Catholic Reading of the Day: Recent Episodes
Daily Liturgy
It can sometimes be hard to find an audio version of today’s Mass Reading. This podcast brings you the readings from the Catholic lectionary for today.
Romans 1:1-7 (Jesus Christ, descended from David, Son of God) Romans 8:26-30 (For those who love God all things work together for good)
2 Kings 5:14-17 (Naaman returned to the man of God and confessed his faith in the Lord) 2 Timothy 2:8-13 (If we endure, we will also reign with Christ)
Joel 3:12-21 (Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe) Ezekiel
34:11-16 (I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down)
Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2 (The day of the Lord, a day of darkness and gloom) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus)
2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry) 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; the spiritual person judges all things)
Jonah 3:1-10 (The people of Nineveh turned from their evil way) Acts 1:12-14 (All with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer)
Jonah 1:1-17,2:10 (Jonah rose to flee from the presence of the Lord) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things, becoming like him in his death)
Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4 (The righteous shall live by his faith) 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 (Do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord)
Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 (For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you joy) Galatians 6:14-18 (I bear on my body the marks of Jesus)
Nehemiah 8:1-4, 5-6, 7-12 (Ezra opened the Book of the Law and blessed the Lord, and all the people answered, "Amen, Amen") Exodus 23:20-23 (My angel goes before you)
Nehemiah 2:1-8 (If it please the king, send me to the city of my fathers, that I may rebuild it) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river)
Zechariah 6:20-23 (Many peoples shall come to seek the Lord in Jerusalem) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching)
Amos 6:1, 4-7 (The revelry of those who now stretch themselves out shall pass away) 1 Timothy 6:11-14 (Keep the commandment until the appearing of our Lord)
Zechariah 2:1-5, 10-11 (Behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is weak in the world)
Haggai 1:15-2:9 (Yet once more, in a little while and I will fill this house with glory) Wisdom 3:1-9 (Like a sacrificial whole burnt offering he accepted them)
Ezra 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20 (They finished the house of God, and kept the Passover) Galatians 2:19-20 (It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me)
Ezra 1:1-6 (‘Whoever is of the people of the Lord, let him go up to Jerusalem and rebuild the house of the Lord.’)
Amos 8:4-7 (Against those who buy the poor for silver) 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (Prayers should be made for all people to God, who desires all people to be saved)
1 Timothy 6:13-16 (Keep the commandment unstained until the appearing of our Lord) Romans 8:31-39 (Nothin in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ)
1 Timothy 6: 2-12 (As for you, O man of God, pursue righteousness) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord is his inheritance)
1 Timothy 4:12-16 (Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching; you will save both yourself and you hearers)
1 Timothy 3:14-16 (Great indeed is the mystery of godliness) Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 (I loved wisdom more than health and beauty)
1 Timothy 3:1-13 (A bishop must be above reproach. Deacons likewise must hold the master of the faith with a clear conscience) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence)
1 Timothy 2:1-8 (Prayers should be made for all people to God, who desires all people to be saved) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned obedience and became the source of eternal salvation)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone were bitten by a serpent, he would look at the bronze serpent and live) Philippians 2:6-11 (He humbled himself, therefore God has highly exalted him)
1 Timothy 1:15-17 (Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (To the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ)
Colossians 3:1-11 (You have died with Christ; put to death therefore what is earthly in you)
Colossians 2:6-15 (God made us alive together with the Lord, having forgiven us all our trespasses) Isaiah 58:6-11 (Share your bread with the hungry)
Wisdom 9:13-18 (Who can discern what the Lord wills) Philemon 9-10, 12-17 (Have him back no longer as a bondservant but as a beloved brother)
Colossians 1:21-23 (God has reconciled you, in order to present you holy and blameless)
Colossians 1:9-14 ( He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord is his inheritance)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own selves)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 (Through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep)
Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 (Humble yourself so you will find favour in the sight of the Lord) Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 (You have come to Mount Sion and to the city of the living God)
1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 ·(‘You have been taught by God to love one another.’) 2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 ·(‘I am glad to suffer these things because I fear him.’)
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 ·(‘This is the will of God, your sanctification.’) Jeremiah 1:4, 17-19 ·(‘Say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them.’)
1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 ·(‘May the Lord make you increase in love for one another and for all.’ )1 John 4:7-16 · (‘God loved us.’)
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 · (‘We worked night and day to proclaim to you the gospel of God.’) Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16 ·(‘Like the sun rising, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.’)
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 ·(‘We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves.’) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ·(‘It pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.’)
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8-10 (You turned to God from idols, to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead) Isaiah 58:6-11 (Share your bread with the hungry)
Isaiah 66:18-21 (They shall bring all your brothers from all the nations) Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 (The lord disciplines the one he loves)
Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 ('The Lord has not left you without a redeemer. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.') 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 ('I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.')
Ruth 1:1, 3-8, 14-16, 22 (Naomi returned with Ruth the Moabite and came to Bethlehem) Isaiah 9:2-7 ('A son is given to us.")
Judges 11:29-39 (Whatever comes out from the doors of my house, will offer it up for a burnt offering) 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 ('We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves)
Judges 9:6-15 (You said,"'A king shall reign over us' when the Lord your God was your king") Sirach 15:1-6 (She will feed him with the bread of understanding)
Judges 6:11-24 (Gideon, save Israel; do not I send you) Ephesians 3:14-19 (To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge)
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 (You bore me, a man of contention to the whole land) Hebrews 12:1-4 (Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us) Hebrews 12:1-4 (Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us)
Joshua 24:14-29 (Choose this day whom you will serve) Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart)
Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10 (A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet) 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 (Christ the first fruits, then those who belong to Christ)
Joshua 3:7-10, 11, 13-17 (The ark of the covenant of the Lord is passing over before you into the Jordan.) Wisdom 3:1-9 (Like a sacrificial whole burnt offering he accepted them)
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (Moses died there, according to the word of the Lord, and there has not arisen a prophet like him) 1 Peter 4:12-19 (Rejoice as you share Christ's sufferings)
Deuteronomy 31:1-8 (Be strong and courageous, Joshua, for you shall go with this people into the land) Philippians 4:4-9 (Whatever is pure, think about these things.)
Deuteronomy 10:12-22 (Circumcise your hear. Love the sojourner, for you were sojourners) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things becoming like him in his death)
Wisdom 18:6-9 (By the same means by which you punished our enemies you called us to yourself and glorified us) Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 (He was looking forward to the city whose designer and builder is God)
Deuteronomy 4:32-40 (He loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God)
Numbers 20:1-13 (Water came out abundantly) Sirach 2:7-11 (You who fear the Lord, trust, hope, love)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His clothing was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 ( We heard this voice from heaven)
Numbers 12:1-13 (Not so with my servant Moses unlike other prophets. Why then were you not afraid to speak against him) Revelation 21:1-5 (God will wipe away every tear from their eyes)
Numbers 11:4-15 (I am not able to carry this people alone) Ezekiel 3:16-21 (I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel)
Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (What has a man from all his toil) Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 (Seek the things that are above, where Christ is)
Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 (In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property) 1 John 5:1-5 (This is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith)
Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37 (The appointed feast of the Lord, the holy convocations) Romans 8:1-4 (The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death)
Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38 (The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ)
Exodus 34:29-35 (Seeing the skin of Moses' face they were afraid to come near him) Ephesians 3:8-12 (To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ)
Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28 (The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face) 1 John 4:7-16 (God loved us)
Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 (This people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold)
Genesis 18:20-32 (Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak) Colossians 2:13-14 (God mad you alive together with him, having forgiven all trespasses)
Exodus 24:3-8 (Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you) Sirach 44:1, 10-15 (Their name lives from generation to generation)
2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence)
Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20 (The Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people) Ecclesiasticus 3:17-24 (The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly)
Song of Solomon 3:1-4 (I have found him whom my soul loves) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (Behold, the new has come)
Exodus 14:5-18 (They shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory over Pharaoh) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus)
Genesis 18:1-10 (O Lord, do not pass by your servant) Colossians 1:24-28 (The mystery hidden for ages but not revealed to his saints)
Exodus 11:10-12:14 (They shall kill their lambs at twilight. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you)
Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12 (The angel of the Lord appeared in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush) Zechariah 2:10-13 (Rejoice, O daughter of Sion behold, I come.)
Exodus 2:1-15 (She named him Moses: 'I drew him out of the water'; and when he had grown up, he went out to his people) Ephesians 3:14-19 (To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge)
Exodus 1:8-14, 22 (Let us deal shrewdly with the Israelites, lest they multiply) 1 John 3:14-18 (We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters)
Deuteronomy 30:10-14 (The word is very near you, so that you can do it) Colossians 1:15-20 (All things were created through him and for him
Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7, 17-24 (In truth we are guilty concerning our brother) 1 John 5:1-5 (This is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith)
Genesis 32:22-32 (You shall be called Israel for you have striven with God and have prevailed.)
Genesis 28:10-22 (He saw a ladder and the angels of God ascending and descending and God spoke to him)
Isaiah 66:10-14 (Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river) Galatians 6:14-18 (I bear on my body the marks of Jesus)
Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29 ·(Jacob cheated his brother and took away his blessing.) 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (By the Holy Spirit, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.)
Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 (Isaac loved Rebekah and was comforted after his mother’s death.) 1 John 3:14-18 (We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.)
Genesis 19:15-29 (The Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire.) Ezekiel 34:11-16 ·(I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down.)
Genesis 18:16-33 ·(Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?) Romans 8:31-39 ·(Nothing in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ.)
Acts 12:1-11 (Now I am sure that the Lord has rescued me from the hand of Herod) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 (There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness)
2 Timothy 2:22-26 (The servant of the Lord must kind to everyone, correcting with gentleness)
Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down) Romans 5:5-11 (God shows his love for us)
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth) Acts 13:22-26 (Before the coming of Christ, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance)
Genesis 12:1-9 (Abram, went, as the Lord had told him) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord is his inheritance)
Genesis 14:18-20 (He offered bread and wine) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (For as often as you eat and drink, you proclaim the Lord's death)
2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses) 1 John 5:1-5 (This is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith)
2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 (Apart from other things, there is the pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches)
2 Corinthians 11:1-11 ( I preached God's gospel to you free of charge) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things becoming like him in his death)
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (As servants of God we commend ourselves) Exodus 32:7-14 (Relent from this disaster against your people)
Proverbs 8:22-31 (Before the beginning of the earth, Wisdom was brought forth) Romans 5:1-5 (To God through Christ in the love which is poured out through the Spirit)
2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence) Isaiah 61:1-3 (The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor)
Isaiah (Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts) Hebrew 2:10-18 (He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (I will put enmity between your offspring and the offspring of the woman) Acts 1:12-14 (All with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer)
Acts 2:1-11 ( They were all filed with the Holy Spirit and began to speak) Romans 8:8-17 ( For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God)
Acts 25:13-21 (Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down)
Acts22:30, 23:6-11 (You must testify also in Rome) Acts 26:19-23 (Christ would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles)
Acts 20:28-38 ('I commend you to God, who is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance')
Acts 20:17-27 (I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus) 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 7, 9-14 ( The King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life')
Acts 19:1-8 (Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?) 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 (We are treated as dying, and behold, we live.)
Acts 7:55-60 ('See the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.') Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 (Come, Lord Jesus!')
Acts 1:1-11 (As they were looking on, he was lifted up) Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-23 (Christ has entered into heaven itself.)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves.)
Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 (It has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements.) Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 ·(He showed me the holy city coming down out of heaven.)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord will exult over you with loud singing) Romans 12:9-16 (Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality
Acts 15:22-31 ·(It has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements)’
Acts 15:7-21 ·(My judgement is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God.) Philippians 4:4-9 ·(Whatever is pure, think about these things.)
Acts 15:1-6 (They were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the Apostles and the elders about this question.) Revelation 7:9-17 ·(These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.)
Acts 14:19-28 ·(They declared to the church all that God had done with them.) Acts 4:8-12 ·(There is no other name by which we must be saved.)
Acts 14:5-18 (We bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God.) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 ·
(To the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.)
Acts 14:21-27 ·(‘They declared to the Church all that God had done with them.’) Revelation 21:1-5·(‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’)
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 ·(‘And the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.’)
Acts 11:19-26 ·(‘‘They spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.’) Isaiah 61:9-11 · (‘I will greatly rejoice in the Lord.’)
Acts 11:1-18 (‘Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.’) Revelation 7:9-17 ·(‘These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.’)
Acts 13:14, 43-52 (‘Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.’) Revelation 7:9, 13a, 14-17 ·(‘The Lamb will be their shepherd and will guide them to springs of living water.’)
