Wednesday Bible Readings
May 15th, 2025
From The Bible
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, ... without money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
(Isaiah 55:1 (to 5th ,), 1 without, 2 (to 2nd ?))... the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? ...
And I said, I see a seething pot; ...
Then the LORD said unto me, ...
What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
(Jeremiah 1:11 the (to ?), 13 2nd And (to ;), 14 (to ,); 2:5 What, 11, 13)Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; ...
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
... if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
If ye oppress not the stranger, ... neither walk after other gods …
Then will I cause you to dwell ... in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
(Jeremiah 3:14 (to ;), 15; 7:3 Amend, 5 2nd if, 6 (to 1st ,), 6 neither (to gods), 7 (to dwell), 7 2nd in)And Abram went up out of Egypt, ... and Lot with him, into the south.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, ... and in gold.
And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, ...
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, ...
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
... separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; ... and they separated ...
(Genesis 13:1 (to 1st ,), 1 4th and, 2 (to 1st ,), 2 2nd and, 5 (to 4th ,), 6 (to 2nd ,), 8, 9 separate, 11 (to ;), 11 2nd and (to separated))And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
... And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, ...
and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
(I Kings 8:22, 23, 50 (to 1st ,), 50 3rd and)Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
(Psalms 133:1)And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
... And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
... Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
(Matthew 4:23; 5:2, 8, 9)And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
... And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
(Luke 12:13, 15)... your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
... Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, ...
where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
... seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;
(Matthew 6:8 your, 19, 20 (to 1st ,), 20 2nd where, 21, 33 seek (to ;))And a certain ruler asked him, saying, ... what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
And Jesus said unto him, ...
Thou knowest the commandments, ...
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing:
sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
(Luke 18:18 (to 2nd ,), 18 what, 19 (to 1st ,), 20 (to 1st ,), 22)And ... he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, ...
some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
And other fell on good ground, ... and bare fruit an hundredfold.
... And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
… Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
... And that which fell among thorns are they, which, ...
go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
(Luke 8:4 (to 1st And), 4 he, 5 (to 1st ,), 7 some, 8 (to 1st ,), 8 3rd and (to 1st .), 9, 11, 14 (to 2nd ,), 14 go, 15)A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things:
and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
(Matthew 12:35)And one of the scribes came, and ...
asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, ...
The Lord our God is one Lord:
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
And the second is like, namely this,
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these.
(Mark 12:28 (to 2nd and), 28 asked, 29 (to 3rd ,), 29–31 3rd The)Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face;
my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
(Psalms 27:7, 8)My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:
(Psalms 57:7 (to :))Dost thou “love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind”? This command includes much, even the surrender of all merely material sensation, affection, and worship. ... It involves the Science of Life, and recognizes only the divine control of Spirit, in which Soul is our master, and material sense and human will have no place.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 9:17–21 (to 1st .), 22)Knowing that Soul and its attributes were forever manifested through man, the Master healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, feet to the lame, thus bringing to light the scientific action of the divine Mind on human minds and bodies and giving a better understanding of Soul and salvation.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 210:11–16)The divine Spirit, which identified Jesus thus centuries ago, has spoken through the inspired Word and will speak through it in every age and clime. It is revealed to the receptive heart, and is again seen casting out evil and healing the sick.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 46:7)Through the magnitude of his human life, he demonstrated the divine Life. Out of the amplitude of his pure affection, he defined Love. With the affluence of Truth, he vanquished error. ... In witness of his divine commission, he presented the proof that Life, Truth, and Love heal the sick and the sinning, and triumph over death through Mind, not matter.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 54:1–5, 13–16)Christians are under as direct orders now, as they were then, to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as the sinning.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 138:18–22)Waking to Christ’s demand, mortals experience suffering. This causes them, even as drowning men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and through Christ’s precious love these efforts are crowned with success.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 22:6)If we follow the command of our Master, “Take no thought for your life,” we shall never depend on bodily conditions, structure, or economy, but we shall be masters of the body, dictate its terms, and form and control it with Truth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 228:20)We should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the heart, for in this way only can we learn what we honestly are.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 8:28–30)One’s aim, a point beyond faith, should be to find the footsteps of Truth, the way to health and holiness. We should strive to reach the Horeb height where God is revealed; and the corner-stone of all spiritual building is purity. The baptism of Spirit, washing the body of all the impurities of flesh, signifies that the pure in heart see God and are approaching spiritual Life and its demonstration.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 241:23)We worship spiritually, only as we cease to worship materially. Spiritual devoutness is the soul of Christianity. ... “The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 140:16–18, 20)The spiritual sense of truth must be gained before Truth can be understood. This sense is assimilated only as we are honest, unselfish, loving, and meek. In the soil of an “honest and good heart” the seed must be sown; else it beareth not much fruit, for the swinish element in human nature uproots it. … Jesus’ parable of “the sower” shows the care our Master took not to impart to dull ears and gross hearts the spiritual teachings which dulness and grossness could not accept. ...It is the spiritualization of thought and Christianization of daily life, in contrast with the results of the ghastly farce of material existence; it is chastity and purity, in contrast with the downward tendencies and earthward gravitation of sensualism and impurity, which really attest the divine origin and operation of Christian Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 272:3–8, 13–16, 19–25)Sensual treasures are laid up “where moth and rust doth corrupt.” Mortality is their doom. ... The sensualist’s affections are as imaginary, whimsical, and unreal as his pleasures. Falsehood, envy, hypocrisy, malice, hate, revenge, and so forth, steal away the treasures of Truth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 241:5–6 (to 2nd .), 8–11)The benign thought of Jesus, finding utterance in such words as “Take no thought for your life,” would heal the sick, and so enable them to rise above the supposed necessity for physical thought-taking and doctoring; but if the unselfish affections be lacking, and common sense and common humanity are disregarded, what mental quality remains, with which to evoke healing from the outstretched arm of righteousness?
