Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
8
PSALMS: 8,
38, 68, 98, 128
PROVERBS: 8
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 6:1 - 7:25
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 18:21 -
19:12
PSALMS:
8
For
the director of music. According to gittith. A A psalm of
David.
1
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth!
You
have set your glory
above
the heavens.
2
From
the lips of children and infants
you
have ordained praise B
because
of your enemies,
to
silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When
I consider your heavens,
the
work of your fingers,
the
moon and the stars,
which
you have set in place,
4
what
is man that you are mindful of him,
the
son of man that you care for him?
5
You
made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
C
and
crowned him with glory and honor.
6
You
made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you
put everything under his feet:
7
all
flocks and herds,
and
the beasts of the field,
8
the
birds of the air,
and
the fish of the sea,
all
that swim the paths of the seas. [1]
9
O
LORD, our Lord,
how
majestic is your name in all the earth! [2]
PSALMS: 38
A
psalm of David. A petition.
1
O
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or
discipline me in your wrath.
2
For
your arrows have pierced me,
and
your hand has come down upon me.
3
Because
of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my
bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4
My
guilt has overwhelmed me
like
a burden too heavy to bear.
5
My
wounds fester and are loathsome
because
of my sinful folly.
6
I
am bowed down and brought very low;
all
day long I go about mourning.
7
My
back is filled with searing pain;
there
is no health in my body.
8
I
am feeble and utterly crushed;
I
groan in anguish of heart.
9
All
my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my
sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My
heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even
the light has gone from my eyes.
11
My
friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my
neighbors stay far away.
12
Those
who seek my life set their traps,
those
who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all
day long they plot deception. [3]
13
I
am like a deaf man, who cannot hear,
like
a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
14
I
have become like a man who does not hear,
whose
mouth can offer no reply.
15
I
wait for you, O LORD;
you
will answer, O Lord my God.
16
For
I said, "Do not let them gloat
or
exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17
For
I am about to fall,
and
my pain is ever with me.
18
I
confess my iniquity;
I
am troubled by my sin.
19
Many
are those who are my vigorous enemies;
those
who hate me without reason are numerous.
20
Those
who repay my good with evil
slander
me when I pursue what is good.
21
O
LORD, do not forsake me;
be
not far from me, O my God.
22
Come
quickly to help me,
O
Lord my Savior. [4]
PSALMS: 68
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1
May
God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may
his foes flee before him.
2
As
smoke is blown away by the wind,
may
you blow them away;
as
wax melts before the fire,
may
the wicked perish before God.
3
But
may the righteous be glad
and
rejoice before God;
may
they be happy and joyful.
4
Sing
to God, sing praise to his name,
extol
him who rides on the clouds A--
his
name is the LORD--
and
rejoice before him.
5
A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is
God in his holy dwelling.
6
God
sets the lonely in families, B
he
leads forth the prisoners with singing;
but
the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7
When
you went out before your people, O God,
when
you marched through the wasteland,
Selah
8
the
earth shook,
the
heavens poured down rain,
before
God, the One of Sinai,
before
God, the God of Israel.
9
You
gave abundant showers, O God;
you
refreshed your weary inheritance. [5]
10
Your
people settled in it,
and
from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.
11
The
Lord announced the word,
and
great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
12
"Kings and armies flee in haste;
in
the camps men divide the plunder.
Even
while you sleep among the campfires,
C
the
wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its
feathers with shining gold."
14
When
the Almighty D scattered the kings in the land,
it
was like snow fallen on Zalmon.
15
The
mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains;
rugged
are the mountains of Bashan.
16
Why
gaze in envy, O rugged mountains,
at
the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where
the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17
The
chariots of God are tens of thousands
and
thousands of thousands;
the
Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18
When
you ascended on high,
you
led captives in your train;
you
received gifts from men,
even
from E the rebellious--
that
you, F O LORD God, might dwell there.
19
Praise
be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who
daily bears our burdens.
Selah
20
Our
God is a God who saves;
from
the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
[6]
21
Surely
God will crush the heads of his enemies,
the
hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22
The
Lord says, "I will bring them from
Bashan;
I
will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23
that you may plunge your feet in the blood of your foes,
while
the tongues of your dogs have their share."
24
Your
procession has come into view, O God,
the
procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25
In
front are the singers, after them the musicians;
with
them are the maidens playing tambourines.
26
Praise
God in the great congregation;
praise
the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27
There
is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
there
the great throng of Judah's princes,
and
there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28
Summon
your power, O God G;
show
us your strength, O God, as you have done before.
