TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MARCH 19, 2023 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Reading 1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MARCH 12, 2023 Exodus 17:1-7 Reading 1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT MARCH 5, 2023 Genesis 12:1-4a Reading 1 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 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 26, 2023 Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Reading 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 19, 2023 Exodus 24:12-18 Reading 12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” 13 So Moses set out with his […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 12, 2023 The Revised Common Lectionary for today offers a choice between Deuteronomy and Sirach. Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Reading 15 Moses said, “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT FEBRUARY 5, 2023 Isaiah 58:1-12 Reading 1 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 29, 2023 Micah 6:1-8 Reading 1 Hear what the LORD says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 22, 2023 Isaiah 9:1-4 Reading 1 There will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land […]
TODAY’S READINGS IN CONTEXT JANUARY 15, 2023 Isaiah 49:1-7 Reading 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The LORD called me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb, he named me. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his […]