glory and majesty,

^111:4 He allows us to commemorate his marvels.

^111:5 he provides food for those who fear him;

^111:6 He reminds his people of the power that he wields

^111:7 All that he does is done in faithfulness and justice,

^111:8 ordained to last for ever and ever,

^111:9 Quickly he comes to his people’s rescue,

^111:10 This fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom,

^18:1 Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.

^18:2 ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man.

^18:3 In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!”

^18:4 For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man,

^18:5 but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death”.’

^18:6 And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say?

^18:7 Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them?

^18:8 I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

^127:1 If Yahweh does not build the house, in vain the masons toil; if Yahweh does not guard the city, in vain the sentries watch.

^127:2 In vain you get up earlier, and put off going to bed, sweating to make a living, since he provides for his beloved as they sleep.

^127:3 Sons are a bounty from Yahweh, he rewards with descendants:

^127:4 like the arrows in a hero’s hand are the sons you father when young.

^127:5 Happy the man who has filled his quiver with arrows of this sort; in dispute with his enemies at the gate,[*a] he will not be worsted.

^25:14 ‘It is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them.

^25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third is one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out.

^25:16 The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.

^25:17 The man who had received two made two more in the same way.

^25:18 But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

^25:19 Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.

^25:20 The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.”

^25:21 His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness”.

^25:22 Next the man with the two talents came forward. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made.”

^25:23 His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness”.

^25:24 Last came forward the man who had the one talent. “Sir,” said he “I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered;

^25:25 so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back.”

^25:26 But his master answered him, “You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered?

^25:27 Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have recovered my capital with interest.

^25:28 So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the five talents.

^25:29 For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

^25:30 As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”