Today's Reading | May 30, 2025
Acts 1:12–26
Introduction Acts 1:12–26: The apostles meet and pray with other believers. Peter acts as spokesman for the community, and the apostles choose a successor to Judas. Today’s Key Verse: Acts 1:14 They gathered frequently to pray as a group, together with the women, and with Mary the mother of Jesus and his brothers. Read 12 Then the apostles went back to…
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April 10, 2025
Luke 18:18–43
Introduction Luke 18:18–43: We return to Luke’s Gospel as Jesus is journeying toward Jerusalem and the cross. In today’s reading, Jesus speaks with a wealthy man, a leader, who asks him what he must do to receive eternal life. The reading concludes with Jesus speaking for a third time (in Luke’s account) about his impending death. As he continues to…
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John 11:45–57
Introduction John 11:45–57: The raising of Lazarus causes division among the Jews, and the religious authorities make plans to arrest and kill Jesus. Today’s Key Verse: John 11:45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him. Reading 45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what…
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John 12:1–11
Introduction John 12:1–11: Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume, and Judas Iscariot pretends to criticize the waste. Jesus affirms Mary’s action and rejects Judas’s interpretation. The reading concludes with the religious leaders extending their plot to include killing Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from death. Today’s Key Verse: John 12:8 [Jesus said:] “You will always have poor people with you,…
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John 11:28–44
Introduction John 11:28–44: Today’s reading concludes the story of the death and raising of Lazarus. Jesus weeps when he arrives at the tomb. After praying to the Father, Jesus calls Lazarus out of the tomb and instructs the onlookers to remove Lazarus’s burial cloths. Today’s Key Verse: John 11:40 Jesus said to [Martha], “Didn’t I tell you that you would…
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John 11:17–27
Introduction John 11:17–27: Jesus arrives in Bethany to find that his friend Lazarus has been buried for four days, and he speaks to the dead man’s sister, Martha. Today’s reading includes another of the “I am” passages (verse 25) that appear only in John’s Gospel—Jesus’s self-revelation connecting him to the divine name (see Exodus 3:14) and identifying him as the…
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John 11:1–16
Introduction John 11:1–16: Today we will read the first part of the account of the death and raising of Lazarus. Jesus receives word that his friend Lazarus is ill, but he delays making the trip to Bethany to see him. He says that the illness will provide an occasion to reveal the glory of God. Today’s Key Verse: John 11:4b…
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