Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace today to discard what is of ultimate importance

¹ On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. 
² Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. 
³ He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 
⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to allow your words to affect our lives at a deep level

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 
⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 

Heavenly father
give us grace today to root out all those things which get in the way of eternally important things. 

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 
⁸ Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Heavenly father
give us grace today to look for the deeper mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven

¹⁰ The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
¹¹ He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 
¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance;
but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 

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Heavenly father
give us grace to live today with our eyes open and ears attentive, so that we may understand and find healing for when our hearts are callous, our ears dull of hearing and our eyes wide shut. 

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see,
and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 
¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,

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Heavenly father
give us grace today to be thankful for everything we have have been given.

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 
¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them;
and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

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Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to understand what you say to us in our hearts

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to allow your words to us take root in the way in which we live today.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to avoid the deceitfulness of riches

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 

Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to hear and understand the word of the Kingdom of God, so that we may bear fruit abundantly

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”