Sunday, December 25, 2022
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Sunday, November 13, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - November 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - November 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 2 Chronicles 4:1-22: The book of Second Chronicles focuses on the rule of King Solomon, David’s son. Under his rule, the Temple in Jerusalem was built (2 Chronicles 3). Today’s reading describes the various equipment and furnishings that Solomon ordered for the Temple.
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - November 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - November 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Ezra 7:1-10: In today’s reading, the story has now jumped from the completion of the Temple toward the end of the sixth century (516 B.C.) to the middle of the fifth century (458 B.C.), and we are introduced to Ezra, a priest and an expert in the Law. He was also in a position of high favor in the court of the Persian emperor, Artaxerxes, during the time following the Babylonian captivity when Jerusalem was rebuilt. Artaxerxes gives Ezra permission to return to Jerusalem along with many Jewish leaders and their families.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - October 30th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - October 30th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Ezekiel 34:11-31: God promises to rescue the people and care for them and be their shepherd.
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - October 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - October 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society: Deuteronomy 15:1-18: Today’s reading is part of a section in the book of Deuteronomy that contains a code of laws. This section continues through 26:19. In today’s reading, all debts owed by Israelites to one another are to be cancelled every seven years and slaves are to be set free.
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - October 16th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - October 16th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Leviticus 25:1-22: Moses receives instructions for a “sabbatical” year that is to be dedicated to the LORD. He also receives instructions for observing the Year of Restoration, the fiftieth year, which occurs at the end of seven 7-year cycles, a time when property is to be restored to the original owners.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - October 9th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - October 9th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Obadiah 1-21: This short book comes from an undetermined time after the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586 B.C. Edom, Jerusalem’s age-old enemy, not only rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem but also looted the city and helped the invaders. In today’s reading, Obadiah prophesied that Edom would be punished and defeated, along with other nations that were enemies of Israel.
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - October 2nd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - October 2nd, 2022 | American Bible Society: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul tells the Corinthians that they are dishonoring the Lord because of the way they practice the Lord’s Supper. He reminds them of Jesus’s words on the night Jesus was betrayed and exhorts them to undergo self-examination before partaking of the meal.
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - September 18th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - September 18th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 1: This psalm serves as an introduction to the book of Psalms and introduces us to the Law of the LORD.
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - September 11th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - September 11th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 8:21-30: In today’s reading, Jesus confronts the religious authorities and says that they will die in their sins if they do not believe in him.
Monday, September 5, 2022
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - September 4th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - September 4th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 6:1-24: Jesus crosses Lake Galilee, and a large crowd follows him. A young boy offers his food of five barley loaves and two fish, and Jesus is able to provide food for all the people. In the evening the disciples go back across the lake toward Capernaum, and Jesus approaches their boat walking on the water.
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - August 28th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - August 28th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Genesis 47:13-31: As the famine becomes more severe, Joseph administers the distribution of grain. Jacob and his family remain in Egypt; and as Jacob approaches death, Joseph promises his father that he will bury Jacob with his ancestors.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - August 21st, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - August 21st, 2022 | American Bible Society: Genesis 43:1-14: The famine in Canaan worsens, and Jacob tells his sons to return to Egypt to buy more grain. Judah persuades Jacob to let them return with Benjamin.
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - August 14th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - August 14th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Genesis 37:12-36: Joseph’s brothers plot to kill him, but Judah convinces them to sell Joseph to a caravan of traders on their way to Egypt.
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - August 7th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - August 7th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 105:1-22: This psalm outlines Israel’s history from the call of Abraham to the journey of the people to the Promised Land. Today’s reading concludes with a reference to Joseph, Jacob’s son, who helped the people during a time of great famine (see Genesis 41).
Monday, August 1, 2022
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - July 31st, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - July 31st, 2022 | American Bible Society: Judges 16:23-31: Today’s reading is the conclusion to the story of Samson. As the Philistines celebrate their victory over Samson, they bring him out of prison for entertainment purposes. Samson prays to God for strength, and the building (a temple dedicated to the Philistine pagan god Dagon) collapses, killing the Philistines and himself.