Acts 9:31-42 (‘The church was being built up and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.’) Acts 13:46-49 (‘Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.’)
Acts 9:1-20 (‘He is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles.’)
Acts 6:8-15 (‘They could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.’)
Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41 (‘We are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit.’) Revelation 5:11-14 (‘Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth.’)
Genesis 1:26-2:3 ·(Fill the earth and subdue it.) Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24 (Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.)
Acts 5:17-26 ·(‘Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people.’)
Revelation 12:10-12a ·(They loved not their lives even unto death.) 2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.)
Acts 5:12-16 ·(More than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.) Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 ·(I died, and behold I am alive for evermore.)
Acts 3:1-10 ·(‘What I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!’)
Acts 2:36-41 ·(‘Repent and be baptised, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ.’)
Acts 10:34, 37-43 ·(‘We ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.’) Colossians 3:1-4 ·(‘Seek the things that are above, where Christ is.’)
Genesis 1:1-2:2 (God saw everything that he had made and it was very good.) Genesis 22:1-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith.) Exodus 14:15 -15:1 (The people of Israel went int the midst of the sea on dry ground) Canticle Exodus 15:1-6,17-18 (Hymm of victory after crossing the Red Sea) Isaiah 54:5-14 (With everlasting love the Lord, your Redeemer, will have compassion on you.') Isaiah 55:1-11 (Come to the waters; hear, that your soul may live.) Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 (Walk towards the shining light of the Lord) Ezekiel 36:16-17, 18-28 (I will sprinkle clean water on you and I will give you a new heart)
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (He was pierced for our transgressions) Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 (He learned obedience and became the source of salvation to all who obey him)
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 (Ordinances for the Passover meal) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (For as often as you eat and drink, you proclaim the Lord's death)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (‘I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.’)
Isaiah 50:4-7 ·(‘I hid not my face from disgrace, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.’) Philippians 2:6-11 ·(‘He humbled himself, therefore God has highly exalted him.’)
Jeremiah 20:10-13 · (‘He has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.’)
Numbers 21:4-9 · (‘If a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.’)
Isaiah 43:16-21 (‘Behold, I am doing a new thing and I will give drink to my chosen people.’) Philippians 3:8-14 ·(‘For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things, becoming like him in his death.’)
Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 ·(‘I saw water flowing from the Temple, and all to whom this water came were saved.’)
Isaiah 65:17-21 · (‘No more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.’)
Joshua 5:9, 10-12 (The people of God entered the promised land and there kept the Passover.) 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 ·(‘God who through Christ reconciled us to himself.’)
Jeremiah 7:23-28 ('This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lor d their God')
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 (' Behold the virgin shall conceive') Hebrews 10:4-10 ('I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.')
2 Kings 5:1-15 ( ‘There were many lepers in Israel, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.’)
Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 ('"IAm" has sent me to you.') 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 (The way of life of the people with Moses in the deser t was written down for our instruction.)
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 ('The Lord God will give to him the throne of this father David') Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 ('In hope, he believed against hope')
Jeremiah 1:4-9 ('To all whom I send you, you shall go') Acts 13:46-49 ('Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles')
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 (God enters into a covenant with Abram, the man of faith) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Christ will configure us to his glorious body)
Jeremiah 17:5-10 ('Cursed is the man who trusts in man; blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord')
Ezekiel 18:21-28 ('Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?')
Deuteronomy 26:4-10 (The confession of faith of the chosen people) Romans 10:8-13 (The confession of faith of believers in Christ)
Isaiah 58:9b-14 ('If you pour yourself out for the hungry, then shall your light rise in the darkness')
Joel 2:12-18 ('Rend your hearts and not your garments') 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 ('Be reconciled to God. Behold now is the favourable time.')
Sirach 35:1-15 ('He who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering') Philippians 3:8-14
Sirach 27:4-7 ('Do not praise a man before you hear him reason') 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 ('He gives us victory through Jesus Christ')
Philippians
3:8-14 ('For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things, becoming like him in his death.')
Sirach 5:1-8 ('Do not delay to turn to the Lord') Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 ('I loved wisdom more than health and beauty')
1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 (‘The Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put out my hand against the Lord’s anointed.’) 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 (Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven)
Genesis 11:1-9 (‘It was called Babel, because there the language of all the earth was confused’) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (‘Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry’)
Genesis 9:1-13 (‘I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth’)
Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 (I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land)
Genesis 4:1-15, 25 (Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him) Romans 8:26-30 (For those who love God all things work together for good)
Jeremiah 17:5-8 (Cursed is the man who trusts in man; blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord) 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 (If Christ has not been raised, you faith is futile)
Genesis 1:20 - 2:4 (Let us make man in our image, after our likeness) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river)
Genesis 1:1-19 (God said, and it was so) Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (Love is as strong as death)
Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8 (Here I am! Send me.) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (So we preach and so you believed)
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 (May the God of peace, who brought the great shepherd from the dead, equip you with everything good) 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 (The virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord)
Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24 (You have come to Mount Sion and to the city of the living God) Galatians 2:19-20 (It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me)
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15 (The Lord disciplines the one he loves) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is weak in the world)
Hebrews 11:32-40 (‘Those who through faith conquered kingdoms. God had provided something better for us.’) Isaiah 52:7-10 (‘All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.’)
Malachi 3:1-4 ·(‘The Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple.’) Hebrews 2:14-18 ·(‘He had to be made like his brothers, so that he might become merciful.’)
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 (‘He was looking forward to the city whose designer and builder is God.’)
Hebrews 10:32-39 (‘You endured a hard struggle. Therefore do not throw away your confidence.’) Philippians 4:4-9 (“What is pure, think about these things.’)
Hebrew 10:19-25 (‘In full assurance of faith let us hold fast the confession of our hopeand consider how to stir up one another to love.’)
Hebrews 10:1-10 (‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God.’)Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 (I loved wisdom more than health and beauty)
Hebrews 9:15, 24-28 (‘Christ having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.’) 1 Peter 4:7-13 (‘As each has received a gift, use it to serve on another.’)
Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10 (‘They read from the book of the Law, and gave the meaning.’) 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 (‘ You are the body of Christ and indiviuallly members of it’)
Hebrews 8:6-13 (‘The covenant he mediates is better.’) Ephesians 3:8-12 (‘To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.”)
Hebrews 6:10-20 (‘We have this hope as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul’)
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (‘God chose what is weak in the world’)
Hebrews 5:1-10 (‘ Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered’) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (‘ Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.’)
Isaiah 62:1-5 (‘The Lord delights in you’) 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (‘The one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.’)
Hebrews 4:1-5, 11 (Let us therefore strive to enter that rest)
Ephesians 6:10-13, 18 (‘Put on the whole armour of God’)
Hebrews 2:14-18 (‘He had to be made like his brothers, so that he might become merciful.’)
Hebrew 22:5-12 (‘It was fitting that he should mak, the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering’)
Hebrews 1:1-6 (‘God has spoken to us by his Son’) 1 John 2:18-25 (‘ Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.’)
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 ·(‘Behold my servant, in whom my soul delights.’) Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7(‘He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.’)
1 John 4:7-10 (“God is love.”) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (‘ He gave us the ministry of reconciliation’)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (‘The glory of the Lord has risen upon you.’) Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6 (‘It has now been revealed that the Gentiles are fellow heirs of the promise’)
1 John 2:29-3:6 (‘No one who abides in him keeps on sinning.’) Philippians 2:1-11 (‘Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus’)
1 John 2:22-28 (‘Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you’) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (‘To the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ’)
Numbers 6:22-27 (‘They shall put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them’) Galatians 4:4-7 (‘God sent forth his Son, born of a woman.’)
1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28 (‘Samuel, as long as he lives, is lent to the Lord.’) 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24 (‘We are called children of God; and so we are.’)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (‘All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.) Hebrews 1:1-6 (‘God has spoken to us by his Son’)
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 (The kingdom of David shall be made sure for ever before the Lord.)
Malachi 3:1-4; 4:5-6 (‘I will send you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes’)
Micah 5:2-5 (‘From you shall come forth one who is to be ruler in Israel’) Hebrews 10:5-10(‘Behold, I have come to do your will.’)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (‘The Lord will exultante over you with loud singing’) Philippians 4:4-7 (‘The Lord is at hand’)
Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 (Elijah will come again.) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (‘We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God.’)
Isaiah 48:17-19 (‘Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!’) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (‘I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ’)
Isaiah 40:25-31 (The Lord almighty ‘ gives power to the faint’.) Acts 20:17-18, 28-32, 36 (‘ Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, of which te Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the Church of God.’)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (“I will put enmity between your offspring and the offspring of the woman”) Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 (‘God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world’)
Baruch 5:1-9 (‘God will show your splendour’) Philippians 1:3-6, 8-11 (‘Be pure and blameless for the day of Christ’)
Isaiah 29:17-24 (‘In that day the eyes of the blind shall see’) Isaiah 6:1-8 (‘I am a man of unclean lips and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’)
Isaiah 25:6-10 (‘The Lord will make a feast, and he will wipe away tears from all faces.’) 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (‘By the Holy Spirit, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. ‘)
Isaiah 11:1-10 (‘With righteousness he shall judge the poor’) Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23(‘Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!}
Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God.)
