March 21, 2026
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Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel: John 7:40-53
40
When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.
41
Others said, This is the Christ. But others said, Not so; will the Christ come from Galilee?
42
Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?
43
So there was a division among the people because of him.
44
And some of them had a desire to take him; but no man put hands on him.
45
Then the servants went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why have you not got him with you?
46
The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.
47
Then the Pharisees said to them, Have you, like the others, been given false ideas?
48
Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
49
But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.
50
Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,
51
Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?
52
This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.
53
[And every man went to his house;
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☆ Jeremiah 11:18-20
18
And the Lord gave me knowledge of it and I saw it: then you made clear to me their doings.
19
But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
20
But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
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3.21.2026
3.20.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 20, 2026
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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
1
After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
2
But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
25
Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?
26
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?
27
However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.
28
Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.
29
I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
30
Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.
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☆ Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 **
1a
For, not thinking rightly, they said among themselves:*
"Brief and troubled is our lifetime;
12
Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us;he opposes our actions,
Reproaches us for transgressions of the law
and charges us with violations of our training.
13
He professes to have knowledge of God
and styles himself a child of the LORD.h
14
To us he is the censure of our thoughts;
merely to see him is a hardship for us,
15
Because his life is not like that of others,
and different are his ways.
16
He judges us debased;
he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the righteous
and boasts that God is his Father.
17
Let us see whether his words be true;
let us find out what will happen to him in the end.
18
For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him
and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
19
With violence and torture let us put him to the test
that we may have proof of his gentleness
and try his patience.
20
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
for according to his own words, God will take care of him."
21
These were their thoughts, but they erred;
for their wickedness blinded them,
22
And they did not know the hidden counsels of God;
neither did they count on a recompense for holiness
nor discern the innocent souls' reward.
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☆ Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
1
After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.
2
But the feast of the Jews, the feast of tents, was near.
10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
25
Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?
26
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?
27
However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.
28
Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.
29
I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.
30
Then they had a desire to take him: but no man put hands on him because his hour was still to come.
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☆ Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22 **
1a
For, not thinking rightly, they said among themselves:*
"Brief and troubled is our lifetime;
12
Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us;he opposes our actions,
Reproaches us for transgressions of the law
and charges us with violations of our training.
13
He professes to have knowledge of God
and styles himself a child of the LORD.h
14
To us he is the censure of our thoughts;
merely to see him is a hardship for us,
15
Because his life is not like that of others,
and different are his ways.
16
He judges us debased;
he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the righteous
and boasts that God is his Father.
17
Let us see whether his words be true;
let us find out what will happen to him in the end.
18
For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him
and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
19
With violence and torture let us put him to the test
that we may have proof of his gentleness
and try his patience.
20
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
for according to his own words, God will take care of him."
21
These were their thoughts, but they erred;
for their wickedness blinded them,
22
And they did not know the hidden counsels of God;
neither did they count on a recompense for holiness
nor discern the innocent souls' reward.
** Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22
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3.19.2026
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March 19, 2026
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Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
16
And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.
18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.
19
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
20
But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.
21
And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
24a
And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him,
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or
☆ Luke 2:41-51a
41
And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
42
And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;
43
And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:
44
And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,
45
And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.
46
And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.
47
And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.
48
And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.
49
And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
50
And his words seemed strange to them.
51a
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered:
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☆ 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
4
Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
5a
Go and say to my servant David,
12
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13
He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
14a
I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son:
16
And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
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☆ Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
13
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
16
For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
18
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
22
For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.
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Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
16
And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.
18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.
19
And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
20
But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.
21
And she will give birth to a son; and you will give him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.
24a
And Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had said to him,
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or
☆ Luke 2:41-51a
41
And every year his father and mother went to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
42
And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;
43
And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:
44
And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,
45
And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.
46
And after three days they came across him in the Temple, seated among the wise men, giving ear to their words and putting questions to them.
47
And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.
48
And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.
49
And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?
50
And his words seemed strange to them.
51a
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered:
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☆ 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16
4
Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
5a
Go and say to my servant David,
12
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13
He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
14a
I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son:
16
And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.
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☆ Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22
13
For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
16
For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
18
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
22
For which reason it was put to his account as righteousness.
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3.18.2026
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March 18, 2026
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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 5:17-30
17
But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.
18
For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.
19
So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.
20
For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
21
In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
22
The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;
23
So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
24
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
25
Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.
