Today's Reading | April 23, 2025
John 20:1–18
Introduction John 20:1–18: Today’s reading is another account of Jesus’s resurrection. When Mary Magdalene goes to Jesus’s tomb, she sees that the stone has been rolled away. She runs to tell the disciples, believing that someone took Jesus’s body from the tomb. Peter and John come and see the empty tomb. Then Jesus appears to Mary and tells her that…
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Genesis 2:4b-25
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Genesis 1:1-2:4a
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Deuteronomy 10:1‒22
God’s Saving Word: Justice and Peace Introduction Deuteronomy 10:1‒22: Today’s reading parallels the renewal of the covenant as recorded in Exodus 34. Moses is instructed to make the Covenant Box in which to place the tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The concluding verses outline the obedience that God demands. Scripture Reading Moses Receives the Commandments Again 10 “Then the Lord said to me,…
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