Articles:
2026-05-21
May 21, 2026
First Reading: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 30 But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews accused him, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down...
2026-05-20
May 20, 2026
First Reading: Acts 20:28-38 28 "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you guardians, to feed the church of the Lord which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know...
2026-05-19
May 19, 2026
First Reading: Acts 20:17-27 17 And from Mileʹtus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you...
2026-05-17
May 17, 2026
First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 1 In the first book, O Theophʹilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy...
2026-05-16
May 16, 2026
First Reading: Acts 18:23-28 23 After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygʹia, strengthening all the disciples. 24 Now a Jew named Apolʹlos, a native of Alexandria, came...
2026-05-15
May 15, 2026
First Reading: Acts 18:9-18 9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to...
2026-05-14
May 14, 2026
First Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 15 In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said, 16 “Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy...
2026-05-13
May 13, 2026
First Reading: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1 15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed. 22 So Paul, standing in the...
2026-05-12
May 12, 2026
First Reading: Acts 16:22-34 22 The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods. 23 And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them...
2026-05-11
May 11, 2026
First Reading: Acts 16:11-15 11 Setting sail therefore from Troʹas, we made a direct voyage to Samʹothrace, and the following day to Ne-apʹolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of the district of Macedoʹnia, and...
2026-05-10
May 10, 2026
First Reading: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 5 Philip went down to a city of Samarʹia, and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip, when they heard him and...
2026-05-09
May 9, 2026
First Reading: Acts 16:1-10 1 And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek. 2 He was well...
2026-05-08
May 8, 2026
First Reading: Acts 15:22-31 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabʹbas, and...
2026-05-07
May 7, 2026
First Reading: Acts 15:7-21 7 And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the...
2026-05-06
May 6, 2026
First Reading: Acts 15:1-6 1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 And when Paul and Barnabas had no small...
2026-05-05
May 5, 2026
First Reading: Acts 14:19-28 19 But Jews came there from Antioch and Icoʹnium; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. 20 But when the disciples gathered about...
2026-05-04
May 4, 2026
First Reading: Acts 14:5-18 5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to molest them and to stone them, 6 they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaoʹnia, and...
2026-05-03
May 3, 2026
First Reading: Acts 6:1-7 1 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the body of the...
2026-05-02
May 2, 2026
First Reading: Acts 13:44-52 44 The next sabbath almost the whole city gathered together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul,...
2026-05-01
May 1, 2026
First Reading: Acts 13:26-33 26 “Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because...
2026-04-30
April 30, 2026
First Reading: Acts 13:13-25 13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylʹia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem; 14 but they passed on from Perga and came to Antioch of...
2026-04-29
April 29, 2026
First Reading: Acts 12:24--13:5 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark. 13:1 Now in the...
2026-04-28
April 28, 2026
First Reading: Acts 11:19-26 19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoeniʹcia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. 20 But there were some of...
2026-04-27
April 27, 2026
First Reading: Acts 11:1-18 1 Now the apostles and the brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, 3...
2026-04-26
April 26, 2026
First Reading: Acts 2:14, 36-41 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words....
2026-04-25
April 25, 2026
First Reading: 1 Peter 5:5-14 5 Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves...
2026-04-24
April 24, 2026
First Reading: Acts 9:1-20 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any...
2026-04-23
April 23, 2026
First Reading: Acts 8:26-40 26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert road. 27 And he rose and...
2026-04-22
April 22, 2026
First Reading: Acts 8:1-8 1 And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samarʹia, except the apostles....
2026-04-21
April 21, 2026
First Reading: Acts 7:51--8:1 51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those...
2026-04-20
April 20, 2026
First Reading: Acts 6:8-15 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the...
2026-04-19
April 19, 2026
First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words....
2026-04-18
April 18, 2026
First Reading: Acts 6:1-7 1 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the body of the...
2026-04-17
April 17, 2026
First Reading: Acts 5:34-42 34 But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaʹli-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while. 35 And...
2026-04-16
April 16, 2026
First Reading: Acts 5:27-33 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28 saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled...
2026-04-15
April 15, 2026
First Reading: Acts 5:17-26 17 But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadʹducees, and filled with jealousy 18 they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison....
2026-04-14
April 14, 2026
First Reading: Acts 4:32-37 32 Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common. 33...
2026-04-13
April 13, 2026
First Reading: Acts 4:23-31 23 When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God...
2026-04-12
April 12, 2026
First Reading: Acts 2:42-47 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles....
2026-04-11
April 12, 2026
First Reading: Acts 4:13-21 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14 But seeing the man that...
2026-04-10
April 10, 2026
First Reading: Acts 4:1-12 1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadʹducees came upon them, 2 annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the...
2026-04-09
April 9, 2026
First Reading: Acts 3:11-26 11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s, astounded. 12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people, “Men of Israel, why do...
2026-04-08
April 8, 2026
First Reading: Acts 3:1-10 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at that gate...
2026-04-07
April 7, 2026
First Reading: Acts 2:36-41 36 "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” 37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart,...
2026-04-06
April 6, 2026
First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words....
