Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
21
PSALMS: 21,
51, 81, 111, 141
PROVERBS: 21
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 23:1 - 24:51
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 8:1 -
17
PSALMS: 21
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, the king rejoices in your strength.
How
great is his joy in the victories you give!
2
You
have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3
You
welcomed him with rich blessings
and
placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4
He
asked you for life, and you gave it to him--
length
of days, for ever and ever.
5
Through
the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you
have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6
Surely
you have granted him eternal blessings
and
made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7
For
the king trusts in the LORD;
through
the unfailing love of the Most High
he
will not be shaken.
8
Your
hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
your
right hand will seize your foes.
9
At
the time of your appearing
you
will make them like a fiery furnace.
In
his wrath the LORD will swallow them up,
and
his fire will consume them.
10
You
will destroy their descendants from the earth,
their
posterity from mankind.
11
Though
they plot evil against you
and
devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
12
for
you will make them turn their backs
when
you aim at them with drawn bow. [1]
13
Be
exalted, O LORD, in your strength;
we
will sing and praise your might. [2]
PSALMS: 51
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him
after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1
Have
mercy on me, O God,
according
to your unfailing love;
according
to your great compassion
blot
out my transgressions.
2
Wash
away all my iniquity
and
cleanse me from my sin.
3
For
I know my transgressions,
and
my sin is always before me.
4
Against
you, you only, have I sinned
and
done what is evil in your sight,
so
that you are proved right when you speak
and
justified when you judge.
5
Surely
I was sinful at birth,
sinful
from the time my mother conceived me.
6
Surely
you desire truth in the inner parts A;
you
teach B me wisdom in the inmost place.
7
Cleanse
me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let
me hear joy and gladness;
let
the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9
Hide
your face from my sins
and
blot out all my iniquity. [3]
10
Create
in me a pure heart, O God,
and
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11
Do
not cast me from your presence
or
take your Holy Spirit from me.
12
Restore
to me the joy of your salvation
and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13
Then
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and
sinners will turn back to you.
14
Save
me from bloodguilt, O God,
the
God who saves me,
and
my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15
O
Lord, open my lips,
and
my mouth will declare your praise.
16
You
do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17
The
sacrifices of God are C a broken spirit;
a
broken and contrite heart,
O
God, you will not despise.
18
In
your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build
up the walls of Jerusalem.
19
Then
there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole
burnt offerings to delight you;
then
bulls will be offered on your altar. [4]
PSALMS:
81
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A Of
Asaph.
1
Sing
for joy to God our strength;
shout
aloud to the God of Jacob!
2
Begin
the music, strike the tambourine,
play
the melodious harp and lyre.
3
Sound
the ram's horn at the New Moon,
and
when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4
this
is a decree for Israel,
an
ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5
He
established it as a statute for Joseph
when
he went out against Egypt,
where
we heard a language we did not understand. B
6
He
says, "I removed the burden from their
shoulders;
their
hands were set free from the basket.
7
In
your distress you called and I rescued you,
I
answered you out of a thundercloud;
I
tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
8
"Hear, O my people, and I will warn
you--
if
you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9 You
shall have no foreign god among you;
you
shall not bow down to an alien god.
10 I
am the LORD your God,
who
brought you up out of Egypt.
Open
wide your mouth and I will fill it.
[5]
11
"But my people would not listen to
me;
Israel
would not submit to me.
12 So
I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to
follow their own devices.
13
"If my people would but listen to
me,
if
Israel would follow my ways,
14 how
quickly would I subdue their enemies
and
turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those
who hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and
their punishment would last forever.
16 But
you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with
honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
[6]
PSALMS: 111
1
Praise
A the LORD. B
I
will extol the LORD with all my heart
in
the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2
Great
are the works of the LORD;
they
are pondered by all who delight in them.
3
Glorious
and majestic are his deeds,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
He
has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the
LORD is gracious and compassionate.
5
He
provides food for those who fear him;
he
remembers his covenant forever.
6
He
has shown his people the power of his works,
giving
them the lands of other nations.
7
The
works of his hands are faithful and just;
all
his precepts are trustworthy.
8
They
are steadfast for ever and ever,
done
in faithfulness and uprightness.
9
He
provided redemption for his people;
he
ordained his covenant forever--
holy
and awesome is his name.
10
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all
who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To
him belongs eternal praise. [7]
PSALMS: 141
A
psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
Hear
my voice when I call to you.
2
May
my prayer be set before you like incense;
may
the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set
a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep
watch over the door of my lips.
4
Let
not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to
take part in wicked deeds
with
men who are evildoers;
let
me not eat of their delicacies.
5
Let
a righteous man A strike me--it is a kindness;
let
him rebuke me--it is oil on my head.
My
head will not refuse it.
Yet
my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6
their
rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and
the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They
will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so
our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.
B"
8
But
my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
in
you I take refuge--do not give me over to death.
9
Keep
me from the snares they have laid for me,
from
the traps set by evildoers.
10
Let
the wicked fall into their own nets,
while
I pass by in safety. [8]
PROVERBS: 21
21
1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD;
he
directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
2
All
a man's ways seem right to him,
but
the LORD weighs the heart.
3
To
do what is right and just
is
more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
Haughty
eyes and a proud heart,
the
lamp of the wicked, are sin!
5
The
plans of the diligent lead to profit
as
surely as haste leads to poverty.
6
A
fortune made by a lying tongue
is
a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. A
7
The
violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for
they refuse to do what is right.
8
The
way of the guilty is devious,
but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9
Better
to live on a corner of the roof
than
share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10
The
wicked man craves evil;
his
neighbor gets no mercy from him. [9]
11
When
a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
when
a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.
12
The
Righteous One B takes note of the house of the
wicked
and
brings the wicked to ruin.
