Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to seek first the kingdom of God, whatever the consequences.

²¹ From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and the third day be raised up.
²² Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
²³ But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow you. 

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, 
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 
²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. 
²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? ...

Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)

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For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

Cynthia Bourgeault says “When I talk about Jesus as a wisdom master, I need to mention that in the Near East “wisdom teacher” is a recognized spiritual occupation … one who taught the ancient traditions of the transformation of the human being. 

These teachers of transformation—among whom I would place the authors of the Hebrew wisdom literature such as Ecclesiastes, Job, and Proverbs—may be the early precursors to the rabbi whose task it was to interpret the...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to live in the kingdom and not taste those things that not of the kingdom. 

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels,
and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds. 
²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death
until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to see you, hear you and follow you. 

¹ After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 
² He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 
³ Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.
⁴ Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to fear nothing, including death

⁶ When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 
⁷ Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.” 
⁸ Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
⁹ As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,
saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

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Heavenly father
give us grace today to not be afraid of suffering (either our own or other people’s)

¹⁰ His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
¹¹ Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; 
¹² but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognise him, but did to him whatever they wanted to.
Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.” 
¹³ Then the...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to come to you with our problems, particularly when we have failed at them in the past. 

¹⁴ When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying, 
¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. 
¹⁶ So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”
¹⁷ Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to rebuke evil 

¹⁸ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”
²⁰ He said to them, “Because of your unbelief.
For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 
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