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - July 24th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - July 24th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Judges 9:1-21: As noted in the conclusion of yesterday’s reading, Gideon’s concubine in Shechem bore him a son, and Gideon named him Abimelech. After Abimelech kills his brothers, the people of Shechem make him king. He is the first Israelite to take this title. (Ironically, his name means “my father is king.”) Yet Gideon himself had declared that neither he nor his son would rule over Israel and that only the LORD would be Israel’s ruler (Judges 8:23). Gideon’s youngest son, Jotham, survived Abimelech’s murderous plot and denounces Abimelech’s actions. In satirical fashion, he tells the men of Shechem a parable that warns against selecting someone to be king who has not been chosen by God.
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - July 17th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - July 17th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Judges 3:1-31: The Israelites are tested and continue to sin against the LORD. Whenever the Israelites are oppressed, they cry out to the LORD. Today’s reading lifts up two leaders sent by the LORD — Othniel and Ehud — to rescue them from their enemies. The reading concludes with a brief mention of Israel’s next leader, Shamgar.
Friday, July 15, 2022
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Sunday, July 10, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - July 10th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - July 10th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Joshua 2:1-24: Joshua sends out two spies to explore the land of Canaan. In the city of Jericho they encounter Rahab, a woman who hides them from the king of Jericho and asks them to spare her household when the Israelites enter the land.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - July 3rd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - July 3rd, 2022 | American Bible Society: Deuteronomy 31:30—32:27: Moses’s song is presented in the form of a lawsuit. Earth and sky are summoned as witnesses (32:1). God charges Israel with being unfaithful to their agreement (32:5, 6). Despite God’s past blessings (32:7-14), Israel rebelled (32:15-18), and God was forced to punish them (32:19-27).
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - June 26th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - June 26th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11: In today’s reading, Paul writes to the Corinthians about spiritual gifts. He describes how the Spirit gives God’s people special gifts and says that there is one Spirit that offers many gifts, including wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing powers, and more.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - June 19th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - June 19th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Galatians1:1-24: Today we begin reading the apostle Paul’s letter to the churches of Galatia, a Roman province in Asia Minor. The letter was written in response to a surmounting crisis brought about by other missionaries who were misleading the Galatian Gentiles with false teachings and proclaiming a message that was contrary to what Paul had taught. In today’s reading, Paul expresses his shock that the Galatians have accepted “another gospel,” and he defends his call to be an apostle of Jesus Christ.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - June 12th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - June 12th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Acts 11:1-18: As noted in the readings from the last two days, chapter 10 in the book of Acts recounted Peter’s meeting with Cornelius, a Gentile, and how the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit and were baptized. In today’s reading, Peter is criticized by Jewish Christians for meeting with Gentiles, and he defends his actions.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - June 5th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - June 5th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Acts 2:1-13: The Holy Spirit comes on the day of Pentecost to give power and courage to the apostles. They begin to tell about the great things God has done, which people hear in many different languages. Some people are happy and excited, while others make fun of the Lord’s followers.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - May 29th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - May 29th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 89:1-18: Today’s reading is a testament to God’s faithfulness and recalls God’s covenant with David that David’s dynasty will last forever (see 2 Samuel 7:16, the reading from May 27).
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - May 22nd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - May 22nd, 2022 | American Bible Society: 1 Samuel 16:1-23: God has rejected Saul as king, and Samuel anoints David, a young shepherd boy, to be Israel’s next king. Saul is tormented by an evil spirit, and David is sent to play his harp for Saul. Saul enlists David in his service as his weapons carrier.
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - May 15th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - May 15th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 1 Samuel 9:1-27: Yesterday’s reading concluded with the LORD telling Samuel to do what the people wanted and give them a king. In today’s reading, the LORD tells Samuel that he will encounter a man whom Samuel is to anoint as king. While Saul is searching for his father’s missing donkeys, he meets Samuel, and Samuel invites him to a banquet. Saul is given a place at the head of the table, the place of honor. Thus Samuel treats Saul as if Saul were already king.