26
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
27
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
28
Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,
29
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
30
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
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☆ Isaiah 49:8-15
8
This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
9
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
10
They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
12
See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13
Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
14
But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.
15
Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
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Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 5:17-30
17
But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.
18
For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.
19
So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.
20
For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
21
In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
22
The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;
23
So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.
24
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
25
Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.
26
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
27
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.
28
Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,
29
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
30
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
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☆ Isaiah 49:8-15
8
This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
9
Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.
10
They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
11
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up.
12
See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
13
Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
14
But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory.
15
Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
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3.17.2026
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March 17, 2026
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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 5:1-16
1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2
Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.
3
In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.
4 []
5
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
6
When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?
7
The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.
8
Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.
9
And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.
10
So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.
11
He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.
12
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
13
Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.
14
After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.
15
The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16
And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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☆ Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
1
And he took me back to the door of the house; and I saw that waters were flowing out from under the doorstep of the house on the east, for the house was facing east: and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south side of the altar.
2
And he took me out by the north doorway, and made me go round to the outside of the doorway looking to the east; and I saw waters running slowly out on the south side.
3
And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.
4
And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.
5
Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
6
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he took me to the river's edge.
7
And he took me back, and I saw at the edge of the river a very great number of trees on this side and on that.
8
And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.
9
And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life.
12
And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.
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☆ Gospel:John 5:1-16
1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2
Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.
3
In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.
4 []
5
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
6
When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?
7
The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.
8
Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.
9
And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.
10
So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.
11
He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.
12
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
13
Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.
14
After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.
15
The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16
And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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☆ Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12
1
And he took me back to the door of the house; and I saw that waters were flowing out from under the doorstep of the house on the east, for the house was facing east: and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south side of the altar.
2
And he took me out by the north doorway, and made me go round to the outside of the doorway looking to the east; and I saw waters running slowly out on the south side.
3
And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.
4
And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.
5
Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
6
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he took me to the river's edge.
7
And he took me back, and I saw at the edge of the river a very great number of trees on this side and on that.
8
And he said to me, These waters are flowing out to the east part of the land and down into the Arabah; and they will go to the sea, and the waters will be made sweet.
9
And it will come about that every living and moving thing, wherever their streams come, will have life; and there will be very much fish because these waters have come there and have been made sweet: and everything wherever the river comes will have life.
12
And by the edge of the river, on this side and on that, will come up every tree used for food, whose leaves will ever be green and its fruit will not come to an end: it will have new fruit every month, because its waters come out from the holy place: the fruit will be for food and the leaf will make well those who are ill.
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3.16.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 16, 2026
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Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 4:43-54
43
And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.
44
For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.
45
So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.
46
So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.
47
When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
48
Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.
49
The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.
50
And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.
51
And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.
52
So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.
53
It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.
54
Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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☆ Isaiah 65:17-21
17
For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.
18
But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.
19
And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.
20
No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.
21
And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them.
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☆ Gospel:John 4:43-54
43
And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.
44
For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.
45
So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.
46
So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.
47
When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.
48
Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.
49
The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.
50
And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.
51
And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.
52
So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.
53
It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.
54
Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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☆ Isaiah 65:17-21
17
For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.
18
But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.
19
And I will be glad over Jerusalem, and have joy in my people: and the voice of weeping will no longer be sounding in her, or the voice of grief.
20
No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.
21
And they will be building houses and living in them; planting vine-gardens and getting the fruit of them.
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3.15.2026
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March 15, 2026
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 9:1-41
1
And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
2
And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
3
Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.
4
While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.
5
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6
Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,
7
And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
8
Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?
9
Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
10
So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
11
His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.
12
And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.
13
They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.
14
Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.
15
So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.
16
Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
17
Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18
Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,
19
And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?
20
In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:
21
But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
22
They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.
23
That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.
24
So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.
25
He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.
26
Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?
27
His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
28
And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29
We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.
30
The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
32
In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
33
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
35
It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?
36
He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.
37
Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.
38
And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.
39
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
41
Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
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☆ 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
1b
The Lord said to Samuel, Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
6
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
10
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13a
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power.
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☆ Ephesians 5:8-14
8
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
10
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
11
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
12
For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
13
But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
14
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
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☆ Gospel:John 9:1-41
1
And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
2
And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?
3
Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.
4
While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.
5
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6
Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,
7
And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.
8
Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?
9
Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
10
So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
11
His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.
12
And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.