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 365:7)Starting from a higher standpoint, one rises spontaneously, even as light emits light without effort; for “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” ...Divine Mind is the only cause or Principle of existence. Cause does not exist in matter, in mortal mind, or in physical forms.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 262:24, 30)Mankind will improve through Science and Christianity. The necessity for uplifting the race is father to the fact that Mind can do it; for Mind can impart purity instead of impurity, strength instead of weakness, and health instead of disease.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 371:26–30)God fashions all things, after His own likeness. Life is reflected in existence, Truth in truthfulness, God in goodness, which impart their own peace and permanence. ... The grass beneath our feet silently exclaims, “The meek shall inherit the earth.” ... Man, made in His likeness, possesses and reflects God’s dominion over all the earth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 516:9–12, 13–15, 19–21)God gives the lesser idea of Himself for a link to the greater, and in return, the higher always protects the lower. The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another’s good.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 518:13–19)With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 469:30–5)In divine Science, where prayers are mental, all may avail themselves of God as “a very present help in trouble.” Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals. It is the open fount which cries, “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 12:31)The First Commandment is my favorite text. ... it signifies that man shall have no other spirit or mind but God, eternal good, and that all men shall have one Mind. The divine Principle of the First Commandment bases the Science of being, by which man demonstrates health, holiness, and life eternal. One infinite God, good, ... fulfils the Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 340:16 (only), 18–23 it (to 2nd ,), 24–25 fulfils (to ;))Give me, O Lord, an understanding heart,
That I may learn to know myself in Thee,
To spurn the wrong and choose the better part
And thus from sinful bondage be set free.Give me, O Lord, a meek and contrite heart,
That I may learn to quell all selfish pride,
Bowing before Thee, see Thee as Thou art
And ’neath Thy sheltering presence safely hide.Give me, O Lord, a gentle, loving heart,
That I may learn to be more tender, kind,
And with Thy healing touch, each wound and smart
With Christly bands of Love and Truth to bind.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 423)Lean on the sustaining infinite
And blessings will be yours.
Lean not on person, place, or thing,
Or economic laws;
But lean upon all-blessing God
Who will all needs supply
And give to all abundant good
That money cannot buy.Let the healing reign of Truth and Life,
The reign of Love divine,
Be now established within me
To show Soul’s clear design
Of Oneness, indivisible—
Of God and me as one—
As water is to ocean wave,
As sunbeam is to sun.Love with a heart of tenderness
Your enemies and friends;
However hard this may appear,
This quality just mends.
For Love is God in action true,
A presence that is felt;
A healing and a saving power
That will all discord melt.So lean, and let, and love;
This is the balanced Way.
It’s free from self-will, pressure, stress;
It welcomes in God’s day.
The leaning is so gentle;
The letting is so free.
And loving is the only way
To think, and speak, and be.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 519)Brood o’er us with Thy shelt’ring wing,
’Neath which our spirits blend
Like brother birds, that soar and sing,
And on the same branch bend.
The arrow that doth wound the dove
Darts not from those who watch and love.If thou the bending reed wouldst break
By thought or word unkind,
Pray that his spirit you partake,
Who loved and healed mankind:
Seek holy thoughts and heavenly strain,
That make men one in love remain.Learn, too, that wisdom’s rod is given
For faith to kiss, and know;
That greetings glorious from high heaven,
Whence joys supernal flow,
Come from that Love, divinely near,
Which chastens pride and earth-born fear,Through God, who gave that word of might
Which swelled creation’s lay:
“Let there be light, and there was light.”
What chased the clouds away?
’Twas Love whose finger traced aloud
A bow of promise on the cloud.Thou to whose power our hope we give,
Free us from human strife.
Fed by Thy love divine we live,
For Love alone is Life;
And life most sweet, as heart to heart
Speaks kindly when we meet and part.
(Christian Science Hymnal, No. 32)