Jeremiah 33:14-16 (‘I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David’) 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 (‘May the Lord establish you r hearts for the coming of Christ’)
Romans 10:9-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)
Apocalypse 14:1-5 (The redeemed have Christ and his Father’s name written on their foreheads) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)
Daniel 7:13-14 (I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man) Apocalypse 1:5-8 (Jesus Christ has made us a line of kings and priests)
Apocalypse 11:4-12 (The prophets will die who have been a plague to the world) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Apocalypse 10:8-11 (I was told to swallow the scroll, and to prophesy) Hosea 2:16, 17, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself for ever)
Apocalypse 5:1-10 (The blood of the Lamb bought men for God) Zechariah 2:14-17 (‘I am coming’ , says the Lord)
Apocalypse 3:1-6, 14-22 (If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his meal)
Apocalypse 1:1-4, 2:1-5 (Think what you were before you fell, and repent) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31 (So we came to Rome)
Daniel 12:1-3 ·(Some will wake to everlasting life, some to shame and disgrace) Hebrews 10:11-14,18 ·(When all sins have been forgiven, there can be no more sin-offerings)
3 John 5-8 (It is our duty to welcome missionaries and contribute our share to their work) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
2 John 4-9 (The commandment which you have heard since the beginning is to live a life of love) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Titus 2:1-8 (You must preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Titus 1:1:1-9 (Appointment elders of irreproachable character) Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord)
1 Kings 17:10-16 (‘ Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied’) Hebrews 9:24-28 (Christ, our high priest, has done away with sin by sacrificing himself)
Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 (Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and health)
1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17 (The temple of God is sacred, and you are that temple)
Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Philippians 3:3-8 (I was faultless according to the Law; but without knowing Christ I was nothing) Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
Deuteronomy 6:2-6 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart) Hebrews 7:23-28 (Christ, because he remains for ever, can never lose his priesthood)
Job 19:1, 23-27 (I know that my Redeemer lives) 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (Death is swallowed up in victory)
Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14 (I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language) 1 John 3:1-3 (We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Jeremiah 31:7-9 (I will guide them by a smooth path where they will not stumble) Hebrews 5:1-6(‘You are a priest of the order of Melchizedek, and for ever’)
Ephesians 4:7-16 (By grace, we shall not be children any longer) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
Ephesians 3:14 -21 (A prayer that faithful may know the love of Christ) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)
Ephesians 3:2-12 (The pagans now share the same inheritance) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Isaiah 53:10-11 (If he offers his life in atonement, what the Lord wishes will be done) Hebrews 4:14-16 (Our high priest is one who has been tempted in every way that we are)
Ephesians 1:15-23 (Paul’s prayer for the enlightenment of the faithful) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
Ephesians 1:1-10 (Before the world was mad, God chose us in Christ) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Galatians 5:18-25 (To belong to Christ, crucify all self-indulgence) Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4, 13-16 (A perfect wife is the joy of her husband)
Galatians 5:1-6 (It is faith, not the Law, that justifies us) Romans 8:22-27 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 (Christ freed us: do not submit again to slavery) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Wisdom 7:7-11 (I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones) Hebrews 4:12-13 (The word of God cuts more finely than a double-edged sword)
Galatians 3:22-29 (There are no more distinctions: all are one in Christ Jesus) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Galatians 3:7-14 (The sons of Abraham are those who rely on faith) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Galatians 3:1-5 (You received the Spirit because you believed what was preached) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (God has shone in our minds to radiate the light of he knowledge of his glory)
2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service)
Galatians 1:6-12 (The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus Christ) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Genesis 2:18-24 (A man and his wife become one body) Hebrews 2:9-11 (The one who sanctifies is the brother of those who are sanctified)
Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 (In dust and in ashes I repent) Ephesians 3:14-19 Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5 (The immeasurable greatness of God) Galatians 6:14-18 (The marks on my body are those of Jesus)
Job 9:1-13, 14-16 (How can man be in the right against God?) Exodus 23:20-23 (I myself will send an angel before you)
Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 (Why did I not perish on the day I was born?) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Toward Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a river)
Job 1:6-22 (The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the Lord) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All scriptures is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching)
Numbers 11:25-29 (If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets) James 5:1-6 (The Lord hears the cries of those you have cheated)
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8 (Remember your creator in the days of your youth) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (There is a time for every occupation under heaven) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 (Nothing is new and all is vanity) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Proverbs 3:27-34 (The Lord blesses the home of the virtuous) Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 (The wicked prepare to ambush the just man) James 3:16-4:3 (The wisdom that comes from above makes for peace)
Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Sony of God)
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (If Christ has not been raised, your belief is useless) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (I preached what the others preach, and you all believed) Hebrews 10:32-36 ( Be confident no, since the reward is so great) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 (You together are Christ’s body: each of you a different part) Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 ( I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones) Song of Songs 8:6-7 (The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself)
1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33 (If each on hurries to be first, it is not the Lord’s Supper you are eating) 2 Corinthians 4:4-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
Isaiah 50:5-9 (I offered my back to those who struck me) James 2:14-18 (If good works do not go with it, faith is quite dead)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 (We go into strict training, like fighters at the games) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
1 Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-13 (Your brethren may be weaker than you: do not lead them astray) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
1 Corinthians 5:1-8 (Get rid of the old yeast of evil and wickedness) Tobit 12:6-13 (Bless God and utter his praise before all the living)
Isaiah 35:4-7 (The blind shall see, the deaf hear, the dumb sing for joy) James 2:1-5 (God choose the poor according to the world to be rich in faith)
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (Neither the planter nor the watered matters, only God, who makes things grow) Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 (Observe these laws and customs, that you may have life) James 1:117-18, 21-22, 27 (Accept and submit to the word)
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
1 Corinthians 1:17-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God) 2 Chronicles 24:18-22 (‘You have deserted the Lord: now he deserts you’)
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (You have been enriched in many ways in Christ) Jeremiah 1:17-19 (Stand up and tell them all I command you; do not be dismayed at their presence)
2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18 (We worked night and day not to be a burden on you) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-17 (Stand firm and keep the traditions we have taught you) Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4, 13-16 (A perfect wife is the joy of her husband)
2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 (We thank God for your faith and your love) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 (We will serve the Lord, for he is our God) Ephesians 5:21-32 (Christ loves the Church, because it is his body)
Apocalypse 21:9-14 (He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (A vision of Israel’s death and resurrection) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I arranged for you to marry Christ)
Ezekiel 36:23-28 (I will remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh) Isaiah 9:1:7 (A Son is given to us)
Ezekiel 34:1-11 (An oracle against bad and selfish shepherds) 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Ezekiel 28:1-10 (Against the arrogance of the king of Tyre) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Ezekiel 24:15-24 (The Lord will profane his sanctuary) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Proverbs 9:1-6 (Wisdom builds her house and invites all to eat her bread there) Ephesians 5:15-20 (Be filled not with wine, but with the Spirit)
Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32 (You, not your children, will suffer for your sins: so repent, and live)
Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 (I clothed you with my own splendour but you made yourself a prostitute) Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart)
Apocalypse 11:19, 12:1-6, 10 (A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman adorned with the sun) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 (Christ will be brought to life as the first-fruits and then those who belong to him)
Ezekiel 9:1-7, 10:18-22 (The cross marks the foreheads of all who are pure) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Ezekiel 2:8-3:4 (He gave me the scroll to eat and it was as sweet as honey) 1 Peter 4:12-19 (If you can have some share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad)
Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28 (Ezekiel’s vision of the glory of the Lord) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
1 Kings 19:4-8 (The angel gives Elijah food to reach the mountain of God) Ephesians 4:30-5:2 (Forgive each other as readily as God forgave you)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Jeremiah 31:1-7 (You shall be rebuilt, virgin of Israel) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God) Ecclesiasticus 2:7-13 (You who fear the Lord, trust the Lord)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His robe was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 (We heard this ourselves, spoken from heaven)
Jeremiah 28:1-17 (Jeremiah and the lying prophet Hananiah) Apocalypse 21:1-5 ( A vision of the heavenly Jerusalem, the bride of the Lamb)
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 (The Lord sends manna from heaven) Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 (Put aside your old self and put on the new)
Jeremiah 26:1-9 (Jeremiah preaches in the Temple of the Lord and is threatened with death) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world) Acts 4:32-35 (The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul)
Jeremiah 18:1-6 (When the clay goes wrong, the potter starts afresh) Romans 8:1-4 (The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death)
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 (They will not overcome you, because I am with you) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (Take me for your model, as I take Christ)
Jeremiah 14:17-22 (We confess our wickedness; you, God, are our hope) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Jeremiah 13:1-11 (Let this evil people become good for nothing) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
2 Kings 4:42-44 (They will eat, and have some left over) Ephesians 4:1-6 (One Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God
Jeremiah 3:14-17 (Come back, my disloyal children) Ecclesiasticus 44:1, 10-15 (Their name lives on for all generations)
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Ecclesiasticus 3:17-24 (The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly)
Song of Songs 3:1-4 (I found him whom my heart loves) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Jeremiah 23:1-6 (I will gather together the remnant of my flock and raise up shepherds for them) Ephesians 2:13-18 (Christ Jesus is the peace between us)
Micah 2:1-5 (The plotters of evil will not escape) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Isaiah 7:1-9 (Isaiah tells the king not to fear) Zechariah 2:14-17 ('I am coming', says the Lord’)
Isaiah 1:10-17 (Take your wrongdoing out of my sight) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Amos 7:12-15 (“Go, shepherd, and prophesy to my people Israel”) Ephesians 1:3-14 (God chose us in Christ before the world was made)
Isaiah 6:1-8 (Isaiah's lips cleansed with a burning coal) Micah 6:6-8 (The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly)
Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 (They have sown the wind; they will reap the whirlwind) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Hosea 2:16, 17-18,21-22 (I will betroth you to myself and you will come to know the name of the Lord)
Ezekiel 2:2-5 (These rebels shall know that there is a prophet among them) 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (The Lord’s power is at its best in weakness)
Amos 9:11-15 (I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel) 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 (Do not sin against your own body)
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 (A famine not of bread, but of hearing the word of the Lord) 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me)
Amos 7:10-17 (The Lord took me form herding the flock and sent me to prophesy) 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 (Because of your crimes I will crush you into the ground) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view) 1 Peter 3:8-18 (He must never yield to evil but must practise good; he must seek peace and pursue it)
Acts 12:1-11 (‘Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod’) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 (All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me)
2 Kings 25:1-12 (The sack of Jerusalem and the final deportation) 2 Timothy 2:22-26 (A servant of the Lord has to be kind to everyone and gentle when he corrects people)
2 Kings 24:8-17 (The first deportation into captivity in Babylon) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life's work, in thoroughgoing service)
2 Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-36 (The Lord protects Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the Assyrians)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth) Acts 13:22-26 (Jesus, whose coming was heralded by John)
Job 38:1, 8-11 (From the heart of the tempest the Lord gives Job his answer) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 (Saved from the massacre, the true king is anointed by the high priest) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Ecclesiasticus 48:1-15 (The spirit of Elijah fills Elisha) 2 Timothy 2:8-13, 3:10-12 (Anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked )
2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 (Elijah is taken up to heaven) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Ezekiel 17:22-24 (I will plant a shoot on the high mountain of Israel) 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (We want to be exiled from the body and make our home with the Lord )
1 Kings 18:41-46 (“A cloud no bigger than a man’s hand’) Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord)
Genesis 3:9-15 (“I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid”) 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 (We are being trained to carry the weight of eternal glory)
2 Timothy 4:1-8 (I have run the race to the finish; it is time for me to be gone) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8-9 (I will not give rein to my fierce anger, for I am God, not man) Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-19 (The love of Christ is beyond all knowledge)
2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12 (God’s gift is the Spirit of power, love and self control) Acts 26:19-23 (I have stood firm to this day, testifying to great and small alike)
2 Peter 1:2-7 (You will be able to share the divine nature if you add goodness to your faith ) 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 (The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever)
Exodus 24:3-8 (This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you) Hebrews 9:11-15 (The blood of Christ can purify our inner self)
Jude 1:17, 20-25(Use your most holy faith as your foundation) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Romans 12:9-16 (If any of the saints are in need you must share with them; and you should make hospitality your special care)
1 Peter 1:18-25 (You were ransomed by the precious blood of Christ, the spotless lamb) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40 (The Lord is God indeed: he and no other) Romans 8:14-17 (The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God)
James 5:13-20 (A good man’s heartfelt prayer has great power) Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Hebrews 10:11-18 (Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying)
James 4:13-17 (You cannot know what will happen tomorrow) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
James 4:1-10 (Resist the devil and he will run away) Apocalypse 7:9-17 (These martyrs have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb )
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Acts 2:1-11 (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak) Galatatians 5:16-25 (If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you)
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 (In Rome, Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God without hindrance from anyone) Apocalypse 3:14, 20-22 (If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his meal)
Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 (You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome)
Acts 19:1-8 (The moment Paul laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on them) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 (Let someone else take his office) 1 John 4:11-16 (Anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him)