13
They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.
14
Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.
15
So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.
16
Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.
17
Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
18
Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,
19
And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?
20
In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:
21
But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.
22
They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.
23
That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.
24
So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.
25
He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.
26
Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?
27
His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
28
And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29
We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.
30
The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
31
We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.
32
In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.
33
If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
35
It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?
36
He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.
37
Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.
38
And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.
39
And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
40
These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?
41
Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
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☆ 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
1b
The Lord said to Samuel, Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
6
Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.
10
And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.
11
Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.
12
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
13a
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on him there among his brothers: and from that day the spirit of the Lord came on David with power.
-----
☆ Ephesians 5:8-14
8
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
10
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
11
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
12
For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
13
But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
14
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
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3.14.2026
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March 14, 2026
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Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 18:9-14
9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
13
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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☆ Hosea 6:1-6
1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
2
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
3
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
4
O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
5
So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;
6
Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
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☆ Gospel:Luke 18:9-14
9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
13
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
14
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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☆ Hosea 6:1-6
1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
2
After two days he will give us life, and on the third day he will make us get up, and we will be living before him.
3
And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.
4
O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
5
So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;
6
Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
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3.13.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 13, 2026
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Friday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Mark 12:28ad-34
28ad
And one of the scribes came, the question to him, Which law is the first of all?
29
Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
30
And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
31
The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
32
And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:
33
And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
34
And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
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☆ Hosea 14:1-9
(Hosea 14:2-10)**
1
O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
3
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
4
I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
5
I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
6
His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.
7
They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
9
He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
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☆ Gospel:Mark 12:28ad-34
28ad
And one of the scribes came, the question to him, Which law is the first of all?
29
Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
30
And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
31
The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
32
And the scribe said to him, Truly, Master, you have well said that he is one, and there is no other but he:
33
And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.
34
And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
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☆ Hosea 14:1-9
(Hosea 14:2-10)**
1
O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.
2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
3
Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.
4
I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.
5
I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.
6
His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.
7
They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8
As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
9
He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.
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3.12.2026
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March 12, 2026
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Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 11:14-23
14
And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
15
But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.
16
And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
17
But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
18
If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
19
And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
20
But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
21
When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:
22
But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
23
He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
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☆ Jeremiah 7:23-28
23
But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
24
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.
25
From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:
26
But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.
27
And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.
28
And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
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☆ Gospel:Luke 11:14-23
14
And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
15
But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.
16
And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
17
But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
18
If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
19
And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.
20
But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.
21
When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:
22
But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.
23
He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
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☆ Jeremiah 7:23-28
23
But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
24
But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.
25
From the day when your fathers came out of Egypt till this day, I have sent my servants the prophets to you, getting up early every day and sending them:
26
But still they took no note and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff, doing worse than their fathers.
27
And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.
28
And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.
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3.11.2026
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March 11, 2026
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Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 5:17-19
17
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
18
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
19
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
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☆ Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
1
And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
5
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
6
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
7
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
8
And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
9
Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 5:17-19
17
Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.
18
Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
19
Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.
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☆ Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9
1
And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
5
I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
6
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
7
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
8
And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
9
Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
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3.10.2026
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March 10, 2026
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Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 18:21-35
21
Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?
22
Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
23
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
24
And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
25
And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
26
So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
27
And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
28
But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
29
So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.
30
And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
31
So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.
32
Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
33
Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
34
And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.
35
So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
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＊ Daniel 3:25, 34-43
25
Azariah stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:
34
For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever,
or make void your covenant.
35
Do not take away your mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,
Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
36
To whom you promised to multiply their offspring
like the stars of heaven,
or the sand on the shore of the sea.
37
For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,
brought low everywhere in the world this day
because of our sins.
38
We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,
no burnt offering, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,
no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.
39
But with contrite heart and humble spirit
let us be received;
As though it were burnt offerings of rams and bulls,
or tens of thousands of fat lambs,
40
So let our sacrifice be in your presence today
and find favor before you;
for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
41
And now we follow you with our whole heart,
we fear you and we seek your face.
Do not put us to shame,
42
but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
43
Deliver us in accord with your wonders,
and bring glory to your name, O Lord:
＊Daniel Chapter 3
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 18:21-35
21
Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?
22
Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
23
For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
24
And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
25
And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
26
So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
27
And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
28
But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
29
So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.
30
And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
31
So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.
32
Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
33
Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
34
And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.
