Daily Bible Reading

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 6:25-59: The day after Jesus miraculously fed the people, the crowd went looking for him. When they found him, Jesus explained the difference between the manna that their ancestors ate in the desert and the “real bread from heaven.” Yet there were people in the crowd who took […]

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction 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 […]

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 5:30-47: Jesus refers to the witness of John the Baptizer and admonishes the religious leaders for having no love for God in their hearts. He says that the Scriptures speak of him and point to him as the source of eternal life. Scripture Reading Witnesses to Jesus 30 […]

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 5:19-29: Today’s reading continues with Jesus’s response to the religious leaders who challenge his authority. He speaks of his relationship with God the Father and says that those who believe in him will have eternal life. Scripture Reading The Authority of the Son 19 So Jesus answered them, […]

God’s Renewing Word of Wisdom Introduction John 5:1-18: Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath, and his action angers the Jewish authorities who are now determined to kill him. The man who had been healed is upbraided by the Jewish authorities for carrying his mat since carrying one’s bedding (or mat) on the Sabbath was […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 50:15-26: After Jacob is buried, everyone returns to Egypt and Joseph reassures his brothers that he will take care of them and their families. Joseph dies in Egypt at the age of 110. Today’s reading concludes the book of Genesis, and the relocation of Jacob’s descendants […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 49:29—50:14: After blessing his sons (see 49:1-28), Jacob dies and Joseph arranges for his father’s body to be embalmed and then buried in Canaan. Scripture Reading The Death and Burial of Jacob 29 Then Jacob commanded his sons, “Now that I am going to join my […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 48:1-22: In blessing Manasseh and Ephraim, Jacob bestows on his grandsons a status that is equal to his own sons and thus legitimizes their descendants as being numbered among the recognized twelve tribes of Israel (see Numbers 26; Joshua 13—19). Jacob crosses his hands, placing his […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction 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. Scripture Reading The Famine 13 The famine was so […]

God’s Renewing Word of Mercy and Forgiveness Introduction Genesis 46:28—47:12: Joseph is reunited with his father, and Jacob and his family settle in Egypt in the region of Goshen, the northeastern part of Egypt in the Nile Delta. Scripture Reading Jacob and His Family in Egypt 28 Jacob sent Judah ahead to ask Joseph to […]