13
If
a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
he
too will cry out and not be answered.
14
A
gift given in secret soothes anger,
and
a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
15
When
justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but
terror to evildoers.
16
A
man who strays from the path of understanding
comes
to rest in the company of the dead.
17
He
who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever
loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18
The
wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and
the unfaithful for the upright.
19
Better
to live in a desert
than
with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
20
In
the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil,
but
a foolish man devours all he has.
21
He
who pursues righteousness and love
finds
life, prosperity C and honor. [10]
22
A
wise man attacks the city of the mighty
and
pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
23
He
who guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps
himself from calamity.
24
The
proud and arrogant man--"Mocker" is his name;
he
behaves with overweening pride.
25
The
sluggard's craving will be the death of him,
because
his hands refuse to work.
26
All
day long he craves for more,
but
the righteous give without sparing.
27
The
sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--
how
much more so when brought with evil intent!
28
A
false witness will perish,
and
whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever.
D
29
A
wicked man puts up a bold front,
but
an upright man gives thought to his ways.
30
There
is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that
can succeed against the LORD.
31
The
horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but
victory rests with the LORD. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: GENESIS 23:1 - 24:51
23
1
Sarah
lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2 She died at
Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn
for Sarah and to weep over her.
3
Then
Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. A
He said, 4 "I am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some
property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead."
5
The
Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 "Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty
prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will
refuse you his tomb for burying your dead."
7
Then
Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
8 He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then
listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf 9 so
he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at the end of
his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as a burial site among
you."
10
Ephron
the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the
hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city. 11
"No, my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give B you the field,
and I give C you the cave that is in it. I give D it to
you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."
12
Again
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land 13 and he said to
Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the
field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there."
14
Ephron
answered Abraham, 15 "Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four
hundred shekels E of silver, but what is that between me and you?
Bury your dead."
16
Abraham
agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the
hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight
current among the merchants.
17
So
Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre--both the field and the cave in it, and
all the trees within the borders of the field--was deeded 18 to
Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the
gate of the city. 19 Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the
cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of
Canaan. 20 So the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by
the Hittites as a burial site. [12]
24
1
Abraham
was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every
way. 2 He said to the chief A servant in his household,
the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. 3
I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth,
that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites,
among whom I am living, 4 but will go to my country and my own
relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."
5
The
servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this
land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?"
6
"Make
sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said. 7 "The
LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my
native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, `To your offspring B I will give this land'--he will send his angel
before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there. 8 If the
woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this
oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there." 9 So the servant
put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him
concerning this matter.
10
Then
the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds
of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim C and
made his way to the town of Nahor. 11 He had the camels kneel down
near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out
to draw water.
12
Then
he prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show
kindness to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this
spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
14 May it be that when I say to a girl, `Please let down your jar
that I may have a drink,' and she says, `Drink, and I'll water your camels
too'--let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will
know that you have shown kindness to my master."
15
Before
he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was
the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother
Nahor. 16 The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain
with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
17
The
servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little water from your
jar."
18
"Drink,
my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a
drink.
19
After
she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until
they have finished drinking." 20 So she quickly emptied her jar into
the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his
camels. 21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to
learn whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful.
22
When
the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a
beka D and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels. E [13]
23 Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there
room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
24
She
answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor."
25 And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as
room for you to spend the night."
26
Then
the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD, 27 saying, "Praise be to
the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and
faithfulness to my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the
house of my master's relatives."
28
The
girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. 29 Now
Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.
30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his
sister's arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out
to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring. 31
"Come, you who are blessed by the LORD," he said. "Why are you standing
out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels."
32
So
the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were
brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.
33 Then food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I
have told you what I have to say."
"Then
tell us," Laban said.
34
So
he said, "I am Abraham's servant. 35 The LORD has blessed my master
abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver
and gold, menservants and maidservants, and camels and donkeys. 36 My
master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her F old age, and he has
given him everything he owns.
37
And
my master made me swear an oath, and said, `You must not get a wife for my son
from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live, 38 but go
to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.'
39
"Then
I asked my master, `What if the woman will not come back with me?'
40
"He
replied, `The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and
make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own
clan and from my father's family. 41 Then, when you go to my clan,
you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to give her to you--you
will be released from my oath.'
42
"When
I came to the spring today, I said, `O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you
will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come. 43
See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water
and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar," 44
and if she says to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too,"
let her be the one the LORD has chosen for my master's son.'
45
"Before
I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder.
She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, `Please give me a
drink.'
46
"She
quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, `Drink, and I'll water your
camels too.' So I drank, and she watered the camels [14]also.
47
"I
asked her, `Whose daughter are you?'
"She
said, `The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.'
"Then
I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms, 48 and I
bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master
Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my
master's brother for his son.
49
Now
if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not,
tell me, so I may know which way to turn."
50
Laban
and Bethuel answered, "This is from the LORD; we can
say nothing to you one way or the other. 51 Here is Rebekah;
take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the LORD
has directed." [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 8:1 -
17
8
1
When
he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2 A
man with leprosy A came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you
are willing, you can make me clean."
3
Jesus
reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am
willing," he said. "Be clean!" Immediately he
was cured B of his leprosy.
4 Then
Jesus said to him, "See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the
priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
5
When
Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.
6
"Lord,"
he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering."
7
Jesus
said to him, "I will go and heal him."
8
The
centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But
just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a
man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, `Go,' and he goes;
and that one, `Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, `Do this,' and he does
it."
10
When
Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with
such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west,
and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the
kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into
the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13
Then
Jesus said to the centurion, "Go! It will be done just
as you believed it would." And his servant was healed at that very hour.
14
When
Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a
fever. 15 He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up
and began to wait on him.
16
When
evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove
out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17 This was to
fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities
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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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