October 11th, 2026

October 11th is slamfoo Sunday!

Daily Bible Verses

Matthew 9; Luke 7

Matthew 9

¹	And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
²	And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.
³	And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
⁴	And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
⁵	For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?
⁶	But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.
⁷	And he arose, and departed to his house.
⁸	But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.
⁹	And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
¹⁰	And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
¹¹	And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners?
¹²	But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.
¹³	But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
¹⁴	Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
¹⁵	And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.
¹⁶	And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
¹⁷	Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.
¹⁸	While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
¹⁹	And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
²⁰	And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:
²¹	for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole.
²²	But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
²³	And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,
²⁴	he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
²⁵	But when the crowd was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose.
²⁶	And the fame hereof went forth into all that land.
²⁷	And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David.
²⁸	And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
²⁹	Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you.
³⁰	And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
³¹	But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
³²	And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon.
³³	And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
³⁴	But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
³⁵	And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
³⁶	But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
³⁷	Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
³⁸	Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

Luke 7

¹	After he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
²	And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.
³	And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.
⁴	And they, when they came to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him;
⁵	for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.
⁶	And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:
⁷	wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
⁸	For I also am a man set under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
⁹	And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said unto the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
¹⁰	And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.
¹¹	And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.
¹²	Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, there was carried out one that was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
¹³	And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
¹⁴	And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
¹⁵	And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
¹⁶	And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us: and, God hath visited his people.
¹⁷	And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judaea, and all the region round about.
¹⁸	And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
¹⁹	And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
²⁰	And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?
²¹	In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
²²	And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.
²³	And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
²⁴	And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
²⁵	But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
²⁶	But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
²⁷	This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
²⁸	I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
²⁹	And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
³⁰	But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
³¹	Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?
³²	They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.
³³	For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.
³⁴	The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
³⁵	And wisdom is justified of all her children.
³⁶	And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
³⁷	And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,
³⁸	and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
³⁹	Now when the Pharisee that had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a sinner.
⁴⁰	And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on.
⁴¹	A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.
⁴²	When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
⁴³	Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
⁴⁴	And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
⁴⁵	Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
⁴⁶	My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment.
⁴⁷	Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
⁴⁸	And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
⁴⁹	And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins?
⁵⁰	And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

God's Word Right Now

And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 39:20