Acts 18:9-18 (I have many people on my side in this city) Acts 13:46-49 (Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)
Acts 1:1-11 (Jesus was lifted up while they looked on) Ephesians 4:1-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have) 1 John 4:7-10 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Acts 15:7-21 (I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Acts 15:1-6 (They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders) Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24 (Whatever your work is, put your heart into it as for the Lord)
Acts 14:19-28 (They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagans) 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 (The Lord alone is our judge)
Acts 9:26-31 (Barnabas explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul on his journey) 1 John 3:18-24 (The commandment of faith and love)
Acts 12:24-13:5 (I want Barnabas and Saul set apart) Colossians 1:24-29 (I became the servant of the Church) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)
Apocalypse 12:10-12 (Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God) Romans 5:1-5 (The love of God has been poured into our hearts)
Acts 4:8-12 (The name of Jesus Christ is the only name in which we can be saved) 1 John3:1-2 (We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Acts 9:31-42 (The churches grew and were filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit)
Acts 6:8-15 (They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what the said)
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 (You killed the prince of life: God, however, raised him from the dead) 1 John 2:1-5 (Jesus Christ is the sacrifice that takes our sins away, and the world’s)
Acts 6:1-7 (They elected seven men full of the Holy Spirit) 2 Timothy 2:8-13, 3:10-12 (Anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked)
Acts 5:34-42 (They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name)
Acts 5:27-33 (We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy Spirit) Apocalypse 12:10-12 (Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God)
Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 (The maiden is with child) Hebrews 10:4-10 (The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul)
Acts 4:32-35 (The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul) 1 John 5:1-6 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this)
Acts 10:34, 37-43 “We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection) Colossians 3:1-4 (Look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is)
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (The servant of the Lord, an exploratory Sacrifice) Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 (The Lord burdened him with the sins of all of us)
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 (The Passover is a day of festival for all generations, for ever) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)
Isaiah 50:4-7 (I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 (The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David) Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 (Abraham hoped, and he believed)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation)
Jeremiah 11:18-20 ('Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten')
Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 (Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death)
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 (God’s wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his people) Ephresians 2:4-10 (You have been saved through grace)
Jeremiah 7:23-28 (Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its God)
Daniel 3:25, 34-43 (Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spirit)
2 Kings 5:1-15 (There were many peppers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was cured)
Exodus 20:1-17 (The Law given at Sinai) 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (The crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith) Romans 8:31-34 (God did not spare his own Son)
Genesis 9:8-15 (There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again) 1 Peter 3:18-22 (The water on which the Ark floated is a type of the baptism which saves you now)
Joel 2:12-18 (Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn) 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 (Be reconciled to God)
James 1:1-11 (Your faith is put to the test so that your patience may make you complete)
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 (The unclean man must live outside the camp) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (Take me for your model, as I take Christ)
1 Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34 (The prophecy of the separation of Israel) Song of Songs 8:6-7 (the flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself)
1 Kings 11:4-13 (For the sake of my servant David, I will leave you one tribe)Tobit 12:6-13 (Bless God and utter his praise before all the living)
1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 (Listen to the prayer your servant makes in this place) Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13 (The Ark of the Covenant is brought into the Temple) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Job 7:1-4, 6-7 (My life is but a breath) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
1 Kings 3:4-13 (Solomon chooses the gift of wisdom) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice for the Lord is consoling his people)
Malachi 3:1-4 (The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple) Hebrews 2:14-18 (He took to himself descent from Abraham)
2 Samuel 24:2,8-17 (David takes the guilt on himself to save Israel) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 (I will raise up a prophet and put my words into his mouth) 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 (Give your undivided attention to the Lord)
2 Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17 (David’s penitence over Uriah) 1 Peter 4:7-11 (Each of you has received a special grace)
2 Timothy 1:1-8 (Fan into a flame the gift God gave you) Titus 1:1-5 (To Titus, true child of mine)
2 Samuel 7:4-17 (Your house and sovereignty will stand secure) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
2 Samuel 5:1-7, 10 (‘ You shall be shepherd of my people Israel’) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 (The people of Nineveh renounce their evil behaviour) 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 (The world as we know it is passing away)
2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 17, 19, 23-37 (David’s lament over Saul and Jonathan) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
1 Samuel 24:3-21 (I will not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed) Romans 6:19-23 (Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to God)
Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 (David and Goliath) Ephesians 6:10-13, 18 (Put on God’s armour and resist the devil)
1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 (“Speak, Lord, your servant is listening”) 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 (Do not sin against your own body)
1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 (The people of Israel demand a king) Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You must love your neighbour as yourself)
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 (Here is my servant, in whom my soul delights) Acts 10:34-38 (God had anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (Above you the glory of the Lord appears) Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6 (It has now been revealed that pagans share the same inheritance)
1 John 2:29-3:6 (Everyone must try to be as pure as Christ) Philippians 2:1-11 (Be united in your love)
1 John 2:22-28 (The anointing he gave you teaches you everything) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Numbers 6:22-27 (They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3 (Your heir shall be your own flesh and blood) Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 (The faith of Abraham and of Sarah)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people) Hebrews 1:1-6 (God has spoken to us through his Son)
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 (Your house and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me) Romans 16:25-27 (The mystery is revealed that was kept secret for endless ages)
Isaiah 61:1-2, 10-11 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 (May you all be kept safe for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ)
Isaiah 48:17-19 (If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been live a river)
Isaiah 41:13-20 (I, the Holy One of Israel, am your redeemer) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Isaiah 40:25-31 (The Lord strengthens the powerless) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I arranged for you to marry Christ)
Isaiah 40:1-11 (Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem) Zechariah 2:14-17 (‘I am coming’, says the Lord)
Isaiah 35:1-10 (The return of the redeemed through the desert) Acts 20:17-18, 28-32, 36 (I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its power)
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 (The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it) 2 Peter 3:8-14 (We are waiting for the new heavens and the new earth)
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 (The Lord God will be gracious to you and hear your cry) Genesis 12:1-4 ( All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 (Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ)
Isaiah 26:1-6 (Open the gates; let the upright nation come in) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Isaiah 25:6-10 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) Isaiah 6:1-8 (Isaiah’s lips cleansed with a burning coal)
Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of God’s kingdom) 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me)
Isaiah 63:16-17, 64:1, 3-8 (O that you would tear the heavens open and come down) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (We are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed)
Daniel 7:15-27 (His sovereignty will get an eternal sovereignty) Genesis 3:9-15, 20 ( The mother of all those who live)
Romans 10:9-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)
Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 (Daniel and his companions are trained to be the king’s servants in Babylon)
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 (The Lord will judge between sheep and sheep) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 (Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father; so that God may be all in all)
1 Maccabees 6:1-13 (I remember the wrong I did in Jerusalem) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)
1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 (Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicatee it) 2 Chronicles 24:18-22 (You have deserted the Lord: now he deserts you)
1 Maccabees 2:15-29 (“Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 (The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life) Hosea 2P:16, 17, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself for ever)
2 Maccabees 6:18-31 (I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws) Zechariah 2:14-17 (“I am coming”, says the Lord)
Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (A perfect wife - who can find her) 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 (God will bring with him those who have died in Jesus)
Wisdom 13:1-9 (How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?) 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
Wisdom 7:22-8:1 (Wisdom is a breath of the power of God) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Wisdom 6:1-11 (Kings, your power is a gift to you from the Lord) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Wisdom 6:12-16 (Wisdom is found by those who look for her) one Thessalonians 4:13-18 (Do you not grieve about those who have died in Jesus)
Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27 (The mystery kept secret for endless ages must be broadcast everywhere) Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord)
Romans 15:14-21 (My duty is to bring the Good News from God to the pagans) Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations)
Romans 12:5-16 (Use the gifts you have been given) Exodus 32:7-14(Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 (You have strayed from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your teaching) 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-29 (The Jews have not fallen for ever) Romans 12:3-13 (Use the gifts you have been given)
Romans 9:1-5 (I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brothers) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Isaiah 25:6-9 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) Romans 5:5-11 (Now we have been reconciled by the death of his Sony, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son)
Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14 (I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language) 1 John 3:1-3 ( We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Romans 8:12-17 (The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are the children of God)
Exodus 22:20-26 (If you are harsh with the widow and the orphan, my anger will flair against you) 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 (You broke with idolatry and became servants of God; you are now waiting for his Son)
Romans 6:19-25 (Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to God) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21 (Divine grace, coming through Jesus Christ, came as an abundant free gift) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)
Romans 4:20-25 (We must believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 (I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations before him) 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 (We constantly remember your faith, your love and your hope)
Romans 4:13, 16-18 (Abraham hoped and believed and became the father of many nations) Genesis 12:1-7 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Romans 5:21-30 (It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alike) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Romans 1:16-25 (These people knew God and failed to honour him) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Romans 1:1-7 (Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations) Ecclesiastes 26:1-4, 13-16 (A perfect wife is the joy of her husband)
Isaiah 25:6-10 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 (With the help of the One who gives me strength, there is nothing I cannot master)
Joel 4:12-21 (The day of the Lord is near; sun and moon grow dark) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2 (Let all tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming) Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Malachi 3:13-20 (The day that is coming will burn up the wicked) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Jonah 4:1-11 (Jonah is angry at God’s mercy) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Jonah 3:1-10 (the Ninevites repent, and God spares them) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (God has shone in our minds to radiate the light of the knowledge of his glory)
Isaiah 5:1-7 (Against the Lord’s vineyard) Philippians 4:6-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Baruch 1:15-22 (We have been disobedient to the Lord our God) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Nehemiah 2:1-8 (Give me leave to go to the city of my ancestors and rebuild it) Galatians 6:14-18 (The marks on my body are those of Jesus)
Zechariah 8:1-8 (The Lord will return to Zion) Exodus 23:20-23 (I myself will send angel before you)
Ezekiel 18:25-28 (When the sinner renounces sin, he shall certainly live) Philippians 2:1-11 ·(Be united in your love)
Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15 (I will be the glory of Jerusalem) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching)
Haggai 1:1-8 (Rebuild the House) 2 Chronicles 24:18-22 (You have deserted the Lord: now he deserts you)
Ezra 9:5-9 (God has not forgotten us in our slavery) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20 (Darius king of Persia pays for the rebuilding of the Temple of God) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Isaiah 55:6-9 (My thoughts are not your thoughts) Philippians 1:20-24, 27 (Life to me is Christ; but death would bring me more)
1 Timothy 6:13-16 (I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been told) Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
1 Timothy 3:14-16 (The mystery of our religion is very deep) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
1 Timothy 3:1-13 (The president must be of impeccable character) Hebrews 10:32-36 (Be confident now, since the reward is so great)
Ecclesiasticus 27:33-28:9 (Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you; and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven)Romans 14:7-9 (Alive or dead, we belong to the Lord)
1 Timothy 1:15-17 (Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14 (I used to be a blasphemer, but the mercy of God was shown me) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
Colossians 3:1-11 (You must look for the things that are in heaven) Ephesians (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Colossians 2:6-15 (The Lord has brought you to life with him) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman
Ezekiel 33:7-9 (If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death) Romans 13:8-10 · (Your only debt should be the debt of mutual love)
Colossians 1:21-23 (God has reconciled you by Christ's death in his mortal body) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Colossians 1:1-8 ·(The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the world)
1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 (Do not grieve about those who have died in Jesus) Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
Jeremiah 20:7-9 ·(The word of the Lord has meant insult for me) Romans 12:1-2 (Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice)
1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 (Now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the Lord) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 ·(We slaved night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you) 2 Maccabees 6:18,21,24-31 · (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 ·(We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives) Jeremiah 1:17-19 ·(Stand up and tell them all I command you; do not be dismayed at their presence)
1 Thessalonians 1:1-5,8-10 ·(You broke with idolatry when you were converted to God) 1 John 4:7-16 ·(Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Isaiah 22:19-23 (I place the key of the House of David on my servant's shoulder) Romans 11:33-36 ·(All that exists comes from him; all is by him and from him)
Ruth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17 (Ruth gives birth to Obed, the grandfather of David) Genesis 12:1-7 ·(All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 ·(Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by Naomi) Isaiah 58:6-11 ·(Then will your light shine like the dawn)
Apocalypse 21:9-14 ·(He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven).
