Daily Bible Reading - March 1st, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - March 1st, 2020 | American Bible Society: Matthew 4:1-25: After Jesus is baptized by John at the Jordan River, the Spirit leads him into the desert where he is tempted by the devil. After the devil departs, angels come to help Jesus. Jesus then moves north to Capernaum and begins his public ministry in Galilee. He calls his first four disciples and travels throughout Galilee, teaching, preaching, and healing the sick.

Daily Bible Reading - February 23rd, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - February 23rd, 2020 | American Bible Society: Psalm 17: Today’s psalm is a prayer of one who is being falsely accused and who is seeking God’s justice. The writer pleads for help, protection, and deliverance from enemies, trusting in God’s wonderful love. The psalm concludes by affirming the joy that one experiences in God’s presence.

Daily Bible Reading - February 16th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - February 16th, 2020 | American Bible Society: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13: The apostle Paul describes how love is to be shown toward others. While there are things we don’t yet fully understand, when we act in love we grow in our knowledge of God.

Daily Bible Reading - February 15th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - February 15th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Psalm 136: Today’s reading is a hymn of thanksgiving for God’s eternal goodness and love. Written as a litany that was probably sung by the priests during worship, the words “his love is eternal” are a congregational response at the end of each verse. The psalm recounts the story of creation and recalls God’s saving acts in Israel’s history.

Daily Bible Reading - February 9th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - February 9th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Luke 10:25-37: Today’s reading is a parable that Jesus tells to explain what it means to love your neighbor as yourself (see Leviticus 19:18 from the reading for February 1). This story is known by many as “The Parable of the Good Samaritan.”

Daily Bible Reading - February 2nd, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - February 2nd, 2020 | American Bible Society: Deuteronomy 5:1-22: 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. Today’s reading is part of Moses’s second speech and includes the heart of Israel’s religion—the Law that God gave to Moses and the people. Moses recounts God’s covenant with the Israelites and the commandments they were given at Mount Sinai. (As noted in yesterday’s reading, a parallel account is in Exodus 20).

Daily Bible Reading - January 26th, 2020 | American Bible Society

Daily Bible Reading - January 26th, 2020 | American Bible Society: Acts 5:17-42: The apostles are arrested but an angel of the Lord releases them from prison. They are then brought before the Council and Gamaliel, one of the Council’s leaders, argues that, if the work of the apostles is of human origin, it will fail; but if their work is of God, it cannot be defeated.