Give me the joy of your saving help again and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

Psalm 51:13.

From the “Forward Day by Day” publication produced by the ForwardMovement, an agency of The Episcopal Church.

Matthew 25:3-4.

When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

Matthew 25:1-13.

Mark 6:26.

The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Mark 6:14-29.

Matthew 24:36.

But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 24:32-51.

Psalm 16:7.

I will bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
my heart teaches me, night after night.

Psalm 16.

Psalm 18:17.

He reached down from on high and grasped me;
he drew me out of great waters.

Psalm 18.

Matthew 23:27-28.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth.

So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Matthew 23:27-39.

Matthew 23:23-24.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!

For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.

It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:13-26.

Matthew 23:11-12.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.

Matthew 23:1-12.

Mark 6:4-6a.

Then Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honour, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house.”

And he could do no power of deed there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.

Mark 6:1-13.

Matthew 22:37-40.

[Jesus] said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”

This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it:

“You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets.”

Matthew 22:23-40.

Matthew 22:21b-22.

Then [Jesus] said to them, “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

Matthew 22:15-22.

Matthew 22:14.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Matthew 22:1-14.

Matthew 5:46a.

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?

Matthew 5:43-48.

Matthew 21:32.

[Jesus said to them,] “For John came to you in the way of righteousness
and you did not believe him, but the tax-collectors and the prostitutes
believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds
and believe him.”

Matthew 21:23-32.