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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The returned Judeans begin rebuilding the altar of the Lord so that they may resume offering sacrifices. The Judeans lay the foundation of the new temple. The people shout for joy, but many of the older Judeans weep loudly, remembering the grandeur of the first temple.

BibleGateway: Ezra 3 ESV Text: Ezra 3 Ezra 3 (Listen) Rebuilding the Altar 3:1 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen,… 

Jesus raises a girl from the dead and heals a paralytic, a woman suffering a discharge of blood, a mute, and two blind men. Jesus calls Matthew. Jesus explains why His disciples do not fast. Jesus teaches that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 9 ESV Text: Matthew 9 Matthew 9 (Listen) Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him… 

The Marys visit Jesus’ tomb early on Easter morning. An angel announces to them that Jesus has risen from the dead. The Jewish leaders pay the Roman soldiers to say that Jesus’ disciples have stolen His body. In Galilee Jesus commissions His church to baptize and to teach.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 28 ESV Text: Matthew 28 Matthew 28 (Listen) The Resurrection 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see…