March 27, 2026

10Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.” 11But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will stumble, they will not prevail. In their failure they will be put to utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. 12LORD of hosts, you test the just, you see mind and heart, Let me see the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause. 13Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD, For he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the evildoers!

2He said: I - I love you, LORD, my strength, 3LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, my saving horn, my stronghold! 4Praised be the LORD, I exclaim! I have been delivered from my enemies. 5II - The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me. 6The cords of Sheol encircled me; the snares of death lay in wait for me. 7In my distress I called out: LORD! I cried out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry to him reached his ears.

63It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 68Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

31The Jews again picked up rocks to stone him. 32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?” 33The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” 34Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? 35If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be set aside, 36can you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; 38but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize [and understand] that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39[Then] they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. 40He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. 41Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42And many there began to believe in him.