Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER 11
PSALMS: 11, 41, 71,
101, 131
PROVERBS: 11
OLD TESTAMENT: EXODUS 12:14 -
13:16
NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 20:19 -
21:22
PSALMS:
11
For the director of music. Of David.
1 In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
"Flee like a bird to your
mountain.
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.
3 When the foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do A?"
4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine them.
5 The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked B and those who love violence
his soul hates.
6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.
7 For the LORD is righteous,
he loves justice;
upright men will see his face. [1]
PSALMS: 41
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak;
the LORD delivers him in times of trouble.
2 The LORD will protect him and preserve his life;
he will bless him in the land
and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.
3 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed
and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you."
5 My enemies say of me in malice,
"When will he die and his name perish?"
6 Whenever one comes to see me,
he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;
then he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7 All my enemies whisper together against me;
they imagine the worst for me, saying,
8 "A vile disease has beset him;
he will never get up from the place where he lies."
9 Even my close friend, whom I trusted,
he who shared my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me. [2]
10 But you, O LORD, have mercy on me;
raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 I know that you are pleased with me,
for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 In my integrity you uphold me
and set me in your presence forever.
13 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen [3]
PSALMS: 71
1 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
2 Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness;
turn your ear to me and save me.
3 Be my rock of refuge,
to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of evil and cruel men.
5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign LORD,
my confidence since my youth.
6 From birth I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother's womb.
I will ever praise you.
7 I have become like a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor all day long.
9 Do not cast me away when I am old;
do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies speak against me;
those who wait to kill me conspire together.
11 They say, "God has forsaken him;
pursue him and seize him,
for no one will rescue him."
12 Be not far from me, O God;
come quickly, O my God, to help me.
13 May my accusers perish in shame;
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace. [4]
14 But as for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteousness,
of your salvation all day long,
though I know not its measure.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, O God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
18 Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your might to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God,
you who have done great things.
Who, O God, is like you?
20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.
22 I will praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you--
I, whom you have redeemed.
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts [5]
all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
have been put to shame and confusion. [6]
PSALMS: 101
Of David. A psalm.
1 I will sing of your love and justice;
to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life--
when will you come to me?
I will walk in my house
with blameless heart.
3 I will set before my eyes
no vile thing.
The deeds of faithless men I hate;
they will not cling to me.
4 Men of perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret,
him will I put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
him will I not endure.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he whose walk is blameless
will minister to me.[7]
7 No one who practices deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning I will put to silence
all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
from the city of the LORD. [8]
PSALMS: 131
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 My heart is not proud, O LORD,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
both now and forevermore. [9]
PROVERBS: 11
11 1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales,
but accurate weights are his delight.
2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
5 The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them,
but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes;
all he expected from his power comes to nothing.
8 The righteous man is rescued from trouble,
and it comes on the wicked instead.
9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous escape.
10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;
when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.[10]
12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor,
but a man of understanding holds his tongue.
13 A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,
but many advisers make victory sure.
15 He who puts up security for another will surely suffer,
but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe.
16 A kindhearted woman gains respect,
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
17 A kind man benefits himself,
but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
18 The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
19 The truly righteous man attains life,
but he who pursues evil goes to his death.
20 The LORD detests men of perverse heart
but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished,
but those who are righteous will go free. [11]
22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout
is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
26 People curse the man who hoards grain,
but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.
27 He who seeks good finds goodwill,
but evil comes to him who searches for it.
28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
29 He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind,
and the fool will be servant to the wise.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and he who wins souls is wise.
31 If the righteous receive their due on earth,
how much more the ungodly and the sinner! [12]
OLD TESTAMENT: EXODUS 12:14 -
13:16
14 "This is a day you are to
commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to
the LORD--a lasting ordinance. 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without
yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats
anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off
from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the
seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for
everyone to eat--that is all you may do.
17 "Celebrate the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions
out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to
come. 18 In
the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the
fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 For seven days no yeast
is to be found in your houses. And whoever eats anything with yeast in it must
be cut off from the community of Israel, whether he is an alien or native-born.
