Daily Reading for Wednesday, December 30th, 2026

Reading 1, John 2:12-17

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days.

¹³ When the time of the Jewish Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

¹⁴ and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there.

¹⁵ Making a whip out of cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, sheep and cattle as well, scattered the money changers' coins, knocked their tables over

¹⁶ and said to the dove sellers, 'Take all this out of here and stop using my Father's house as a market.'

¹⁷ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: I am eaten up with zeal for your house.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 96:7-8, 8-9, 10

⁷ Give to Yahweh, families of nations, give to Yahweh glory and power,

⁸ give to Yahweh the glory due to his name! Bring an offering and enter his courts,

⁹ adore Yahweh in the splendour of his holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth.

¹⁰ Say among the nations, 'Yahweh is king.' The world is set firm, it cannot be moved. He will judge the nations with justice.