Category: Daily Readings

  • December 3, 2025

    Isaiah    25: 6-10

    25:6 And the Lord of hosts will cause all the peoples on this mountain to feast on fatness, to feast on wine, a fatness full of marrow, a purified wine.
    25:7 And he will cast down violently, on this mountain, the face of the chains, with which all peoples had been bound, and the net, with which all nations had been covered.
    25:8 He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.
    25:9 And they will say in that day: “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord! We have endured for him. We will exult and rejoice in his salvation.”
    25:10 For the hand of the Lord will rest upon this mountain. And Moab will be trampled under him, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.

    The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    15: 29-37

    15:29 And when Jesus had passed from there, he arrived beside the sea of Galilee. And ascending onto a mountain, he sat down there.
    15:30 And great multitudes came to him, having with them the mute, the blind, the lame, the disabled, and many others. And they cast them down at his feet, and he cured them,
    15:31 so much so that the crowds wondered, seeing the mute speaking, the lame walking, the blind seeing. And they magnified the God of Israel.
    15:32 And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: “I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way.”
    15:33 And the disciples said to him: “From where, then, in the desert, would we obtain enough bread to satisfy so a great multitude?”
    15:34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” But they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”
    15:35 And he instructed the crowds to recline upon the ground.
    15:36 And taking the seven loaves and the fish, and giving thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.
    15:37 And they all ate and were satisfied. And, from what was left over of the fragments, they took up seven full baskets.

  • December 2, 2025

    Isaiah 11: 1- 10

    11:1 And a rod will go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will ascend from his root.
    11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and piety.
    11:3 And he will be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He will not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
    11:4 Instead, he will judge the poor with justice, and he will reprove the meek of the earth with fairness. And he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and he will slay the impious with the spirit of his lips.
    11:5 And justice will be the belt around his waist. And faith will be the warrior’s belt at his side.
    11:6 The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them.
    11:7 The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox.
    11:8 And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake.
    11:9 They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.
    11:10 In that day, the root of Jesse, who stands as a sign among the people, the same the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulcher will be glorious.

    Luke 10: 21- 24

    10:21 In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: “I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.
    10:22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and those to whom the Son has chosen to reveal him.”
    10:23 And turning to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
    10:24 For I say to you, that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things that you see, and they did not see them, and to hear the things that you hear, and they did not hear them.”

  • December 1, 2025

    Isaiah 4: 2- 6

    4:2 In that day, the seedling of the Lord will have magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be greatly-esteemed and a source of joy to those who will have been saved out of Israel.
    4:3 And this shall be: all who are left behind in Zion, and who remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, all who have been written in life in Jerusalem.
    4:4 Then the Lord will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and will have washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by means of a spirit of judgment and a spirit of intense devotion.
    4:5 And the Lord will create, over every place of Mount Zion and wherever he is called upon, a cloud by day and a smoke with the splendor of burning fire by night. For protection will be over every glory.
    4:6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade from the heat in daytime, and for security, and for protection from the whirlwind and from rain.

    Matthew 8: 5- 11

    8:5 And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion approached, petitioning him,
    8:6 and saying, “Lord, my servant lies at home paralyzed and badly tormented.”
    8:7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
    8:8 And responding, the centurion said: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
    8:9 For I, too, am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
    8:10 And, hearing this, Jesus wondered. And he said to those following him: “Amen I say to you, I have not found so great a faith in Israel.
    8:11 For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

  • November 30, 2025

    Isaiah 2: 1- 5

    2:1 The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
    2:2 And in the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the summit of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and all the nations shall flow to it.
    2:3 And many peoples will go, and they will say: “Let us approach and ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
    2:4 And he will judge the nations, and he will rebuke many peoples. And they shall forge their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they continue to train for battle.
    2:5 O house of Jacob, let us approach and walk in the light of the Lord.

    Romans 13: 11- 14

    13:11 And we know the present time, that now is the hour for us to rise up from sleep. For already our salvation is closer than when we first believed.
    13:12 The night has passed, and the day draws near. Therefore, let us cast aside the works of darkness, and be clothed with the armor of light.
    13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.
    13:14 Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

    Matthew 24: 37- 44

    24:37 And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.
    24:38 For it will be just as it was in the days before the flood: eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, even until that day when Noah entered into the ark.
    24:39 And they did not realize it, until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the advent of the Son of man be.
    24:40 Then two men will be in a field: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.
    24:41 Two women will be grinding at a millstone: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.
    24:42 Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return.
    24:43 But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into.
    24:44 For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return.