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - May 8th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - May 8th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 1 Samuel 3:1-21: As a boy, Samuel served the LORD in Shiloh by helping Eli the priest. One night he heard the voice of the LORD calling him, and Samuel received a message from the LORD. When Samuel grew up, he became a prophet of the LORD.
Sunday, May 1, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - May 1st, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - May 1st, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 18:1-24: Today we begin reading the first half of Psalm 18. It is the third longest psalm (after 119 and 78) and employs a warrior-deity image for God. The psalm is attributed to David who sang this song to the LORD after the LORD had rescued him from his enemies. This victory song also appears in 2 Samuel 22. Centuries after the time of David, this psalm was used to express the hope that God would rescue the people of Israel from their enemies.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - April 24th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - April 24th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Romans 11:1-24: Chapter 11 is a summation of what the apostle Paul has been saying in chapters 9 and 10 about bringing all people—Jews and Gentiles—within the reach of God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Using the image of an olive tree and grafting, Paul argues that Gentiles are like branches that are cut away from a wild olive tree and grafted into a cultivated tree. The Jews are God’s cultivated olive tree, and the new “Gentile” branches have been grafted into the tree which now stands for the whole people of God.
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - April 17th, 2022 | American Bible Society Happy Easter
Daily Bible Reading - April 17th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 20:1-18: When Mary Magdalene goes to Jesus’s tomb, she sees that the stone has been rolled away. She runs to tell the disciples, believing that someone took Jesus’s body from the tomb. Then Jesus appears to Mary, telling her that he is going to return to God. Mary then tells the disciples that she has seen the Lord, and she is the first witness to Jesus’s resurrection.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - April 15th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - April 15th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 19:16b-30: Jesus carries his cross to “The Place of the Skull” (called “Golgotha” in Hebrew) where he is crucified. Pilate has an inscription placed on the cross, and soldiers gamble for Jesus’s clothing. At the cross, Jesus speaks to his mother and to a beloved disciple. Jesus’s final words from the cross indicate that he has completed the work God had given him to do.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - April 10th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - April 10th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 12:12-36a: Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem is compared to a humble king as described in Zechariah 9:9, which is quoted in verse 15. The crowd greets him with palm branches and with praises. Some Greeks were also in Jerusalem at the time and ask to see Jesus. Today’s reading concludes with Jesus speaking about his death, knowing that he will fulfill God’s purpose and bring glory to God the Father.
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - April 3rd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - April 3rd, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 43: Today’s reading continues the reading from yesterday (Psalm 42). It begins with the writer’s plea for deliverance from enemies and those who are evil and concludes with an affirmation of trust in God.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - March 27th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 2 Chronicles 6:1-11: Solomon succeeded his father, David, as king of Israel. Following the completion of the Temple and the housing of the Covenant Box in the Most Holy Place, Solomon speaks to the people. He tells them that the LORD has kept his promise in having Solomon build the Temple. (The construction of the Temple and bringing the Covenant Box to the Temple are described in 2 Chronicles, chapters 2–5).
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - March 20th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - March 20th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 77: Today’s reading begins with the psalm writer questioning God and wondering if God has forgotten the people. But the writer also remembers God’s saving acts and miracles and concludes by praising God’s power.
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - March 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - March 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 55: Today’s reading is an individual lament in which the psalm writer calls upon God, expressing fear because of enemy threats and anguish over being betrayed by a friend. Even when enemies seem to be in control, the writer trusts in God, who has ruled from eternity.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - March 11th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - March 11th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 40: This psalm celebrates what God has done for the author of this psalm. While many of the psalms for help demonstrate a movement from despair to praise, this psalm begins with praise to God and concludes with a plea for help. You may wish to compare verses 13-17 with its parallel reading in Psalm 70.