Judges 9:6-15 ·(The tale of the trees and their king) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 ·(I arranged for you to marry Christ)
Judges 6:11-24 ·('Peace be with you; have no fear; you will not die') Isaiah 9:1-7 ·(A Son is given to us)
Judges 2:11-19 ·(The Lord appoints judges to rescue the men of Israel) 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 ·(We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Isaiah 56:1,6-7 ·(I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain) Romans 11:13-15,29-32 (With Israel, God never takes back his gifts or revokes his choice)
Joshua 24:14-29('The Lord is a holy God, a jealous God') Ephesians 3:14-19 ·(May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Joshua 24:1-13(I gave you a land where you never toiled, vineyards and olive-groves you never planted)
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 ·(Moses dies and is buried) Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart)
Apocalypse 11:19,12:1-6,10 (A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman adorned with the sun) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 · (Christ will be brought to life as the first-fruits and then those who belong to him)
Deuteronomy 10:12-22 ·(The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords) Wisdom 3:1-9 ·(The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
1 Kings 19:9,11-13 (The Lord was not in the wind, or the earthquake, or the fire) Romans 9:1-5 ·(I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brothers)
Deuteronomy 6:4-13 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Deuteronomy 4:32-40 (Did ever a people before you hear the voice of the living God, and remain alive) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Numbers 12:1-13 (How have you dared to speak against my servant Moses) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Numbers 11:4-15 (The sons of Israel complain in the desert) Ecclesiasticus 2:7-13 (You who fear the Lord, trust the Lord)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His robe was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 (We heard this ourselves, spoken from heaven)
Leviticus 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37 (The law of the festivals of the Lord) Ezekiel 3:17-21 ·Warn the wicked man, and you will live
Exodus 34:29-35 ·(Moses passes on to the people the orders given by the Lord) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Exodus 33:7-11,34:5-9,28 ('They are a headstrong people; but forgive us our faults') Romans 8:1-4 ·(The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death)
Exodus 32:15-24,30-34 (The golden calf) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 ·(Take me for your model, as I take Christ)
1 Kings 3:5,7-12 ·(Solomon chooses the gift of wisdom) Romans 8:28-30 ·(Those he called, he justified)
Exodus 24:3-8 (This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Exodus 16:1-5,9-15 (The Lord sends quails and manna from heaven) Ecclesiasticus 44:1,10-15 (Their name lives on for all generations)
Exodus 14:5-18 (Pharaoh sets out in pursuit of the sons of Israel) Ecclesiasticus 3:17-24(The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly)
Wisdom 12:13,16-19 (You will grant repentance after sin) Romans 8:26-27 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Song of Songs 3:1-4 (I found him whom my heart loves) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 ·(We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Exodus 11:10-12:14 (The institution of the Passover) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2,5-7 · (God has shone in our minds to radiate the light of the knowledge of his glory)
Exodus 3:13-20 ·(God reveals his name to Moses). Ezekiel 34:11-16 · (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Isaiah 55:10-11 (The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me empty) Romans 8:18-23 (The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons)
Genesis 49:29-33,50:15-26 ('God has turned the evil you planned into good') Ephesians 3:14-19 ·(May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Genesis 46:1-7,28-30 ('I can die, now that I have seen you alive') 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
Genesis 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5 (Joseph reveals himself to his brothers) Micah 6:6-8 (The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly)
Zechariah 9:9-10 (See now, your king comes humbly to you) Romans 8:9,11-13 · (If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body, you will live)
Genesis 22:1-19 (The sacrifice of Isaac) 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20 (Do not sin against your own body)
Genesis 21:5,8-20 (Hagar and Ishmael, expelled for Sarah's sake, saved by the Lord) 2 Timothy 1:13-14,2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me)
Genesis 19:15-29 (The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah). 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16 (This is a holy man of God; let him rest here) Romans 6:3-4,8-11 ·(When we were baptised we went into the tomb with Christ, so that we too might live a new life)
Genesis 18:1-15 (Next year your wife Sarah will have a son) Genesis 5:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live)
Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 (The Lord makes a covenant and gives Abram and Sarai new names) Romans 8: 31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Acts 12:1-11 (Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 (All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me)
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (Count the stars: such shall be your descendants) 2 Timothy 2:22-26 (A servant of the Lord has to be kind to everyone and gentle when he corrects people)
Genesis 13:2, 5-18 (Abram settles in the land of Canaan and builds an altar to the Lord) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service)
Jeremiah 20:10-13 (He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men) Romans 5:12-15 (The gift considerably outweighed the fall)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth) Acts 13:22-26 (Jesus, whose coming was heralded by John)
2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 (If I am to boast, let me boast of my feebleness) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (There is no limit to the blessings which God can send you) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
2 Corinthians 8:1-9 (The Lord Jesus was rich but became poor for your sake) 2 Timothy 2:8-13, 3:10-12 (Anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked)
2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (How we prove that we are God's servants) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Exodus 19:2-6 (I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation) Romans 5:6-11 (Now we have been reconciled by the death of his Son, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son)
2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (From now onwards we do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Deuteronomy 7:6-11 (The Lord set his heart on you and chose you) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6 (The veil over their eyes will not be removed until they turn to the Lord)
Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord) 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 (God himself has anointed us and given us his Spirit)
Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 (He fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known) 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 (That there is only one loaf means that, though we are many, we form one body)
Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 (I am one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord)
Tobit 11:5-17 (Tobit’s sight is restored to him) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Tobit 2:9-14 (Everyone knows what return you have had for your good works) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Tobit 1:3, 2:1-8 (Tobit defies the law by burying the dead) Acts 26:19-23 (I have stood firm to this day, testifying to great and small alike)
Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 (“Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion”) 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 (The grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit)
Ecclesiasticus 51:17-27 (Glory be to him who has given me wisdom) Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 (The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever)
Genesis 22:9-18 (The sacrifice of Isaac) Hebrew 10:4-10 (God’s will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once…)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Romans 12:9-16 (If any of the saints are in need you must share with them…)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Acts 2:1-11 (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak) 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 (In the one Spirit we were all baptised)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 (You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome) Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations)
Acts 19:1-8 (The moment Paul laid hands on them the Holy Spirit came down on them) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus) 1 Peter 4:13-16 (It is a blessing for you when they insult you for bearing the name of Christ)
Acts 18:23-28 ( Apollos demonstrated from the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ ) Acts 4:8-12 (The name of Jesus is the only name in which we can be saved)
Acts 18:9-18 (I have many people on my side in this city) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13( We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God )
Acts 1:1-11 (Jesus was lifted up while they looked on) Ephesians 1:17-23 (God made him sit at his right hand in heaven)
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 (They laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit) 1 Peter 3:15-18 (In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life)
Acts 16:1-10 (Come across to Macedonia and help us) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Acts 15:22-31 (It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not burden you beyond these essentials) Apocalypse 19:1, 5-9 (Let us give praise to God because this the time for the marriage of the Lamb)
Acts 15:7-21 (I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God)
Acts 15:1-6 (They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders) Acts 13:46-49 (since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)
Acts 14:19-28 (They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagans)
Acts 6:1-7 (They elected seven men full of the Holy Spirit) 1 Peter 2:4-9 (Christ is the living stone, chosen by God and precious to him)
Acts 11:19-26 (They started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord Jesus) 1 john 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Acts 11:1-18 (God can grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to life) Colossians 3:14-15, 17, 23-24 (Whatever your work is, put your heart in to it as for the Lord)
Acts 2:14, 36-41 (God has made him both Lord and Christ) Second Reading 1 Peter 2:20-25 (You have come back to the shepherd of your souls)
Acts 9:1-20 (This man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before the pagans ) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Apocalypse 12:10-12 (Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this) 1 Peter 1:17-21 (Your ransom was paid in the precious blood of Christ)
Acts 5:34-42 (They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Acts 4:23-31 (They were all filed with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldly)
Acts 2:42-47 (The faithful all lived together and owned everything in common) 1 Peter 1:3-9 (You do not see Christ, yet you love home)
Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this)
Acts 10:34, 37-43 (We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection) 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (Get rid of the old yeast and make yourselves unleavened as you were meant to be)
Genesis 1:26-31 (God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very good) Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith) Exodus 14:15-15:1 (The sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea) Isaiah 54:5-14 (With everlasting love the Lord your redeemer has taken pity on your) Isaiah 55:1-11 (Come to me and your soul will live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you) Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 (In the radiance of the Lord, make your way to light) Ezekiel 36:16-17, 18-28 (I shall pour clean water over you and I shall give you a new heart)
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (The servant of the Lord, an expiatory Sacrifice) Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 (The Lord burdened him with the he sins of all of us)
Exodus 12: 1-8, 11-14 (The Passover is a day of festival for all generations, for ever)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)
Isaiah 50:4-7 (I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived)
Ezekiel 37:12-14 (I shall put my spirit in you, and you will live) Romans 8:8-11 (The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you)
Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 (Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death)
Isaiah 7:10-14, 8-10 (The maiden is with child) Hebrews 10:4-10 (God’s will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ)
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 (The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David) Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 (Abraham hoped, and he believed)
1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 (David is anointed by Samuel) Ephesians 5:8-14 (Anything exposed by the light will turn into light)
Jeremiah 1:4-9 (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Acts 13:46-49 (Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)
Jeremiah 7:23-28 (Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its God)
Daniel 3:25, 34-43 (Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spirit)
2 Kings 5:1-15 (There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was cured)
Exodus 17:3-7 (Strike the rock, and water will flow from it) Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (The love of God has been poured into our hearts)
Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 (Let us kill him; then we shall see what becomes of his dreams)
Jeremiah 17:5-10 (A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the Lord)
Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes fo the earth shall bless themselves by you) 2 Timothy 1:8-10 (God calls and enlightens us)
Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 (The Creation, and the sin of our first parents) Romans 5:12-19 (However great the number of sins committed, grace was even greater)
Joel 2:12-18 (Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn) 2 Corinthians 5:20 - 6:2 (Be reconciled to God)
Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11 (The chosen are tested like gold in the fire) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service)
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You must love your neighbour as yourself) 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 (You belong to Christ and Christ belongs to God)
Hebrews 11:1-7 (It is by faith that we understand that the world was created by one world from God)
Genesis 11:1-9 (The Tower of Babel) Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Ecclesiasticus 15:16-21 (God predestined wisdom to be for our glory before the ages began) 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 (God predestined wisdom to be for our glory before the ages began)
Genesis 3:1-8 (The fall of man) Song of Songs 8:6-7 (The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself)
Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 (The Lord God fashioned man out of just) 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 (The world as we know it is passing away)
Genesis 1:1-19 (God saw that it was good) Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
Isaiah 58:7-10 (Then will your light shine like the dawn) 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (The only knowledge I claimed was of the crucified Christ)
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 (May God turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus Christ)
Hebrew 13:1-8 (Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and will be for ever) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)
Malachi 3:1-4 (The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple) Hebrews 2:14-18 (He took to himself descent from Abraham)
Hebrews 12:1-4 (We should keep running steadily in the race we have started) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Zephaniah 2:3, 3:12-13 (In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly people) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 (Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God) Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 (I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres of thrones)
Hebrews 10:32-39 (We are the sort who keep faithful) 1 Peter 4:7-11 (Each of you has received a special grace)
Hebrews 10:1-10 (Christ’s self-offering sanctifies us) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Isaiah 8:23-9:3 (In Galilee of the nations the people has seen a great light) 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 (Make up the differences between you instead of disagreeing among yourselves)
Hebrews 9:2-3,11-14 (He has entered the sanctuary once and for all through his own blood) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Hebrews 8:6-13 (The first covenant is already old) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
Hebrews 7:25-8:6 (He has offered sacrifice once and for all by offering himself) Romans 6:19-23 (Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to God)
Hebrews 6:10-20 (In this hope we have an anchor for our soul) Ephesians 6:10-13, 18 (Put on God’s armour and resist the devil)
Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth) 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 (May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ send you grace and peace)
Hebrews 4:1-5, 11 (None of you have come too late for God’s promise) 1 John 2:18-25 (keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning)
Hebrews 3:7-14 (Keep encouraging one another) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
Hebrews 2:5-12 (The line who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are of the same stock)
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 (Here is my servant, in whom my soul delights) Acts 10:34-38 (God has anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit)
1 John 3:22-4:6 (The Son of God has come and given us the power to know the true God) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (Above you the glory of the Lord appears) Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6 (It has now been revealed that pagans share the same inheritance)
1 John 2:29-3:6 (Everyone must try to be as pure as Christ) Philippians 2:1-11 (Be united in your love)
1 John 2:22-28 (The anointing he gave you teaches you everything) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God
Numbers 6:22-27 (They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
Isaiah 9:1-7 (A Son is given to us) Titus 2:11-14 (God’s grace has been revealed to the whole human race)
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 (Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me)
Isaiah 7:10-14 (The maiden is with child) Romans 1:1-7 (Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations)
Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25 (I, the Lord, shall create deliverance) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 (All peoples shall invoke the Lord’s name and serve him) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I arranged for you to marry Christ)
Numbers 24:2-7,15-17 (The oracles of Balaam) Zechariah 2:14-17 (‘I am coming’ says the Lord)
Isaiah 35:1-6,10 (God himself is coming to save you) James 5:7-10 (Do not lose heart; the Lord’s coming will be soon)
Ecclesiasticus 48:1-4, 9-12 (The prophet Elijah will come again) Isaiah 7:10-14, 9:10 (The maiden is with child)
Isaiah 48:17-19 (If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a river) Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You must love your neighbour as yourself)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12 (Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ)
Isaiah 40:25-31 (The Lord strengthens the powerless) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all the saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Isaiah 40:1-11 (Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem) Isaiah 6:1-8 (Isaiah’s lips cleansed with a burning coal)
Isaiah 11:1-10 (A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse) Romans 15:4-9 (Christ is the saviour of all men)
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26(The Lord god will be gracious to you and hear your cry) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Isaiah 29:17-24 (In a very short time, the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will see)
Romans 10:9-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)
Isaiah 4:2-6 (The fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel’s survivors)
Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of God’s kingdom) Roman 13:11-14 (Our salvation is near)
Apocalypse 20:1-4, 11-21:2 (The book of life was opened, and the dead were judged) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)
Apocalypse 18:1-2,21-23, 19:1-3,9 (Babylon the Great has fallen) 2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
