Daily Readings - 17/11/2026

^14:1 The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God!’ Their deeds are corrupt and vile, there is not one good man left.

^14:2 Yahweh is looking down from heaven at the sons of men, to see if a single one is wise, if a single one is seeking God.

^14:3 All have turned aside, all alike are tainted; there is not one good man left, not a single one.

^14:4 Are they so ignorant, all these evil men who swallow my people as though they were eating bread, and never invoke Yahweh?

^14:5 They will be struck with fear, fear without reason, since God takes the side of the virtuous:

^14:6 deride as you may the poor man’s hopes, Yahweh is his shelter.

^14:7 Who will bring Israel salvation from Zion? When Yahweh brings his people home, what joy for Jacob, what happiness for Israel!

^19:1 He entered Jericho and was going through the town

^19:2 when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.

^19:3 He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd;

^19:4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.

^19:5 When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’

^19:6 And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.

^19:7 They all complained when they saw what was happening. ‘He has gone to stay at a sinner’s house’ they said.

^19:8 But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, ‘Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount'[*a]

^19:9 And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham;[*b]

^19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost’.