Friday, October 16, 2026

¹¹We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

¹²to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

¹³In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

¹⁴who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

¹Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.

²Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

⁴For the LORD's word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness.

⁵He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the LORD.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

¹³The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.

¹Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

²But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

³Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

⁴"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁵But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

⁶"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

⁷But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.