35
So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
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＊ Daniel 3:25, 34-43
25
Azariah stood up in the midst of the fire and prayed aloud:
34
For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever,
or make void your covenant.
35
Do not take away your mercy from us,
for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,
Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
36
To whom you promised to multiply their offspring
like the stars of heaven,
or the sand on the shore of the sea.
37
For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,
brought low everywhere in the world this day
because of our sins.
38
We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,
no burnt offering, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,
no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you.
39
But with contrite heart and humble spirit
let us be received;
As though it were burnt offerings of rams and bulls,
or tens of thousands of fat lambs,
40
So let our sacrifice be in your presence today
and find favor before you;
for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.
41
And now we follow you with our whole heart,
we fear you and we seek your face.
Do not put us to shame,
42
but deal with us in your kindness and great mercy.
43
Deliver us in accord with your wonders,
and bring glory to your name, O Lord:
＊Daniel Chapter 3
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3.09.2026
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March 9, 2026
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Monday of the Third Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 4:24-30
24
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
25
Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
26
But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27
And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28
And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.
29
And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.
30
But he came through them and went on his way.
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☆ 2 Kings 5:1-15ab
1
Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
2
Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.
3
And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.
4
And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
5
So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
6
And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.
7
But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?
8
Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.
9
So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
10
And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.
11
But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.
12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.
13
Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?
14
Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
15ab
Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel:
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☆ Gospel:Luke 4:24-30
24
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
25
Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
26
But Elijah was not sent to one of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
27
And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.
28
And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.
29
And they got up and took him out of the town to the edge of the mountain on which their town was, so that they might send him down to his death.
30
But he came through them and went on his way.
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☆ 2 Kings 5:1-15ab
1
Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
2
Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.
3
And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.
4
And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
5
So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
6
And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.
7
But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?
8
Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.
9
So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
10
And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.
11
But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.
12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.
13
Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?
14
Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
15ab
Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel:
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3.08.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 8, 2026
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Third Sunday of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 4:5-42
5
So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
6
Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
7
A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.
8
For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
9
The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.
10
In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
11
The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?
12
Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?
13
Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:
14
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
15
The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.
16
Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.
17
In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:
18
You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.
19
The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
20
Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.
21
Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22
You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.
23
But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
24
God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
25
The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.
26
Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
27
At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?
28
Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,
29
Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?
30
So they went out of the town and came to him.
31
While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.
32
But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
33
So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
35
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
36
He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
37
In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
38
I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
39
Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.
40
So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.
41
And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.
42
And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
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☆ Exodus 17:3-7
3
And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
4
And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
5
And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.
6
See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.
7
And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?
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☆ Romans 5:1-2, 5-8
1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
6
For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
7
Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
8
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
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Third Sunday of Lent
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☆ Gospel:John 4:5-42
5
So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
6
Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
7
A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.
8
For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
9
The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.
10
In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.
11
The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?
12
Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?
13
Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:
14
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
15
The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.
16
Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.
17
In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:
18
You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.
19
The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
20
Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.
21
Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22
You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.
23
But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.
24
God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
25
The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.
26
Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
27
At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?
28
Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,
29
Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?
30
So they went out of the town and came to him.
31
While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.
32
But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
33
So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
34
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
35
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
36
He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
37
In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
38
I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
39
Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.
40
So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.
41
And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.
42
And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
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☆ Exodus 17:3-7
3
And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
4
And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
5
And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.
6
See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.
7
And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?
-----
☆ Romans 5:1-2, 5-8
1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
6
For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
7
Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
8
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
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3.07.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 7, 2026
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Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
2
And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
3
And he made a story for them, saying,
11
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.
13
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
14
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
15
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
16
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
17
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
18
I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
19
I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
21
And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
22
But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:
23
And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.
24
For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
25
Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.
26
And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.
27
And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.
28
But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.
29
But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
31
And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.
32
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
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☆ Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
14
Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
15
As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, let us see things of wonder.
18
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
19
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
20
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
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Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
1
Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.
2
And the Pharisees and scribes were angry, saying, This man gives approval to sinners, and takes food with them.
3
And he made a story for them, saying,
11
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.
13
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
14
And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.
15
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
16
And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.
17
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
18
I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
19
I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
21
And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.
22
But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:
23
And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.
24
For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.
25
Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.
26
And he sent for one of the servants, questioning him about what it might be.
27
And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has had the young ox put to death because he has come back safely.
28
But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.
