Daily Bible Verses by Book

9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.  10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw…

Heavenly father
give us grace to be channels of your grace today particularly to those who have lost their way

¹⁰ As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 
¹¹ When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
¹² When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. 
¹³ But…

Heavenly father
give us grace to mourn in all situations where the absence of your grace and love is most accute

¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
¹⁵ Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 
 

Heavenly father
give us grace to make sure that our lives always have room for you. 

¹⁶ No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment;
for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. 
¹⁷ Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins,
or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined.
No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to face up to both our deepest needs and also your love and power

¹⁸ While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshipped him, saying,
“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
¹⁹ Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 

Heavenly father
give us grace to trust in the wholeness flows from you

²⁰ Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; 
²¹ for she said within herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be made well.”
²² But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” 
And the woman was made well from that hour.

Heavenly father
give us grace to receive and give your life giving touch  today. 

²³ When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder, 
²⁴ he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
They were ridiculing him. 
²⁵ But when the crowd was sent out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. 
²⁶ The report of this went out into all that land.

Heavenly father
give us grace to believe and trust in you today.  

²⁷ As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!” 
²⁸ When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”…

Heavenly father
deliver us today from evil in how we think and what we say.

³² As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. 
³³ When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke.
The multitudes marvelled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
³⁴ But the Pharisees said, “By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons.”

Heavenly father
give us grace to be moved with compassion for those we meet today so that we may communicate in word and deed the good news of the Kingdom.

³⁵ Jesus went about all the cities and the villages,
teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom,
and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. 
³⁶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them
because they were harassed and…