Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

A Sign from God

(Matthew 12.38-42; Mark 8.12)

^29 (A) As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said:

You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah^[a] is the only sign you will be given. ^30 (B) Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today. ^31 (C) When the judgment comes, the Queen of the South^[b] will stand there with you and condemn you. She traveled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something far greater than Solomon. ^32 (D) The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.

Light

(Matthew 5.15; 6.22,23)

^33 (E) No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so everyone who comes into the house can see the light. ³⁴ Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark. ³⁵ So be sure your light isn't darkness. ³⁶ If you have light, and nothing is dark, then light will be everywhere, as when a lamp shines brightly on you.