Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to our mistakes and mourn accordingly. 

73 After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
74 Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!”
Immediately the rooster crowed. 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to hear your voice, particularly when we are convinced that we are doing right, and we may be doing the opposite

¹ Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. 
² They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to hear your voice, particularly when we have done wrong, so that we know that we are forgiven.

³ Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, 
and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 
⁴ saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.”
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to avoid personal involvement in buying items which would mean that we have blood on our hands 

⁶ The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, 
“It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 
⁷ They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. ...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to know what to say and what not to say. 

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?”
Jesus said to him, “So you say.”
¹² When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³ ...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to choose the ways of Christ rather than that of a zealot

¹⁵ Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner whom they desired. 
¹⁶ They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas. 
¹⁷ When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, 
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Heavenly father
give us grace today to pay attention to dreams, both our own and other people’s 

¹⁹ While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, 
“Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today not go along with the crowd.

²⁰ Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 
²¹ But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”
They said, “Barabbas!”
²² Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to...

Heavenly father
give us grace today to take responsibility, both for what we do and what we don’t do. 

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, 
he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, 
saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”
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Heavenly father
lead us not today into the temptation of mocking other people. 

²⁷ Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. 
²⁸ They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him. 
²⁹ They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; 
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