  • November 29, 2025

    Daniel 7: 15- 27

    7:15 My spirit was terrified. I, Daniel, was fearful at these things, and the visions of my head disturbed me.
    7:16 I approached one of the attendants and asked the truth from him about all these things. He told me the interpretation of the words, and he instructed me:
    7:17 “These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which will rise from the earth.
    7:18 Yet it is the saints of the Most High God who will receive the kingdom, and they will hold the kingdom from this generation, and forever and ever.”
    7:19 After this, I wanted to learn diligently about the fourth beast, which was very different from all, and exceedingly terrible; his teeth and claws were of iron; he devoured and crushed, and the remainder he trampled with his feet;
    7:20 and about the ten horns, which he had on his head, and about the other, which had sprung up, before which three horns fell, and about that horn which had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, and which was more powerful than the rest.
    7:21 I watched, and behold, that horn made war against the holy ones and prevailed over them,
    7:22 until the Ancient of days came and gave judgment to the holy ones of the Supreme One, and the time arrived, and the holy ones obtained the kingdom.
    7:23 And thus he said, “The fourth beast will be the fourth kingdom on earth, which will be greater than all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will trample and crush it.
    7:24 Moreover, the ten horns of the same kingdom will be ten kings, and another will rise up after them, and he will be mightier than the ones before him, and he will bring down three kings.
    7:25 And he will speak words against the Supreme One, and will exhaust the holy ones of the Most High, and he will think about what it would take to change the times and the laws, and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.
    7:26 And a trial will begin, so that his power may be taken away, and be crushed, and be undone all the way to the end.
    7:27 Yet the kingdom, and the power, and the greatness of that kingdom, which is under all of heaven, shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings will serve and obey him.”

    Luke 21: 34- 36

    21:34 But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.
    21:35 For like a snare it will overwhelm all those who sit upon the face of the entire earth.
    21:36 And so, be vigilant, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man.”

  • November 28, 2025

    Daniel 7: 2- 14

    7:2 I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea.
    7:3 And four great beasts, different from one another, ascended from the sea.
    7:4 The first was like a lioness and had the wings of an eagle. I watched as its wings were plucked off, and it was raised from the earth and stood on its feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it.
    7:5 And behold, another beast, like a bear, stood to one side, and there were three rows in its mouth and in its teeth, and they spoke to it in this way: “Arise, devour much flesh.”
    7:6 After this, I watched, and behold, another like a leopard, and it had wings like a bird, four upon it, and four heads were on the beast, and power was given to it.
    7:7 After this, I watched in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible yet wondrous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, eating yet crushing, and trampling down the remainder with his feet, but it was unlike the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.
    7:8 I considered the horns, and behold, another little horn rose out of the midst of them. And three of the first horns were rooted out by its presence. And behold, eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking unnatural things.
    7:9 I watched until thrones were set up, and the ancient of days sat down. His garment was radiant like snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels had been set on fire.
    7:10 A river of fire rushed forth from his presence. Thousands upon thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times hundreds of thousands attended before him. The trial began, and the books were opened.
    7:11 I watched because of the voice of the great words which that horn was speaking, and I saw that the beast had been destroyed, and its body was ruined and had been handed over to be burnt with fire.
    7:12 Likewise, the power of the other beasts was taken away, and a limited time of life was appointed to them, until one time and another.
    7:13 I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the ancient of days, and they presented him before him.
    7:14 And he gave him power, and honor, and the kingdom, and all peoples, tribes, and languages will serve him. His power is an eternal power, which will not be taken away, and his kingdom, one which will not be corrupted.

    Luke 21: 29- 33

    21:29 And he told them a comparison: “Take notice of the fig tree and of all the trees.
    21:30 When presently they produce fruit from themselves, you know that summer is near.
    21:31 So you also, when you will have seen these things happen, know that the kingdom of God is near.
    21:32 Amen I say to you, this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things happen.
    21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away. But my words shall not pass away.

