Friday 4 September 2026

1So let a man think of us as Christ’s servantsand stewards of God’s mysteries.2Here, moreover, it is required of stewardsthat they be found faithful.3But with me it is a very small thingthat I should be judged by you,or by a human court.Yes, I don’t even judge my own self.4For I know nothing against myself.Yet I am not justified by this,but he who judges me is the Lord.5Therefore judge nothing before the time,until the Lord comes,who will both bring to light the hidden things of darknessand reveal the counsels of the hearts.Then each man will get his praise from God.

3Trust in the Lord, and do good.Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.4Also delight yourself in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5Commit your way to the Lord.Trust also in him, and he will do this:6he will make your righteousness shine out like light,and your justice as the noon day sun.

27Depart from evil, and do good.Live securely forever.28For the Lord loves justice,and doesn’t forsake his saints.They are preserved forever,but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

39But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.40The Lord helps them and rescues them.He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,because they have taken refuge in him.

33They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray,likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees,but yours eat and drink?”

34He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fastwhile the bridegroom is with them?35But the days will comewhen the bridegroom will be taken away from them.Then they will fast in those days.”

36He also told a parable to them.“No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment,or else he will tear the new,and also the piece from the new will not match the old.37No one puts new wine into old wineskins,or else the new wine will burst the skins,and it will be spilled and the skins will be destroyed.38But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins,and both are preserved.39No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new,for he says, ‘The old is better.’”