August 18, 2026

1The word of the LORD came to me: 2Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “I am a god! I sit on a god’s throne in the heart of the sea!” But you are a man, not a god; yet you pretend you are a god at heart! 3Oh yes, you are wiser than Daniel, nothing secret is too obscure for you! 4By your wisdom and intelligence you made yourself rich, filling your treasuries with gold and silver. 5Through your great wisdom in trading you heaped up riches for yourself— your heart is haughty because of your riches. 6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you pretend you are a god at heart, 7Therefore, I will bring against you strangers, the most bloodthirsty of nations. They shall draw their swords against your splendid wisdom, and violate your radiance. 8They shall thrust you down into the pit: you shall die a violent death in the heart of the sea. 9Then, face to face with your killers, will you still say, “I am a god”? No, you are a man, not a god, handed over to those who slay you. 10You shall die the death of the uncircumcised handed over to strangers, for I have spoken—oracle of the Lord GOD.

26I said: I will make an end of them and blot out their name from human memory, 27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, that their foes might misunderstand, And say, “Our own hand won the victory; the LORD had nothing to do with any of it.” 28For they are a nation devoid of reason, having no understanding. 30“How could one rout a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, Unless it was because their Rock sold them, the LORD delivered them up?” 35Vengeance is mine and recompense, for the time they lose their footing; Because the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom is rushing upon them! 36Surely, the LORD will do justice for his people; on his servants he will have pity. When he sees their strength is gone, and neither bond nor free is left,

9For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” 26Jesus looked at them and said, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 27Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?” 28Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. 30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.