  • November 27, 2025

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Daniel 6: 12- 28

    6:12 And they approached and spoke to the king about the edict. “O king, did you not decree that every man who makes a request to any of the gods or men for thirty days, except to yourself, O king, would be cast into the den of lions?” To which the king replied, saying, “The sentence is true, and according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, it is not lawful to violate it.”
    6:13 Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, is not concerned about your law, nor about the decree that you have established, but three times a day he prays his supplication.”
    6:14 Now when the king had heard these words, he was greatly grieved, and, on behalf of Daniel, he set his heart to free him, and he labored even until sunset to rescue him.
    6:15 But these men, knowing the king, said to him, “You know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that every decree which the king has established may not be altered.”
    6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. And the king said to Daniel, “Your God, whom you always serve, he himself will free you.”
    6:17 And a stone was brought, and it was placed over the mouth of the den, which the king sealed with his own ring, and with the ring of his nobles, so that no one would act against Daniel.
    6:18 And the king departed into his house, and he went to bed without eating, and food was not set before him, moreover, even sleep fled from him.
    6:19 Then the king, getting himself up at first light, went quickly to the den of lions.
    6:20 And coming near to the den, he cried out with a tearful voice to Daniel and spoke to him. “Daniel, servant of the living God, your God, whom you serve always, do you believe he has prevailed to free you from the lions?”
    6:21 And Daniel, answering the king, said, “O king, live forever.
    6:22 My God has sent his angel, and he has closed the mouths of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him justice has been found in me, and, even before you, O king, I have committed no offense.”
    6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den. And Daniel was taken out of the den, and no wound was found in him, because he believed in his God.
    6:24 Moreover, by order of the king, those men were brought who had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the lions’ den, they, and their sons, and their wives, and they did not reach the bottom of the den before the lions seized them and crushed all their bones.
    6:25 Then king Darius wrote to all peoples, tribes, and languages dwelling in all the land. “May peace be increased with you.
    6:26 It is hereby established by my decree that, in all my empire and my kingdom, they shall begin to tremble and fear the God of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God forever, and his kingdom will not be destroyed, and his power will last forever.
    6:27 He is the liberator and the savior, performing signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, who has freed Daniel from the lions’ den.”
    6:28 Thereafter, Daniel continued through the reign of Darius until the reign of Cyrus, the Persian.

    Luke 21: 20- 28

    21:20 Then, when you will have seen Jerusalem encircled by an army, know then that its desolation has drawn near.
    21:21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and those who are in its midst withdraw, and those who are in the countryside not enter into it.
    21:22 For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.
    21:23 Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.
    21:24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be led away as captives into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
    21:25 And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves:
    21:26 men withering away out of fear and out of apprehension over the things that will overwhelm the whole world. For the powers of the heavens will be moved.
    21:27 And then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.
    21:28 But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near.”

  • November 26, 2025

    Daniel 5: 1- 6, 13- 14, 16- 17, 23- 28

    5:1 Belshazzar, the king, made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and each one of them drank according to his age.
    5:2 And so, when they were drunk, he instructed that the vessels of gold and silver should be brought, which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had carried away from the temple, which was in Jerusalem, so that the king, and his nobles, and his wives, and the concubines, might drink from them.
    5:3 Then the gold and silver vessels were presented, which he had carried away from the temple and which had been in Jerusalem, and the king, and his nobles, wives, and concubines, drank from them.
    5:4 They drank wine, and they praised their gods of gold, and silver, brass, iron, and wood and stone.
    5:5 In the same hour, there appeared fingers, as of the hand of a man, writing on the surface of the wall, opposite the candlestick, in the king’s palace. And the king observed the part of the hand that wrote.
    5:6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts disturbed him, and he lost his self-control, and his knees knocked against one other.
    5:13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king spoke to him, saying, “Are you Daniel, of the sons of the captivity of Judah, whom my father the king led out of Judea?
    5:14 I have heard of you, that you have the spirit of the gods, and that greater knowledge, as well as understanding and wisdom, have been found in you.
    5:16 Furthermore, I have heard about you that you can interpret obscure things and solve difficulties. So then, if you succeed in reading the writing, and in revealing its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and you will have a chain of gold around your neck, and you will be the third leader in my kingdom.”
    5:17 To this Daniel responded by saying directly to the king, “Your rewards should be for yourself, and the gifts of your house you may give to another, but I will read to you the writing, O king, and I will reveal to you its interpretation.
    5:23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been presented before you. And you, and your nobles, and your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. Likewise, you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, and brass, iron, and wood and stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor feel, yet you have not glorified the God who holds your breath and all your ways in his hand.
    5:24 Therefore, he has sent the part of the hand which has written this, which has been inscribed.
    5:25 But this is the writing that has been decreed: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
    5:26 And this is the interpretation of the words. MANE: God has numbered your kingdom and has finished it.
    5:27 THECEL: you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
    5:28 PHARES: your kingdom has been divided and has been given to the Medes and the Persians.

    Luke 21: 12- 19

    21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and into custody, dragging you before kings and governors, because of my name.
    21:13 And this will be an opportunity for you to give testimony.
    21:14 Therefore, set this in your hearts: that you should not consider in advance how you might respond.
    21:15 For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict.
    21:16 And you will be handed over by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And they will bring about the death of some of you.
    21:17 And you will be hated by all because of my name.
    21:18 And yet, not a hair of your head will perish.
    21:19 By your patience, you shall possess your souls.

