Daily Readings - 10/12/2026

^41:13 For I, Yahweh, your God, I am holding you by the right hand; I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid, I will help you’.

^41:14 Do not be afraid, Jacob, poor worm, Israel, puny mite. I will help you – it is Yahweh who speaks – the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer.

^41:15 See, I turn you into a threshing-sled, new, with doubled teeth; you shall thresh and crush the mountains, and turn the hills to chaff.

^41:16 You shall winnow them and the wind will blow them away, the gale will scatter them.

^41:17 The poor and needy ask for water, and there is none, their tongue is parched with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

^41:18 I will make rivers well up on barren heights, and fountains in the midst of valleys; turn the wilderness into a lake, and dry ground into waterspring.

^41:19 In the wilderness I will put cedar trees, acacias, myrtles, olives. In the desert I will plant juniper, plane tree and cypress side by side;

^41:20 so that men may see and know, may all observe and understand that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

^145:1 I sing your praises, God my King, I bless your name for ever and ever,

^145:2 blessing you day after day, and praising your name for ever and ever.

^145:3 Can anyone measure the magnificence of Yahweh the great, and his inexpressible grandeur?

^145:4 Celebrating your acts of power, one age shall praise your doings to another.

^145:5 Oh, the splendour of your glory, your renown! I tell myself the story of your marvellous deeds.

^145:6 Men will proclaim your fearful power and I shall assert your greatness;

^145:7 they will celebrate your generous kindness and joyfully acclaim your righteousness.

^145:8 He, Yahweh, is merciful, tenderhearted, slow to anger, very loving,

^145:9 and universally kind; Yahweh’s tenderness embraces all his creatures.

^145:10 Yahweh, all your creatures thank you, and your faithful bless you.

^145:11 Kingly and glorious they proclaim you, they affirm your might.

^145:12 Let mankind learn your acts of power, and the majestic glory of your sovereignty!

^145:13 Your sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty, your empire lasts from age to age.

^145:14 Only stumble, and Yahweh at once supports you, if others bow you down, he will raise you up.

^145:15 Patiently all creatures look to you to feed them throughout the year;

^145:16 quick to satisfy every need, you feed them all with a generous hand.

^145:17 Righteous in all that he does, Yahweh acts only out of love,

^145:18 standing close to all who invoke him, close to all who invoke Yahweh faithfully.

^145:19 Those who fear him need only to ask to be answered; he hears their cries for help and saves them.

^145:20 Under his protection the pious are safe, but Yahweh is destruction to the wicked.

^145:21 Yahweh’s praise be ever in my mouth, and let every creature bless his holy name for ever and ever!

^11:11 ‘I tell you solemnly, of all the children born of women, a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

^11:12 Since John the Baptist came, up to this present time, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent are taking it by storm.

^11:13 Because it was towards John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the Law were leading;

^11:14 and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return.[*d]

^11:15 If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!