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - March 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - March 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Psalm 11: In this short psalm, an individual who has found safety in the LORD is addressing another individual and affirming trust and confidence in the LORD.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - February 27th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - February 27th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Deuteronomy 6:1-9: The book of Deuteronomy is organized as a series of addresses given by Moses to the people of Israel in the land of Moab, where they had stopped at the end of the long wilderness journey and were about to enter and occupy Canaan. In today’s reading, Moses tells the people that the LORD wants them to obey the laws in the land they are about to occupy so that they may become a strong nation. (You may wish to refer to Deuteronomy 5:1-22 which recounts the Ten Commandments.) Today’s reading includes the great commandment (see verse 5) that Jesus later underscored (see Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:29, 30). Jewish tradition calls verses 4 and 5 the “Shema,” because the first Hebrew word of this passage is “shema,” which means “listen” or “hear.” The Good News Translation renders this word as “remember this!”
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - February 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - February 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society: Colossians 3:5-17: In today’s reading, the apostle Paul reminds the Colossians that they are people of God, united as a community bound by love. He admonishes the people to get rid of those habits that are aligned with “the old self” in order to “put on the new self.”
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - February 20th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - February 20th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Colossians 1:24-29: The apostle Paul describes how he has suffered for the sake of the gospel and affirms that his task, as a servant of the church, is to proclaim God’s message.
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - February 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - February 13th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 15:18-27: Jesus warns his disciples that they will be hated and suffer persecution because they have chosen to believe in and follow him. He promises to send the “Helper”—the Spirit who will come from God the Father and who will reveal the truth about God.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - February 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - February 6th, 2022 | American Bible Society: John 3:1-21: Nicodemus, a Pharisee, approaches Jesus at night and questions him about the Kingdom of God. Jesus describes what it means to be born of the Spirit. By believing in Jesus, one will have eternal life. (The reference in verse 14 to Moses lifting up the bronze snake on a pole is found in Numbers 21:9.) The reading concludes with a contrast between light and darkness.
Monday, January 31, 2022
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Sunday, January 30, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - January 30th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - January 30th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 2 Corinthians 12:11-21: Paul speaks of his plans to visit the Corinthians for a third time. His second visit had been a painful one (2 Corinthians 2:1). He mentions that his ability to perform miracles proves that he is a true apostle in comparison to the special “apostles” who had been deceiving the people. Paul reminds the Corinthians once again that he did not ask the Corinthians for monetary support, and his concern now is that, by so doing, he caused the Corinthians to miss out on a blessing. The reading concludes with Paul expressing some fears about what he will encounter when he visits the church in Corinth.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - January 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - January 23rd, 2022 | American Bible Society: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15: Paul asks the Corinthian churches to collect money offerings as part of a larger offering to be given by the churches in Macedonia to the followers in Jerusalem.
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - January 16th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - January 16th, 2022 | American Bible Society: 2 Corinthians 3:1-18: In today’s reading, Paul continues to discuss his relationship with the church at Corinth. In response to the church’s demand that he present letters of recommendation as proof of his apostleship, Paul tells them that they themselves are the letter written with the Spirit of God and written on the hearts of Paul and his companions. He also discusses Moses, whose face shone with God’s glory. Yet following God’s command, he wore a veil over his face. In contrast, followers of Christ are given the opportunity to reflect God’s glory.
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - January 9th, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - January 9th, 2022 | American Bible Society: Ephesians 5:1-20: Paul uses the images of darkness and light to contrast a former way of life with new life as God’s people. People who belong to the light are encouraged to live in a way that pleases God.
Monday, January 3, 2022
Sunday, January 2, 2022
Daily Bible Reading - January 2nd, 2022 | American Bible Society
Daily Bible Reading - January 2nd, 2022 | American Bible Society: Ephesians 1:15-23: In today’s reading, Paul prays that the Holy Spirit will help make the Ephesians wise and understand what it means to know God. He reminds them that God’s great power is at work in those who believe. The chapter concludes with Paul affirming that the church is the body of Christ and that Christ is the head of the church and “supreme Lord over all things” (verse 22).
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