March 21, 2026

18The Plot Against Jeremiah. I knew it because the LORD informed me: at that time you showed me their doings. 19Yet I was like a trusting lamb led to slaughter, not knowing that they were hatching plots against me: “Let us destroy the tree in its vigor; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered.” 20But, you, LORD of hosts, just Judge, searcher of mind and heart, Let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause!

2I - LORD my God, in you I trusted; save me; rescue me from all who pursue me, 3Lest someone maul me like a lion, tear my soul apart with no one to deliver. 9the LORD will pass judgment on the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and my integrity. 10Let the malice of the wicked end. Uphold the just one, O just God, who tries hearts and minds. 11IV - God is a shield above me saving the upright of heart. 12God is a just judge, powerful and patient, not exercising anger every day.

15But as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and bear fruit through perseverance. The Parable of the Lamp.

40Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.” 41Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? 42Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” 43So a division occurred in the crowd because of him. 44Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. 45So the guards went to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46The guards answered, “Never before has anyone spoken like this one.” 47So the Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49But this crowd, which does not know the law, is accursed.” 50Nicodemus, one of their members who had come to him earlier, said to them, 51“Does our law condemn a person before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?” 52They answered and said to him, “You are not from Galilee also, are you? Look and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.” 53[ Then each went to his own house,