Apocalypse 15:1-4 (The victors sang the hymn of Moses and of the Lamb) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)
Apocalypse 14:14-19 (The harvest and the vintage of the earth are ripe) Hosea 2:16, 17, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself for ever)
Apocalypse 14:1-5 (The redeemed have Christ and his Father’s name written on their foreheads) Zechariah 2:14-17 (“I am coming”, says the Lord)
2 Samuel 5:1-3 (They anointed David king of Israel) Colossians 1:12-20 (The Father has created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves)
Apocalypse 5:1-10 (The blood of the Lamb bought men for God) 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
Apocalypse 4:1-11 (He was, he is, and he is to come) 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 (The supremacy of charity)
Apocalypse 3:1-6, 14-22 (If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his meal) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Malachi 3:19-20 (For you the sun of righteousness will shine out) 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (Do not let anyone have food if he refuses to work)
3 John 5-8 (It is our duty to welcome missionaries and contribute our share to their work) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord) 2 John 4-9 (The commandment which you have heard since the beginning is to live a life of love)
Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations) Philemon 7-20 (He is a slave no longer, but a dear brother in the Lord)
Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 (Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and health) 1 Corinthians 3:9-22,16-17 (The temple of God is sacred, and you are that temple)
Titus 1:1-9 (Appoint elders of irreproachable character) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 (The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever) 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 (May the Lord strengthen you in everything good that you do or say)
Philippians 4:10-19 (With the help of the One who gives me strength, there is nothing I cannot master)
Romans 12:3-13 (Use the gifts you have been given) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Philippians 3:3-8 (I was faultless according to the Law; but without knowing Christ I was nothing) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Isaiah 25:6-9 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) Romans 5:17-21 (However great the number of suns committed, grace was even greater)
Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14 (I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language) 1 John 3:1-3 (We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Wisdom 11:22-12:2 (You are merciful to all, because you love all that exists) 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 (The name of Christ will be glorified in you, and you in him)
Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service) Ephesians 6:1-9 (Duties in domestic life)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people) Ephesians 4:32-5:8 (Follow Christ by loving as he loved you)
Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14, 16-19 (The humble man’s prayer pierces the clouds) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 (all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people) Ephesians 4:7-16 (By grace, we shall not be children any longer)
Ephesians 3:2-12 (The pagans now share the same inheritance) 1:18-25 Corinthians (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Ephesians 2:1-10 (Sinners are saved in Christ Jesus) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Exodus 17:8-13 (As long as Moses kept his arm raised, Israel had the advantage) 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 (The man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work)
Ephesians 1:11-14 (You have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Ephesians 1:1-10 (Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ) Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Galatians 5:18-25 (To belong to Christ, crucify all self-indulgence) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view) Galatians 5:1-6 (It is faith, not the Law, that justifies us)
Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5 (Christ freed us: do not submit again to slavery) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (God has shone in our minds to radiate the light of the knowledge of his glory)
2 Kings 5:14-17 (Naaman the leper returned to Elisha and acknowledged the Lord) 2 Timothy 2:8-13 (If we hold firm then we shall reign with Christ)
Ephesians 1:15-23 (Paul’s prayer for the enlightenment of the faithful) Romans 8:22-27 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Galatians 3:7-14 (The sons of Abraham are those who rely on faith) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Galatians 3:1-5 (You received the Spirit because you believed what was preached) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14 (They recognised the grace that God had given me) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Galatians 1:13-24 (God called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me) Galatians 6:14-18 (The marks on my body are those of Jesus)
Galatians 1:6-12 (The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus Christ)
Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4 (The upright man will live by his faithfulness) 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 12-14 (Never be ashamed of witnessing to our Lord)
Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17 (In dust and in ashes I repent) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a river)
Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5 (The immeasurable greatness of God) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His robe was white as snow) Apocalypse 12:7-12 (Michael with his angels attacked the dragon)
Job 9:1-13, 14-16 (How can man be in the right against God) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 (Why did I not perish on the day I was born?) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (god chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Job 1:6-22 (The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the Lord) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Amos 6:1, 4-7 (Woe to those who live in luxury) 1 Timothy 6:11-16 (Do all that you have been told, until the Appearing of the Lord)
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8 (Remember your creator in the days of your youth) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (There is a time for every occupation under heaven) Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 (On wickedness and virtue) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Proverbs 3:27-34 (Th Lord blesses the home of the virtuous) Hebrews 10:32-36 (Be confident now, since the reward is so great)
Amos 8:4-7 (I will never forget your deeds, you who trample on the needy) 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (Pray for everyone to God who wants everyone to be saved)
Sony of Songs 8:6-7 (The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself) 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 (The resurrected body is heavenly by nature)
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (If Christ has not been raised, your belief is useless) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (I preached what the others preach, and you all believed) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 (You together are Christ’s body: each of you a different part) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
1 Corinthians 11:17-26,33 (If each one hurries to be first, it is not the Lord’s Supper you are eating) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 (The Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened) 1 Timothy 1:12-17 (Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners)
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You must love your neighbour as yourself) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 (We go into strict training like fighters at the games)
Micah 5:1-4 (he will stand and feed his flock with the power of the Lord) Romans 8:28-30 (Those he called, he justified)
Wisdom 9:13-18 (Who can divine the will of God) Philemon 9-10, 12-17 (He is a slave no longer, but a dear brother in the Lord)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people) 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (Neither the planter nor the waterer matters, only god, who makes things grow)
Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God) 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (The Spirit reaches even the depths of God)
Jeremiah 1:17-19 (Stand up and tell them all I command you; do not be dismayed at their presence) 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (The only knowledge I claimed was of the crucified Christ)
Ecclesiasticus 3:19-21, 30-31 (Behave humbly, and you will find favour with the Lord) Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 (You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God)
Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4, 13-16 (a perfect wife is the joy of her husband) 1 Corinthians 26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Isaiah 58:6-11 (Then will your light shine like the dawn) 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (You have been enriched in many ways in Christ)
Apocalypse 21:9-14 (He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven)
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-17 (Stand firm and keep the traditions we have taught you) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I arranged for you to marry Christ)
2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 (We thank God for your faith and your love) Isaiah 9:1-7 (A Son is given to us)
Isaiah 66:18-21 (They will bring all your brothers from all the nations) Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 (The Lord trains the one he loves)
Ezekiel 43::1-7 (The vision of the coming of the glory of the Lord to the Temple) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Ezekiel 37:1-14 ( A vision of Israel's death and resurrection) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Ezekiel 36:23-28 (I will remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of flesh)
Ezekiel 28:1-10 (Against the arrogance of the King of Tyre) Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart)
Apocalypse 11:19,12:1-6,10 (A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman adorned with the sun) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 (Christ will be brought to life as the first-fruits and then those who belong to him)
Ezekiel 18:1-10,13,30-32 (You, not your children, will suffer for your sins: so repent, and live) 1 Peter 4:12-19 (If you can have some share in the sufferings of Christ be glad)
Ezekiel 16:59-63 (I will renew my covenant with you and you will learn that I am the Lord) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Ezekiel 12:1-12 (The oracle of exile against the whole House of Israel) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28 (Ezekiel’ s vision of the glory of the Lord) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Wisdom 18:6-9 (You made us glorious by calling us to you) Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-12 (Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His robe was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 (We heard this ourselves spoken from heaven)
Nahum 2:1, 3, 3:1-3,6-7 (Israel restored; Nineveh ruined) Apocalypse 21:1-5 (A vision of the heavenly Jerusalem, bride of the Lamb)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Ezekiel 3:17-21 (Warn the wicked man, and you will live)
Jeremiah 30:1-2,12-15,18-22(Your wound is incurable but I will heal you) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Jeremiah 28:1-17 (Jeremiah and the lying prophet Hananiah) Romans 8:1-4 (The law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death)
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 (Vanity of vanities; all is vanity) Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 (You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is)
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 (“This man has spoken to us in the name of the Lord”) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Jeremiah 26:1-9 (Jeremiah preaches in the temple of the Lord and is threatened with death) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Jeremiah 14:17-22 (We confess our wickedness; you, God, are our hope) Ecclesiasticus 44:1, 10-15 (Their name lives on for all generations)
Genesis 18:20-32 (Abraham negotiates with the Lord) Colossians 2:12-14 (Christ has brought you to life with him and forgiven us all our sins)
Song of Songs 3:1-4.(I found him whom my heart loves) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Jeremiah 2:1-3,7-8,12-13 (I brought you to a fertile country and you defiled it) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (God has shone in our minds to radiate the light of the knowledge of his glory)
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 (The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humbly)
Genesis 18:1-10 (Next year your wife Sarah will have a son) Colossians 1:24-28 (A mystery hidden for generations has been revealed to God’s saints)
Micah 2:1-5 (The plotters of evil will not escape) Zechariah 2:14-17 (“I am coming”, says the Lord)
Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 (The Lord hears Hezekiah’s prayer and heals him) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 (Awake and exult, all you who like in the dust) 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)
Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16 (Assyria’s arrogance and coming ruin) Micah 6:6-8 (The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to lover tenderly, to walk humbly)
Deuteronomy 30:10-14 (The Law is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach) Colossians 1:15-20 (All things were created through Christ and for Christ)
1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world) Isaiah 6:1-8 (Isaiah’s lips cleansed with a burning coal)
1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 (Do not sin against your own body) Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 (Seek integrity and reap a harvest of kindness)
2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me) Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 (They have sown the wind; they will reap the whirlwind)
1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers) Hosea 2:16, 17-18, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself and you will come to know the name of the Lord)
Isaiah 66::10-14 (Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a river) Galatians 6:14-18 (The marks on my body are those of Jesus)
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 (A famine not of bread, bot of hearing the word of the Lord) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Amos 7:10-17 (The Lord took me from herding the flock and sent me to prophesy) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12 (It is for all your sins that I mean to punish you) 2 Timothy 2:22-26 ( A servant of the Lord has to be kind to everyone and gentle when he corrects people)
Amos 2:6-10,13-16 (Because of your crimes I will crush you into the ground) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service)
1 Kings 19:16, 19-21 (Elisha leaves the plough to follow Elijah) Galatians 5:1, 13-18 (When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free)
Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord) Lamentations (Cry aloud to the Lord, daughter of Zion)
Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view) Romans 5:5-11 (Now we have been reconciled by the death of his Sony, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth) Acts 13:22-26 (Jesus, whose coming was heralded by John)
2 Maccabees 6L18, 21,24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
2 Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, 31-36 (The Lord protects Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the Assyrians) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
2 Kings 17:5-813-15, 18 (There was none left, but the tribe of Judah only) 2 Timothy 2:8-13, 3:10-12 (Anybody who ties to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked)
Genesis 14:18-20 (Melchizedek brought bread and wine) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord)
2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18,20 (Saved from the massacre the true king is anointed by the high priest)
Ecclesiasticus 48:1-15 (The spirit of Elijah fills Elisha) Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel)
Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord) 1 Kings 21:1-16 (Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard and Jezebel has him killed)
Proverbs 8:22-31 (Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born) Romans 5:1-5 (The love of God has been poured into our hearts)
Hebrews 2:10-18 (He took to himself descent from Abraham) Isaiah 6:1-4,8 (“Here I am: send me”)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Acts 2:1-11 (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak) 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 (In the one Spirit we were all baptised)
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 (In Rome, Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God without hindrance from anyone)
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 (“The King of the world will raise us up to live for ever”) Acts 25:13-21 (‘I ordered Paul to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar”)
Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 (You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you mus do the same in Rome) 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 (How we prove that we are God’s servants)
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God) Acts 20:28-38 (I commend you to god and to the word of his grace, and its power)
Romans 12:9-16 (If any of the saints are in need you must share with them; and you should make hospitality your special care) Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel is in your midst)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Acts 1:11 (Jesus was lifted up while they looked on) Hebrews 9:24-28, 10:19-23 (Christ entered into heaven itself)
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 (I proclaim the God you already worship without knowing it) Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations)
Acts 15:1-2,22-29 (I t has been decided by the Spirit and by ourselves not to burden you with any burden beyond these essentials Apocalypse 21:10-14,22-23 ( He showed me the holy city coming down out of heaven)
Acts 16:1-10 (Come across to Macedonia and help us) Apocalypse 7:9-17 (These Marty’s have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb)
Acts 15:22-31 (It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentials) Acts 4:8-12 (The name of Jesus Christ is the only name in which we can be saved)
Acts 15:7-21 (I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity fully mature in the knowledge of the Sony of God)
Acts 15:1-6 (They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and elders) Apocalypse 3:14, 20-22 (If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his meal)
Acts 14:19-28 (They gave an account of how God had opened the door of faith to the pagans)
Acts 14:21-27 (They gave an account to the church of all that God had done with them) Apocalypse 1:1-5 (A vision of the heavenly Jerusalem, the bride of the Lamb)
Acts 13:26-33 (God has fulfilled his promise by raising Jesus from the dead) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Acts 13:13-25 (God has raised up one of David’s descendants, Jesus, as Saviour) Apocalypse19:1, 5-9 (Let us give praise to God because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb)
Acts 13:46-49 (Since yo have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans) Acts 11:19-26 (they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord Jesus)
Acts 13:14, 43-52 (We must turn to the pagans) Apocalypse 7:9, 14-17 (The Lamb will be their shepherd and will lead them to springs of living water)
Acts 9:31-42 (The churches grew and were filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit)
Acts 6:8-15 (They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he said) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Acts 5:27-32, 40-41 (We are witnesses to all this: we and the Holy Spirit) Apocalypse 5:11-14 (The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given riches and power)
Apocalypse 12:10-12 (Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Acts 5:12-16 (The numbers of men and women who came to believe in the Lord increased steadily) Apocalypse 1:9-13, 17-19 (I was dead, and now I am to live for ever and ever)
Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this)
Acts 10:34, 37-43 (We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection) Colossians 3:1-4 (Look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is)
Genesis 1:26-31 (God saw all that he had mad, and indeed it was very good) Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith)
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (The servant of the Lord, an expiratory Sacrifice) Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9 (The Lord burdened him with the sins of us all)
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 (The Passover is a day of festival for all generations, for ever) 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup. You are proclaiming the death of the Lord)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)
Isaiah 50:4-7 (I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived)
