Daily Bible Verses

Heavenly father
give us grace today to have are priorities in the right order 

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? 
¹⁹ …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know the power of the resurrection 

²³ On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, ²⁴ saying, “Teacher, 
Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to love you with all our heart, soul and mind

³³ When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
³⁴ But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together. 
³⁵ One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him. 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to live under the Lordship of Christ 

⁴¹ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 
⁴² saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?”
They said to him, “Of David.”
⁴³ He said to them, …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be faithful

¹ “Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, ² saying, 
“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 
³ All…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to help others  

⁴ For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; 
but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid running after status and being thought well of 

⁵ But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be humble 

⁸ But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 
⁹ Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to care for those who we need to care for in word and deed.  

¹³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretence you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Heavenly father
give us grace today to truly seek first the Kingdom of God.

¹⁴ “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.  ¹⁵ Woe to you…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be truthful in our speaking 

¹⁶ “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’ ¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be merciful and faithful and pursue justice. 

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,^[g]…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to pay attention to our inner thoughts and seek after righteousness in our hearts 

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to listen to what others say with discernment to that we may hear you speaking through those who are wise and those who are prophets. 

29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 30 …

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be compassionate, particularly to those who have lost their way

37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! 38…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to trust in things which are eternal rather than things which may pass away

1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 
2 But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to  be truly faithful to the person (and name) of Jesus  

3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”.  4 Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to keep our love for others warm.  

9 “Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. 10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to proclaim the good news of the kingdom in word and deed, and protect us from evil.

14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15 “When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,…

Heavenly father
give us grace today to be wise and not be led astray

23 “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it. 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so…