29
But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
31
And he said to him, Son, you are with me at all times, and all I have is yours.
32
But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
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☆ Micah 7:14-15, 18-20
14
Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
15
As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, let us see things of wonder.
18
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
19
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
20
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
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3.06.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 6, 2026
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Friday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
33
Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
34
And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
35
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.
37
But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
38
But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
39
And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
40
When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
41
They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.
42
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
45
And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
46
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
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☆ Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
12
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13a
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them.
17b
So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28a
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver,
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Friday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
33
Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
34
And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
35
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
36
Again, he sent other servants more in number than the first: and they did the same to them.
37
But after that he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
38
But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.
39
And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
40
When, then, the lord of the vine-garden comes, what will he do to those workmen?
41
They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.
42
Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
43
For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
45
And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.
46
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.
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☆ Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a
3
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
4
And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.
12
Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.
13a
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them.
17b
So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
18
But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;
19
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
20
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
21
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
22
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
23
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;
24
And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.
25
Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.
26
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
27
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
28a
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver,
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3.05.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 5, 2026
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Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 16:19-31
19
Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
21
Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
22
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
24
And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
26
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
27
And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
28
For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
29
But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
30
And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.
31
And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
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☆ Jeremiah 17:5-10
5
This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
6
For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
7
A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8
For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
10
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
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Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 16:19-31
19
Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
21
Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
22
And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
23
And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.
24
And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
25
But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
26
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.
27
And he said, Father, it is my request that you will send him to my father's house;
28
For I have five brothers; and let him give them an account of these things, so that they may not come to this place of pain.
29
But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.
30
And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.
31
And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.
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☆ Jeremiah 17:5-10
5
This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
6
For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
7
A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8
For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.
9
The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?
10
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
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3.04.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 4, 2026
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Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 20:17-28
17
And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,
18
See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,
19
And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.
20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
21
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
22
But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
24
And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
25
But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.
26
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
28
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
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☆ Jeremiah 18:18-20
18
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
19
Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
20
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
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Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 20:17-28
17
And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,
18
See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,
19
And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.
20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
21
And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
22
But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
23
They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
24
And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
25
But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.
26
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
27
And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
28
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
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☆ Jeremiah 18:18-20
18
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
19
Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
20
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.
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3.03.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 3, 2026
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Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 23:1-12
1
Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
2
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
3
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
4
They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them
5
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
6
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
7
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
8
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
9
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
10
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
11
But let the greatest among you be your servant.
12
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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☆ Isaiah 1:10, 16-20
10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
16
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
18
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
19
If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
20
But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
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Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 23:1-12
1
Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
2
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
3
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
4
They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them
5
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
6
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
7
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
8
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
9
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
10
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
11
But let the greatest among you be your servant.
12
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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☆ Isaiah 1:10, 16-20
10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
16
Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.
18
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
19
If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
20
But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
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3.02.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 2, 2026
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Monday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 6:36-38
36
Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
37
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
38
Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
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☆ Daniel 9:4b-10
4b
O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
5
We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
6
We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our fathers and all the people of the land.
7
O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
8
O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our fathers, because of our sin against you.
9
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
10
And have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God to go in the way of his laws which he put before us by the mouth of his servants the prophets.
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Monday of the Second Week of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Luke 6:36-38
36
Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
37
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
38
Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
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☆ Daniel 9:4b-10
4b
O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;
5
We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:
6
We have not given ear to your servants the prophets, who said words in your name to our kings and our rulers and our fathers and all the people of the land.
7
O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
8
O Lord, shame is on us, on our kings and our rulers and our fathers, because of our sin against you.
9
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
10
And have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God to go in the way of his laws which he put before us by the mouth of his servants the prophets.
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3.01.2026
Today's Bible story ☆
March 1, 2026
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Second Sunday of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 17:1-9
1
And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
2
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
3
And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.
4
And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
5
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
6
And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
7
And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.
8
And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.
9
And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
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☆ Genesis 12:1-4a
1
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4a
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him,
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☆ 2 Timothy 1:8b-10
8b
but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
10
But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
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Second Sunday of Lent
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☆ Gospel:Matthew 17:1-9
1
And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.
2
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
3
And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.
4
And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
5
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
6
And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
7
And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.
8
And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus only.
9
And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
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☆ Genesis 12:1-4a
1
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4a
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him,
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☆ 2 Timothy 1:8b-10
8b
but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
9
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
10
But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
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