Isaiah 43:16-21 (See, I am doing a new deed and I will give my chosen people drink) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
Jeremiah 11:18-20 (Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten)
Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 (Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death). If you would like to hear the Gospel of the day in Lent please consider listening to our sister podcast - The Lent Gospels available wherever you get your podcasts from (or you can find links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts here https://anchor.fm/lentpodcast/)
Exodus 32:7-14 (Moses pleads with the Lord his God to spare Israel) If you would like to hear the Gospel of the day in Lent please consider listening to our sister podcast - The Lent Gospels available wherever you get your podcasts from (or you can find links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts here https://anchor.fm/lentpodcast/)
Isaiah 49:8-15 (On the day of salvation I will help you). If you would like to hear the Gospel of the day in Lent please consider listening to our sister podcast - The Lent Gospels available wherever you get your podcasts from (or you can find links to Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts here https://anchor.fm/lentpodcast/)
Joshua 5:9-12 (The Israelites celebrate their first Passover in the Promised Land) 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (God reconciled himself to us through Christ)
Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 (The maiden is with child) Hebrews 10:4-10 (God’s will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ)
Jeremiah 7:23-28 (Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its God)
Daniel 3:25, 34-43 (Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spirit)
2 Kings 5:1-15 (There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was cured) Exodus 17:1-7 (Strike te rock, and water will flow from it)
Exodus 3:1-8,13-15 (I am has sent me to you) 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 (The life of the people under Moses in the desert was written down to be a lesson for us)
2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 (The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David) Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 (Abraham hoped, and he believed)
Genesis 37:3-4,12-13,17-28 (Let us kill him; then we shall see what becomes of his dreams)
Jeremiah 1:4-9 (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Acts 13:46-49 (Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 (God enters into a Covenant with Abraham, the man of faith) Philippians 3:17-4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Deuteronomy 26:4-10 (The creed of the Chosen people) Romans 10:8-13 (The creed of the Christian)
Joel 2:12-18 (Let your hearts be broken not your garments torn) 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 (Be reconciled to God)
Ecclesiasticus 27:5-8 (The test of a man is in his conversation) 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 (Death is swallowed up in victory)
James 4:13-17 (You cannot know what will happen tomorrow) Apocalypse 2:8-11 (I will give you the crown of life for your prize)
James 3:13-18 (Show wisdom and avoid ambition) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good News your life’s work in thoroughgoing service)
1 Samuel 26:2,7-9,11-13,22-23 (Do not lift you hand against the Lord’s anointed) 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 (The first Adam became a living soul; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit)
James 2:1-9 (God chose the poor but you do not respect them) Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Jeremiah 17:5-8 (A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord) 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 (If Christ has not been raised you are still in your sins)
1 Kings 11:29-32, 12:19 (Solomon is unfaithful; the Lord moderates his wrath) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a river)
1 Kings 11:4-13 (For the sake of my servant David, I will leave you one tribe) Sony of Songs 8:6-7 (The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself)
1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30 (Listen to the prayer your servant makes in this place) 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 (The world as we know it is passing away)
Isaiah 6:1-2,3-8 (Here I am:send me) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (I preached what the others preach, and you all believed)
1 Kings 3:4-13 (Solomon chooses the gift of wisdom) 1 Corinthians 26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 (David’s dying exhortation to Solomon) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice for the Lord is consoling his people) Romans 5:1-5 (The love of God has been poured into our hearts)
Malachi 3:1-4 (The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple) Hebrews 2: 14-18 (He took to himself descent from Abraham)
2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30,16:5-13 (David falles Absalom and is cursed by Shimei) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19 (I have appointed you prophet to the nations) 1 Corinthians 12:31-13-13 (The supremacy of charity)
2 Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17 (David and Bathsheba) Wisdom 7:7-10,15-16 (I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones)
2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 (The house of your servant will be blessed for ever) 1 Peter 4:7-11 (Each of you has received a special grace)
2 Timothy 1:1-8 (Fan into a flame the gift God gave you) Titus 1:1-5 (To Titus, true child of mine)
2 Samuel 5:1-7,10 (You shall be shepherd of my people Israel) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less than the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10 (All the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law) 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27 (You together are Christ’s body, but each a different part of it)
1 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 17,19,23-27 (David’s lament over Saul and Jonathan) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
1 Samuel 24:3-21 (I will not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
1 Samuel 18:6-9, 19:1-7 (Saul’s envy and Jonathan’s loyal friendship) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 (David and Goliath) Romans 6:19-23 (Now you are set free from sin, and slaves to God)
1 Samuel 15:16-23 (Saul disobeys the Lord and the Lord rejects him) Ephesians 6:10-13, 18
Isaiah 62:1-5 (The bridegroom rejoices in his bride) 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (The Spirit distributes gifts to different people just as he chooses)
1 Samuel 4:1-11 (Israel is defeated and the ark of God is captured) 1 John 2:18-25 (Keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning)
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11 (The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it) Acts 10:34-38 (God had anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit)
1 John 3:22-4:6 (The Son of God has come and given us the power to know the true God) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (Above you the glory of the Lord appears) Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6 (It has now been revealed that pagans share the same inheritance)
1 John 2:29-3:6 (Everyone must try to be as pure as Christ) Philippians 2:1-11 (Be united in your love)
Ecclesiasticus 24:1-2, 8-12 (From eternity, in the beginning, God created wisdom) Ephesians 1:3-6,15-18 (Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ)
Numbers 6:22-27 (They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
1 Samuel 1:20-22,24-28 (This is the child I prayed for: he is made over to the Lord) 1 John 3:1-2, 21-24 (We are called God’s children, and that is what we are)
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 (Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Song of Songs 2:8-14 (See how my Beloved comes, leaping on the mountains)
Micah 5:1-4 (He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the Lord) Hebrews 10:5-10 (God, here I am! I am coming to obey your will)
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 (All peoples shall invoke the Lord’s name and serve him) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)
Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 (The oracles of Balaam) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I arranged for you to marry Christ)
Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Philippians 4:4-7 (The Lord is very near)
Ecclesiasticus 48:1-4, 9-12 (The prophet Elijah will come again) Acts 20:17-18, 28-32, 36 (I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its power)
Isaiah 48:17-19 (If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a river) Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 (The maiden is with child)
Isaiah 41:13-20 (I, the Holy One of Israel, am your redeemer) Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You must love your neighbour as yourself)
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live) Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 (Before the world was made God chose us in Christ)
Isaiah 40:1-11 (Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem) Ephesians 3:8-12 (I, who am less that the least of all saints, have been entrusted with this special grace)
Isaiah 35:1-10 (The return of the redeemed through the desert) Isaiah 6:1-8 (Isaiah’s lips cleansed with a burning coal)
Baruch 5:1-9 (God means to show your splendour to every nation) Philippians 1:4-6,8-11 (May you become pure and blameless in preparation for the day of Christ)
Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 (The Lord God will be gracious to you and hear your cry) 2 Timothy 1:13-14, 2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me)
Isaiah 29:17-24 (In a very short time , the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will see) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 ( I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Romans 10: 9-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)
Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace fo the God’s kingdom)
Jeremiah 33:14-16 (I will make a virtuous Branch grow for David) 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 (May you be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again)
Daniel 6:12-28 (Daniel in the lions’ den) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)
Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 (The writing on the wall) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Daniel 2:31-45 (Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 (Daniel and his companions are trained to be the king’s servants in Babylon) Hosea 2:16, 17, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself for ever)
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Daniel 7:13-14 (I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man) Apocalypse 1:5-8 (Jesus Christ has made us a line of kings and priests)
1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 (Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate it)
1 Maccabees 2:15-29 (Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31 (So we came to Rome)
2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 (The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)
2 Maccabees 6:18-31 (I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws). Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
1 Maccabees 1;10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-64 (The persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)
Daniel 12:1-3 (Some will wake to everlasting life, some to shame and disgrace) Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 (When all sins have been forgive, there can be no more sin-offerings)
Wisdom 13: 1-9 (How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Wisdom 7:22-8:1 (Wisdom is a breath of the power of God) Isaiah 61:1-3 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord)
Wisdom 6:1-11 (Kings, your power is a gift to you from the Lord) Ecclesiasticus 39:6-10 (The wise man will be remembered for generations)
1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17 (The temple of God is sacred and you are that temple) Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 (Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and health)
1 Kings 17:10-16 (Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied) Herbrew 9:24-28 (Christ, our high priest, has done away with sin by sacrificing himself)
Romans 16:3-9, 16,22-27 (The mystery kept secret fro endless ages must be broadcast everywhere)
Romans 14:7-12 (Each of us must give an account of himself to God) Romans 12:3-13 (Use the gifts you have been given)
Romans 13:8-10 (Your only debt should be the debt of mutual love) Philippians 4:4-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it)
Isaiah 25:6-9 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Apocalypse 7:2-4,9-14 (I saw a huge number impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language) 1 John 3:1-3 (We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Romans 8:18-25 (The whole creation is eagerly waiting for god to reveal his sons) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)
Romans 8:12-17 (The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God)
Jeremiah 31:7-9 (I will guide them by a smooth path where they will not stumble) Hebrews 5:1-6 (You are a pries t of the order of Melchizedek, and for ever)
Romans 7:18-25 (Every time I want to do good it is something evil that comes to hand) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)
Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21 (Divine grace, coming through Jesus Christ, came as an abundant free gift) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Isaiah 53:10-11 (If he offers his life in atonement, what the Lord wishes will be done) Hebrews 4:14-16 (Our high priest is one who has been tempted in every way that we are)
Romans 4:1-8 (Abraham was justified not by his actions but by faith) Romans 8:22-27 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Romans 3:21-30 (It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alike) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)
Romans 2:1-11 (Do you think you will escape God’s judgment) Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)
Romans 1-16-25 (These people knew God and failed to honour him) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Romans 1:1-7 (Our apostolic mission is to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)
Wisdom 7:7-11 (I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones) Hebrews 4:12-13 (The word of God cuts more finely than a double-edged sword)
Malachi 3:13-20 (The day that is coming will burn up the wicked) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)
Jonah 1:1-2:1, 11 (Jonah flees from his call)Galatians 6:14-18 (The marks on my body are those of Jesus)
Genesis 2:18-24 (A man and his wife become one body) Hebrews 2;9-11 (The one who sanctifies is the brother of those who are sanctified)
Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 (Take courage, my children, call on God) Exodus 23:20-23 (I myself will send an angel before you)
Nehemiah 8:1-12 (All the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All scripture is inspired by God and can profitable be used for teaching)
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 (His robe was white as snow) Apocalypse 12:7-12 (Michael with his angels attacked the dragon)
Zechariah 8:20-23 (Many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of Hosts) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)
Zechariah 8:1-8 (The Lord will return to Zion) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)
Numbers 11:25-29 (If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets!) James 5:1-6 (The Lord hears the cries of those you have cheated)
Haggai 1:15-2:9 (The new glory of this Temple is to surpass the old) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
Haggai 1:1-8 “Rebuild the House” Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)
Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity fully mature n the knowledge of the Son of God)
Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God). Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 (The wicked prepare to ambush the just man) James 3:16- 4:3 (The wisdom that comes from above makes for peace)
1 Timothy 4:12-16 (Be an example to all the believers) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)
1 Timothy 3:14-16 (The mystery of our religion is very deep) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
1 Timothy 2:1-8 (Pray for everyone to God who wants everyone to be saved) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
Isaiah 50:5-9 ( I offered my back to those who struck me) James 2:14-18 (If good works do not go with it, faith is quite dead)
Micah 5:1-4 (He will snare and feed his flock with the power of the Lord) Romans 8:28-30 (Those he called, he justified)
Isaiah 35:4-7 (The blind shall see, the deaf hear, the dumb sing for joy) James 2:1-5 (God chose the poor according to the world to be rich in faith)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to had over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
Colossians 1:1-8 (The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the world)
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 (Observe these laws and customs that you may have life) James 1:17-18, 21-22,27 (Accept and submit to the word)
1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 (You have learnt from God how to love one another) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 (What God wants is for you all to be holy) Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4, 13-16 (A perfect wife is the joy of her husband)
1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 (Now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the Lord)
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 (We slaved night and day so as not be be a burden on any one of you)
Apocalypse 21:9-14 (He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from god out of heaven)
Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18 (We will serve the Lord, for he is our God) Ephesians 5:21-32 (Christ loves the Church, because it is his body)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives) Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11, 4:13-17 (Ruth gives birth to Obed, the grandfather of David)
Ecclesiasticus 15: 1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom. Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16,22 (Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by Naomi)
Apocalypse 11:19, 12:1-6, 10 (A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman adorned with the sun) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 (Christ will be brought to life as the first-fruits and then those who belong to him)
Joshua 24:14-29 (“The Lord is a holy God, a jealous God”) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)
Joshua 24:1-13 (I gave you a land where you never toiled, vineyards and olive-groves you never planted)
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (Moses dies and is buried) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)
1 Kings 19:4-8 (The angel gives Elijah food to reach the mountain of God) Ephesians 4:30-5:2 (Forgive each other as readily as God forgave you)
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His robe was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 (We heard this ourselves spoken from heaven)
Numbers 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29, 34-35 (The spies return from Canaan) Ezekiel 3:17-21 (Warn the wicked man, and you will live)
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 (The Lord sends manna from heaven) Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 (Put aside your old self and put on the new)
Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 (The law of the jubilee year) 1 Corinthians 10:31 - 11:1 (Take me for your model, as I take Christ)
Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38 (The tabernacle is set up) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 (The golden calf) Ecclesiasticus 44:1, 10-15 (Their name lives on for all generations)
2 Kings 4:42-44 (They will eat, and have some left over) Ephesians 4:1-6 (One Body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God)
Song of Songs 3: 1-4 (I found him whom my hear loves) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)
Jeremiah 23: 1-6 (I will gather together the reman at of my flock and raise up shepherds for them) Ephesians 2:13-18 (Christ Jesus is the peace between us)
Exodus 3:13-20 (God reveals his name to Moses) Ephesians 3: 14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)
Amos 7:12-15 (Go, shepherd, and prophesy to my people Israel) Ephesians 1:3-14 (God chose us in Christ before the world was made)
Acts 12:1-11 (Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod!) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 (All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me)
Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24 (God takes no pleasure in the extinction of the living) 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9-13-15 (The Lord Jesus became poor fo your sake, to make you rich)
Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 (The Lord made a covenant and gives Abram and Sarah new names)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)
2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)
Today there are alternative readings. 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world) and Genesis 12:1-9 (Leave your country, your family and your father’s house)
Job 38:1, 8-11 (From the heart of the tempest the Lord gives Job his answer) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 ( We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh).
