Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
21
PSALMS: 21,
51, 81, 111, 141
PROVERBS: 21
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 30:11 -31:18
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 26:47 -
68
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: EXODUS 30:11 -31:18
11
Then
the LORD said to Moses, 12 "When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each
one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no
plague will come on them when you number them. 13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to
give a half shekel, B according to the
sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to
the LORD. 14 All who cross over,
those twenty years old or more, are to give an offering to the LORD.
15 The rich are not to
give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the
offering to the LORD to atone for your lives. 16 Receive the
atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of
Meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD, making
atonement for your lives."
17 Then the LORD said to Moses,
18
"Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand,
for washing. Place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water
in it.
19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and
feet with water from it.
20 Whenever they enter
the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die. Also,
when they approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made to the
LORD by fire, 21 they shall wash
their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting
ordinance for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come."
22
Then
the LORD said to Moses, 23 "Take the following fine spices: 500 shekels C of liquid myrrh,
half as much (that is, 250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of
fragrant cane, 24500
shekels of cassia--all according to the sanctuary shekel--and a hin D of olive oil.
25 Make these into a
sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the
sacred anointing oil. 26 Then use it to
anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, 27 the table and all
its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28 the altar of burnt
offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. 29 You shall consecrate
them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.
30
"Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so they may
serve me as priests.
31 Say to the Israelites, `This is to be my
sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
32 Do not pour it on
men's bodies and do not make any oil with the same formula. It is sacred, and
you are to consider it sacred. 33 Whoever makes
perfume like it and whoever puts it on anyone other than a priest must be cut
off from his people.'"
34
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Take fragrant spices--gum
resin, onycha and galbanum--and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,
35 and make a fragrant
blend of incense, the work of a perfumer. It is to be salted and pure and
sacred. 36 Grind some of it to
powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I
will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you. 37 Do not make any
incense with this formula for yourselves; consider it holy to the LORD.
38 Whoever makes any
like it to enjoy its fragrance must be cut off from his
people."
31
1
Then
the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled
him with the [12] Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all
kinds of crafts-- 4to make
artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set
stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship.
6 Moreover, I have
appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I
have given skill to all the craftsmen to make everything I have commanded
you: 7 the Tent of Meeting,
the ark of the Testimony with the atonement cover on it, and all the other
furnishings of the tent—8 the table and its
articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of
incense, 9 the altar of burnt
offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand—10 and also the woven
garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his
sons when they serve as priests, 11 and the anointing
oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I
commanded you."
12
Then
the LORD said to Moses, 13 "Say to the Israelites, `You must observe my Sabbaths. This
will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know
that I am the LORD, who makes you holy. A
14
"`Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who
desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be
cut off from his people. 15 For six days, work
is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD.
Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. 16 The Israelites are
to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting
covenant. 17 It will be a sign
between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens
and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and
rested.'"
18
When
the LORD finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets
of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. [13]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 26:47 -
68
47
While
he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large
crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of
the people. 48 Now the
betrayer had arranged a signal with them: "The one I kiss is the man; arrest
him." 49
Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
50
Jesus
replied, "Friend, do what you came for." D
Then
the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. 51 With
that, one of Jesus' companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the
servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.
52
"Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him,
"for all who draw the sword will die by the
sword. 53 Do you think I
cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than
twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then would
the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?"
55
At
that time Jesus said to the crowd, "Am I leading a
rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day
I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56 But this has all
taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then
all the disciples deserted him and fled.
57
Those
who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers
of the law and the elders had assembled. 58 But Peter
followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He
entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
59
The
chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against
Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60But they
did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally
two came forward 61 and
declared, "This fellow said, `I am able to destroy the
temple of God and rebuild it in three days.' "
62
Then
the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What
is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" 63 But Jesus
remained silent.
The
high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if
you are the Christ, E the Son of God."
64
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son
of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of
heaven."
65
Then
the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we
need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. 66 What do
you think?"
"He
is worthy of death," they answered.
67
Then
they spit in his face and struck him with their fists. Others slapped him 68 and said,
"Prophesy to us, Christ. Who hit you?" [14]
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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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