March 20, 2026

1For, not thinking rightly, they said among themselves: “Brief and troubled is our lifetime; there is no remedy for our dying, nor is anyone known to have come back from Hades. 12Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us; he opposes our actions, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training. 13He professes to have knowledge of God and styles himself a child of the LORD. 14To us he is the censure of our thoughts; merely to see him is a hardship for us, 15Because his life is not like that of others, and different are his ways. 16He judges us debased; he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure. He calls blest the destiny of the righteous and boasts that God is his Father. 17Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him in the end. 18For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him and deliver him from the hand of his foes. 19With violence and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience. 20Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.” 21These were their thoughts, but they erred; for their wickedness blinded them, 22And they did not know the hidden counsels of God; neither did they count on a recompense for holiness nor discern the innocent souls’ reward.

17The LORD’s face is against evildoers to wipe out their memory from the earth. 18The righteous cry out, the LORD hears and he rescues them from all their afflictions. 19The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed. 20Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all. 21He watches over all his bones; not one of them shall be broken. 23The LORD is the redeemer of the souls of his servants; and none are condemned who take refuge in him.

4He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”

1After this, Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. 2But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. 10But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but [as it were] in secret. 25So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, “Is he not the one they are trying to kill? 26And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Messiah? 27But we know where he is from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” 28So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, “You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. 29I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.” 30So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.