  • November 25, 2025

    Daniel 2: 31- 45

    2:31 You, O king, saw, and behold, something like a great statue. This statue, which was great and high, stood exalted above you, and you considered how terrible it was.
    2:32 The head of this statue was of the finest gold, but the breast and the arms were of silver, and further on, the belly and the thighs were of brass;
    2:33 but the shins were of iron, a certain part of the feet were of iron and another part were of clay.
    2:34 And so you looked until a stone was broken off without hands from a mountain, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were of iron and clay, and it shattered them.
    2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for them; but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
    2:36 This is the dream; we will also tell its interpretation before you, O king.
    2:37 You are a king among kings, and the God of heaven has given to you a kingdom, and fortitude, and power, and glory,
    2:38 and all the places wherein the sons of men and the beasts of the field dwell. He has likewise given the flying creatures of the air into your hand, and he has placed all things under your realm. Therefore, you are the head of gold.
    2:39 And after you, another kingdom will rise up, inferior to you, of silver, and another third kingdom of brass, which will rule over the whole world.
    2:40 And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these.
    2:41 Furthermore, because you saw the feet and the toes to be part of potter’s clay and part of iron, the kingdom will be divided, but still, from the slip of iron it will take its origin, since you saw the iron mingled with the earthenware from clay.
    2:42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, part of the kingdom will be strong and part will be crushed.
    2:43 Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.
    2:44 But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.
    2:45 In accordance with what you saw, because the stone was torn away from the mountain without hands, and it crushed the earthenware, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God has shown the king what will happen after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is faithful.”

    Luke 21: 5- 11

    21:5 And when some of them were saying, about the temple, that it was adorned with excellent stones and gifts, he said,
    21:6 “These things that you see, the days will arrive when there will not be left behind stone upon stone, which is not thrown down.”
    21:7 Then they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things will happen?”
    21:8 And he said: “Be cautious, lest you be seduced. For many will come in my name, saying: ‘For I am he,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ And so, do not choose to go after them.
    21:9 And when you will have heard of battles and seditions, do not be terrified. These things must happen first. But the end is not so soon.”
    21:10 Then he said to them: “People will rise up against people, and kingdom against kingdom.
    21:11 And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there will be great signs.

  • November 24, 2025

    Daniel 1: 1- 6, 8- 20

    1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
    1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim the king of Judah and a portion of the vessels of the house of God. And he carried them away into the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure chamber of his god.
    1:3 And the king told Ashpenaz, the chief of the eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the sons of Israel, and some of the offspring of the king and of the sovereigns:
    1:4 young men, in whom there was no blemish, noble in appearance, and accomplished in all wisdom, cautious in knowledge, and well-educated, and who could stand in the palace of the king, so that he might teach them the letters and the language of the Chaldeans.
    1:5 And the king appointed for them provisions for each day, from his own food and from the wine which he himself drank, so that, after being nourished for three years, they would stand in the sight of the king.
    1:6 Now, among those of the sons of Judah, there were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
    1:8 But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not be polluted with the king’s meal, nor with the wine he drank, and he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not be contaminated.
    1:9 And so God gave Daniel grace and mercy in the sight of the leader of the eunuchs.
    1:10 And the leader of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed food and drink for you, who, if he should see that your faces are leaner than those of the other youths your age, you would condemn my head to the king.”
    1:11 And Daniel said to Malasar, whom the leader of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
    1:12 “I beg you to test us, your servants, for ten days, and let roots be given to us to eat and water to drink,
    1:13 and then observe our faces, and the faces of the children who eat the king’s food, and then deal with your servants according to what you see.”
    1:14 When he had heard these words, he tested them for ten days.
    1:15 But, after ten days, their faces appeared better and fatter than all the children who had eaten from the king’s food.
    1:16 Thereafter, Malasar took away their portions and their wine for drinking, and he gave them roots.
    1:17 Yet, to these children, God gave knowledge and instruction in every book, and wisdom, but to Daniel, also the understanding of all visions and dreams.
    1:18 And when the time was completed, after which the king had said that they would be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before the sight of Nebuchadnezzar.
    1:19 And, when the king conversed with them, there had not been found any so great in all the world as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; and so they stood in the sight of the king.
    1:20 And in every concept of wisdom and understanding, about which the king consulted with them, he found them to be ten times better than all the seers and astrologers put together, who were in his entire kingdom.

    Luke 21: 1- 4

    21:1 And looking around, he saw the wealthy putting their donations into the offertory.
    21:2 Then he also saw a certain widow, a pauper, putting in two small brass coins.
    21:3 And he said: “Truly, I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
    21:4 For all these, out of their abundance, have added to the gifts for God. But she, out of what she needed, has put in all that she had to live on.”