2026-04-05
April 5, 2026
First Reading: Acts 10:34, 37-43 34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, 37 the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: 38...
2026-04-04
April 4, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 1:1--2:2 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over...
2026-04-03
April 3, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 52:13--53:12 52:13 Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. 14 As many were astonished at him— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form...
2026-04-02
April 2, 2026
First Reading: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you....
2026-04-01
April 1, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my...
2026-03-31
March 31, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a...
2026-03-30
March 30, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-7 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry or lift...
2026-03-29
March 29, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my...
2026-03-28
March 28, 2026
First Reading: Ezekiel 37:21-28 21 "Then say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all sides, and bring them...
2026-03-27
March 27, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13 10 For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! “Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him,...
2026-03-26
March 26, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 17:3-9 3 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4 “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer shall your name...
2026-03-25
March 25, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and...
2026-03-24
March 24, 2026
First Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God...
2026-03-23
March 23, 2026
First Reading: Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 1 There was a man living in Babylon whose name was Joʹakim. 2 And he took a wife named Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiʹah, a very beautiful woman and one who feared the...
2026-03-22
March 22, 2026
First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14 12 "Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home into the land...
2026-03-21
March 21, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 11:18-20 18 The LORD made it known to me and I knew; then thou didst show me their evil deeds. 19 But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it...
2026-03-20
March 20, 2026
First Reading: Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 1 For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, “Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end, and no one has been known to return from...
2026-03-19
March 19, 2026
First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 4 But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, 5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house to dwell in?...
2026-03-18
March 18, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 49:8-15 8 Thus says the LORD: “In a time of favor I have answered you, in a day of salvation I have helped you; I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people,...
2026-03-17
March 17, 2026
First Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 1 Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water...
2026-03-16
March 16, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 65:17-21 17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create;...
2026-03-15
March 15, 2026
First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send...
2026-03-14
March 14, 2026
First Reading: Hosea 6:1-6 1 “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the...
2026-03-13
March 13, 2026
First Reading: Hosea 14:2-10 1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2 Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that...
2026-03-12
March 12, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 7:23-28 23 "But this command I gave them, ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be...
2026-03-11
March 11, 2026
First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 1 “And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the...
2026-03-10
March 9, 2026
First Reading: Daniel 3:25, 34-43 25 Then Azariʹah stood and offered this prayer; in the midst of the fire he opened his mouth and said: 34 "For thy name’s sake do not give us up utterly, and do not break...
2026-03-09
March 8, 2026
First Reading: 2 Kings 5:1-15 1 Naʹaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a...
2026-03-08
March 7, 2026
First Reading: Exodus 17:3-7 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”...
2026-03-07
March 7, 2026
First Reading: Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 14 Shepherd thy people with thy staff, the flock of thy inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in the...
2026-03-06
March 6, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves. 4 But when his...
2026-03-05
March 5, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 17:5-10 5 Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the LORD. 6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall...
2026-03-04
March 4, 2026
First Reading: Jeremiah 18:18-20 18 Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him...
2026-03-03
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 10, 16-20 10 "Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorʹrah! 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings...
2026-03-02
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Daniel 9:4-10 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and terrible God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 we...
2026-03-01
March 3, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 12:1-4 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation,...
2026-02-28
February 28, 2026
First Reading: Deuteronomy 26:16-19 16 “This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17 You have declared...
2026-02-27
February 27, 2026
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:21-28 21 “But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die....
2026-02-26
February 26, 2026
First Reading: Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 1 And Esther the queen, seized with deathly anxiety, fled to the Lord; 3 And she prayed to the Lord God of Israel, and said: “O my Lord, thou only art our King; help...
2026-02-25
February 24, 2026
First Reading: Jonah 3:1-10 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Ninʹeveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose...
2026-02-24
February 23, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 55:10-11 10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,...
2026-02-23
February 23, 2026
First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 1 And the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the LORD your God am holy. 11 You shall not steal,...
2026-02-22
February 21, 2026
First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden...
2026-02-21
February 20, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 58:9-14 9 “Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger,...
2026-02-20
February 20, 2026
First Reading: Isaiah 58:1-9 1 “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my...
2026-02-19
February 19, 2026
First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 “See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day, by loving the LORD...
2026-02-18
February 18, 2026
First Reading: Joel 2:12-18 12 “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13 and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the LORD, your God,...
2026-02-17
February 16, 2026
First Reading: James 1:12-18 12 Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say...
2026-02-16
February 16, 2026
First Reading: James 1:1-11 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greeting. 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, 3 for you know...
2026-02-15
February 15, 2026
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20 15 If you will, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice. 16 He has placed before you fire and water: stretch out your hand for whichever you...
2026-02-14
February 13, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 26 And Jeroboʹam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David; 27 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at...
2026-02-13
February 12, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 29 And at that time, when Jeroboʹam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahiʹjah the Shiʹlonite found him on the road. Now Ahiʹjah had clad himself with a new garment; and the two of...
2026-02-12
February 12, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 11:4-13 4 For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father....
2026-02-11
February 11, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 10:1-10 1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very...
2026-02-10
February 9, 2026
First Reading: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; 23 and said, “O LORD, God of Israel,...