Saturday, April 1, 2028

²lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver. ³LORD, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, ⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. ¹⁰My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. ¹¹God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. ¹²If a man doesn’t repent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.

⁴⁰Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴²Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³So a division arose in the multitude because of him. ⁴⁴Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him. ⁴⁵The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?” ⁴⁶The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!” ⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you? ⁴⁸Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.” ⁵⁰Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them, ⁵¹“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?” ⁵²They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.” ⁵³Everyone went to his own house,