20 Eat nothing
made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread."
21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at
once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.
22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the
basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe.
Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. 23 When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the
Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will
pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your
houses and strike you down.
24 "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your
descendants.
25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised,
observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you,
`What does this ceremony mean to you?' 27 then tell them,
`It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the
Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'"
Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
28 The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.
29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner,
who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up
during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house
without someone dead.
31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Up!
Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have
requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have
said, and go. And also bless me."
33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. "For
otherwise," they said, "we will all die!" 34 So the people
took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders
in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites
did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold
and for clothing. 36 The LORD had made the Egyptians
favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so
they plundered the Egyptians. [13]
37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about
six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38
Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock,
both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough they had brought
from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast
because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food
for themselves.
40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt B was 430 years. 41 At the end of the 430
years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions left Egypt. 42
Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this
night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations
to come.
43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover:
"No foreigner is to eat of it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat of it after you have circumcised
him, 45 but a temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat of it.
46 "It must be eaten inside one
house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
47 The whole
community of Israel must celebrate it.
48 "An alien living among you who
wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover must have all the males in his household
circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised
male may eat of it. 49 The same law applies to the native-born and to the alien living
among you."
50 All the Israelites did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and
Aaron. 51 And on that very day the LORD brought the
Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
13 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first
offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether man or
animal."
3 Then Moses said to the people, "Commemorate this day, the day you
came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the LORD brought you out
of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast. 4
Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
5 When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites--the land he swore to your forefathers to give
you, a land flowing with [14] milk and honey--you are to observe
this ceremony in this month: 6 For seven days eat bread
made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the LORD. 7 Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with
yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within
your borders. 8 On that day tell your son, `I do this because of what the LORD did for me
when I came out of Egypt.' 9 This observance will
be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law
of the LORD is to be on your lips. For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with
his mighty hand. 10 You must keep this ordinance at the
appointed time year after year.
11 "After the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives
it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your forefathers, 12 you are to give over to the LORD the first offspring of
every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.
13 Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem
it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.
14 "In days to come, when your son asks you, `What does this mean?' say
to him, `With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go,
the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both man and animal. This is why I
sacrifice to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of
my firstborn sons.' 16 And it will be like a sign on your
hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with
his mighty hand." [15]
NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 20:19 -
21:22
Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of
the law. They will condemn him to death 19 and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and
crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!"
20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and,
kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 "What is it you want?" he asked.
She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your
right and the other at your left in your kingdom."
22 "You don't know what you are
asking," Jesus said to them. "Can
you drink the cup I am going to drink?"
"We can," they answered.
23 Jesus said to them, "You will
indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant.
These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my
Father."
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two
brothers. 25 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it
over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you.
Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
27 and whoever
wants to be first must be your slave—28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
29 As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd
followed him. 30 Two blind men were sitting by the
roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, "Lord, Son
of David, have mercy on us!"
31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted
all the louder, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"
32 Jesus stopped and called them. "What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.
33 "Lord," they answered, "we want our sight."
34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they
received their sight and followed him.
21 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of
Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you
will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them
to me. 3 If
anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send
them right away." [16]
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 "Say to the Daughter of Zion,
`See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" A
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on
them, and Jesus sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread
their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread
them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and
those that followed shouted,
"Hosanna B to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" C
"Hosanna D in the highest!"
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked,
"Who is this?"
11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in
Galilee."
12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and
selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of
those selling doves. 13 "It is written," he said to them, "`My house will be called a house of prayer,' E but you are making it a
`den of robbers.' F"
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law
saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area,
"Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant. [17]
16 "Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus,
"have you never read,
"`From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise' G?"
17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent
the night.
18 Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was
hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it
but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!"
Immediately the tree withered.
20 When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. "How did the fig tree
wither so quickly?" they asked.
21 Jesus replied, "I tell you the
truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to
the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, `Go, throw yourself into
the sea,' and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you
ask for in prayer." [18]
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John 3:16-21 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." H
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