Ezekiel 17: 22-24 (I will plant a shoot on the high mountain of Israel) 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (We want to be exiled from the body and make our home with the Lord)
There are alternative readings. 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (From now onwards we do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh) Isaiah 61: 9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)
Hosea 11:1,3-4,8-9 (I will not give rein to my fierce anger, for I am God, not man) Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-19 (The love of Christ is beyond all knowledge)
2 Corinthians 3:15 - 4:1, 3-6 (The veil over their eyes will not be removed until they turn to the Lord)
Exodus 24:3-8 (This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you) Hebrews 9:11-15 (The blood of Christ can purify our inner self)
There are alternative readings today. Tobit 12:1, 5-15,20 ( I am one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord) Acts 26:19-23 (I have stood firm to this day, testifying to great and small alike)
There are alternative readings today. Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Romans 12:9-16 (If any of the saints are in need you must share with them; and you should make hospitality your special care)
Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40 (The Lord is God indeed; he and no other) Romans 8:14-17 (The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God)
Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Hebrews 10:11-18 (Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying
Genesis 3:9-15,20 (The mother of all those who live) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary the mother of Jesus)
Acts 2: 1-11 (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak) Galatians 5:16-25 (If yo are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you)
Acts 28:16-20,30-31 (In Rome, Paul proclaimed the kingdom of god without hindrance from anyone)
Acts 22:30, 23:6-11 ( You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome)
Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 (Let someone else take his office) 1 John 4:11-16 (Anyone who lives in love lives in God and God lives in him)
Acts 1:1-11 (Jesus was lifted up while they looked on) Ephesians 4:1-13 (we are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 (The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we have) 1 John 4:7-10 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)
Acts 15: 22-31 (It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentials)
Acts 15: 7-21 (I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to God)
Acts 15:1-6 (They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the he apostles and elders)
Acts 9:26-31 (Barnabas explained how the Lord had appeared to Saul on his journey) 1 John 3:18-24 (The commandment of faith and love)
Acts 4:8-12 (The name of Jesus Christ is the only name in which we can be saved) 1 John 5:1-2 (We shall be like God because we shall see as he really is)
Acts 9:31-42 (The churches grew and were filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit)
Apocalypse 12:10-12 (Victory and -were and empire for ever have been won by our God) 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 (How we prove that we are Gods servants)
Acts 6: 8-15 (They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he said)
Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 (You killed the prince of life: God, however, raised him from the dead) 1 John 2:1-5 (Jesus Christ is the sacrifice that takes our sins away, and the world’s)
Acts 5:34-42 (They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name)
Acts 4:23-31 (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldly)
Acts 4:32-35 (The whole group of believers was united heart and soul) 1 John 5:1-6 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)
Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this)
Acts 10:34, 37-43 (We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection) Colossians 3:1-4 (Look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is).
Genesis 1:1-2:2 (God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very good) Genesis 22:1-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith) Exodus 14:15-15:1 (The sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea) Isaiah 54:5-14 (With everlasting love the Lord your redeemer has taken pity on you) Isaiah 55:1-11 (Come to me and your soul will live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you) Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 (In the radiance of the Lord, make your way to light) Ezekiel 35:16-17, 18-28 (I shall pour clean water over you and I shall give you a new heart) Romans 6:3-11 (Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again)
Isaiah 52:13-55:12 (The servant of the Lord, an expiatory Sacrifice) Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9 (The Lord burdened him with the sins of all of us).
Exodus 12: 1-8, 11-14 (The Passover is a day of festival for all generations, for ever) i Corinthians 11:23-26 (Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord)
Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)
Isaiah 50:4-7 (I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed) Philippians 2:6-11 (Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
Isaiah 7:10-14, 8-10 (The maiden is with child) Hebrews 10:4-10 (God’s will was for us to be made holy by the offering of his body made once and for all by Jesus Christ)
Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived)
Jeremiah 11: 18-20 (Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten)
2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14, 16 (The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David) Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 (Abraham hoped, and he believed)
Jeremiah 1:4-9, (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Acts 13:46-49 (Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)
2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-25 (God’s wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his people) and Ephesians 2:4-10 (You have been saved through grace).
Jeremiah 7:23-28 (Here is the nation that will not listen to the voice of the Lord its God)
Exodus 17:1-7 (Strike the rock, and water will flow from it) Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 (Keep these laws and observe them)
Daniel 3:25, 34-43 (Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spirit)
2 Kings 5:1:15 (There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was cured)
Exodus 20:1-17 (The Law given at Sinai) 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (The crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God)
Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 (Let us kill him: then we shall see what becomes of his dreams).
Jeremiah 17:5-10 (A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the Lord)
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith) Romans 8:31-34 (God did not spare his own Son)
Genesis 9:8-15 (There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again) 1 Peter 3:18-22 (The water on which the Ark floated is a type of the baptism which saves you now)
Joel 2:12-18 (Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn) 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 (Be reconciled to God)
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 (The unclean man must live outside the camp) Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (Take me for your model, as I take Christ)
Today there is a choice of readings. Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17 (The Lord God fashioned man out of dust) and Song of Songs 8:6-7 (The flash of love is a flame of the Lord himself)
Job 7:1-4, 6-7 (My life is but a breath) and 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (I should be punished if I did not preach the Gospel)
Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 (My God turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus Christ)
Hebrews 13:1-8 (Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and will be for ever)
There is a choice of readings Malachi 3:1-4 (The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his Temple) and Hebrews 2:14-18 (He took to himself descent from Abraham)
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 (I will raise up a prophet and put my words into his mouth) and 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 (Give your undivided attention to the Lord)
Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19 (Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God)
There is a choice of readings. 2 Timothy 1:1-8 (Fan into a flame the gift God gave you) or Titus 1:1-5 (To Titus, true child of mine)
There is a choice of readings. Acts 22:3-16 (Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?) and Acts 9:1-22 (Saul’s call)
Jonah 3:1-5,10 (The people of Nineveh renounce their evil behaviour) 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 (The world as we know it is passing away)
Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14 (He has entered the sanctuary once and for all through the his own blood)
1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 (Speak, Lord, your servant is listening) 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 (Do not sin against your own body)
Hebrews 2:5-12 (The one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are of the same stock)
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 (Here is my servant, in whom my soul delights) 1 John 5:1-9 (Jesus Christ came by water and blood)
Isaiah 60:1-6 (Above you the glory of the Lord appears) Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6 (It has now been revealed that pagans share the same inheritance)
Ecclesiasticus 24:1-2,8-12 (From eternity, in the beginning God created wisdom) and Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-18 (Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ)
Numbers 6:22-27 (They are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them) Galatians 4:4-7 (God sent his Son, born of a woman)
There are multiple alternative readings for today. Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3 (Your heir shall be your own flesh and blood) Ecclesiasticus 3:2-6, 12-14 (He who fears the Lord respects his parents) Colossians 3:12-21 (Family life in the Lord) Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 ( The faith of Abraham and of Sarah)
Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people ) Hebrews 1:1-6 (God has spoken to us through his Son)
2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me
2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12,14,16 (Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me) Romans 16:25-27 (The mystery is revealed that was kept secret for endless ages)
Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11 (He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 (May you all be kept safe for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ)
Isaiah 48:17-19 (If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a river)
Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11 (The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it) 2 Peter 3:8-14 (We are waiting for the new heavens and the new earth)
Isaiah 29:17-24 (In a very short time, the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will see)
Romans 10:8-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)
Isaiah 63:16-17, 64:1,3-8 (O that you would tear the heavens open and come down) 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 (We are waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed)
Apocalypse 14:1-5 (The redeemed have Christ and his Father’s name written on their foreheads)
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 (The Lord will judge between sheep and sheep) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28 (Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father; so thatGod may be all in all)
Apocalypse 3:1-6,14-22 (If one of you hears me calling, I will come in to share his meal)
The first reading is Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31 (A perfect wife - who can find her?) and the second is 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 (God will bring with home those who have died in Jesus)
3 John 5-8 (It is our duty to welcome missionaries and contribute our share to their work)
2 John 4-9 ( The commandment which you have heard since the beginning is to live a life of love)
There are alternative readings today. Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12 (Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and health) and 1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17 (The temple of God is sacred, and you are that temple)
Wisdom 6;12-16 (Wisdom is found by those who look for her) and 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 (Do not grieve about those who have died in Jesus)
Philippians 4:10-19 (With the help of the One who gives me strength, there is nothing I cannot master)
Philippians 3:17- 4:1 (Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure us)
Philippians 3:3-8 (I was faultless according to the Law; but without knowing Christ I was nothing)
Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God) and Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 (God did not spare his own Son)
Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14 (I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language) and 1 John 3:1-3 (We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is)
Exodus 22:20-26 (If you are harsh with the widow and orphan, my anger will flare against you). 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 ( You broke with idolatry and became servants of God; you are now waiting for his Son)
Isaiah 45:1,4-6 (I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations before him) and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 (We constantly remember your faith, your love and your hope)
The first reading is Isaiah 25:6-10 (The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nation) and the second is Philippians 4:12-14,19-20
Galatians 1:6-12 (The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus Christ)
Isaiah 5:1-7 (Against the Lord’s vineyard) Philippians 4:6-9 (If there is anything you need, pray for it.)
There are alternative readings today. Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 (His robe was white as snow) and Apocalypse 12:7-12 (Michael with his angels attacked the dragon)
The first reading is from Ezekiel 18:25-28 (When the sinner renounces sin, he shall certainly live) and second is from Philippians 2:1-11 (Be united in your love)
Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)
The first reading is Isaiah 55:6-9 (My thoughts are not your thoughts) and the second reading is Philippians 1:20-24,27 (Life to me is Christ; but death would bring me more)
1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 (You together are Christ’s body each of you a different part)
Today there are alternative readings. Numbers 21:4-9 (If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and lived ) Philippians 2:6-11 ( Christ humbled himself but God raised him high)
The first reading is from Ecclesiasticus 27:33-28:9 (Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you; and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven) and the second readings is from Romans 14:7-9 (Alive or dead, we belong to the Lord)
Today there are two alternative readings. Micah 5:1-4 (He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the Lord) and Romans 8:28-30 (These he called, he justified)
Ezekiel 33:7-9 (If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death). Romans 13:8-10 (Your only debt should be the debt of mutual love)
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 (We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives)
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (Neither the planter nor the waterer matters, only God, who makes things grow)