29
Because
of your temple at Jerusalem
kings
will bring you gifts.
30
Rebuke
the beast among the reeds,
the
herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled,
may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter
the nations who delight in war.
31
Envoys
will come from Egypt;
Cush
H will submit herself to God.
32
Sing
to God, O kingdoms of the earth,
sing
praise to the Lord,
Selah
[7]
33
to
him who rides the ancient skies above,
who
thunders with mighty voice.
34
Proclaim
the power of God,
whose
majesty is over Israel,
whose
power is in the skies.
35
You
are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
the
God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise
be to God! [8]
PSALMS: 98
A
psalm.
1
Sing
to the LORD a new song,
for
he has done marvelous things;
his
right hand and his holy arm
have
worked salvation for him.
2
The
LORD has made his salvation known
and
revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3
He
has remembered his love
and
his faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all
the ends of the earth have seen
the
salvation of our God.
4
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst
into jubilant song with music;
5
make
music to the LORD with the harp,
with
the harp and the sound of singing,
6
with
trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn--
shout
for joy before the LORD, the King.
7
Let
the sea resound, and everything in it,
the
world, and all who live in it.
8
Let
the rivers clap their hands,
let
the mountains sing together for joy;
9
let
them sing before the LORD,
for
he comes to judge the earth.
He
will judge the world in righteousness
and
the peoples with equity. [9]
PSALMS: 128
A
song of ascents.
1
Blessed
are all who fear the LORD,
who
walk in his ways.
2
You
will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings
and prosperity will be yours.
3
Your
wife will be like a fruitful vine
within
your house;
your
sons will be like olive shoots
around
your table.
4
Thus
is the man blessed
who
fears the LORD.
5
May
the LORD bless you from Zion
all
the days of your life;
may
you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
6
and
may you live to see your children's children.
Peace
be upon Israel. [10]
PROVERBS: 8
8
1
Does not wisdom call out?
Does
not understanding raise her voice?
2
On
the heights along the way,
where
the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3
beside
the gates leading into the city,
at
the entrances, she cries aloud:
4
"To you, O men, I call out;
I
raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You
who are simple, gain prudence;
you
who are foolish, gain understanding.
6
Listen,
for I have worthy things to say;
I
open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My
mouth speaks what is true,
for
my lips detest wickedness.
8 All
the words of my mouth are just;
none
of them is crooked or perverse.
9 To
the discerning all of them are right;
they
are faultless to those who have knowledge.
10 Choose
my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge
rather than choice gold,
11 for
wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and
nothing you desire can compare with her.
12
"I, wisdom, dwell together with
prudence;
I
possess knowledge and discretion.
13 To
fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I
hate pride and arrogance,
evil
behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel
and sound judgment are mine;
I
have understanding and power.
15 By
me kings reign
and
rulers make laws that are just;
and
all nobles who rule on earth. A
17 I
love those who love me,
and
those who seek me find me.
18 With
me are riches and honor,
enduring
wealth and prosperity.
19
My
fruit is better than fine gold;
what
I yield surpasses choice silver.
20 I
walk in the way of righteousness,
along
the paths of justice,
21 bestowing
wealth on those who love me
and
making their treasuries full.
22
"The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works,
BC
before
his deeds of old;
23 I
was appointed D
from eternity,
from
the beginning, before the world began.
24 When
there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when
there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before
the mountains were settled in place,
before
the hills, I was given birth,
26 before
he made the earth or its fields
or
any of the dust of the world.
27 I
was there when he set the heavens in place,
when
he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when
he established the clouds above
and
fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when
he gave the sea its boundary
so
the waters would not overstep his command,
and
when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30
Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I
was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing
always in his presence,
31 rejoicing
in his whole world
and
delighting in mankind.
[12]
32
"Now then, my sons, listen to
me;
blessed
are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen
to my instruction and be wise;
do
not ignore it.
34 Blessed
is the man who listens to me,
watching
daily at my doors,
waiting
at my doorway.
35 For
whoever finds me finds life
and
receives favor from the LORD.
36 But
whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all
who hate me love death."
[13]
OLD
TESTAMENT: EXODUS 6:1 - 7:25
6 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country."
2
God
also said to Moses, "I am the LORD.
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac
and to Jacob as God Almighty, A but
by my name the LORD B I did not make
myself known to them. C 4
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where
they lived as aliens. 5 Moreover, I
have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and
I have remembered my covenant.
6" Therefore, say to the Israelites: `I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke
of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem
you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
7 I will take you as my own people, and I
will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought
you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand
to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a
possession. I am the LORD.' "
9
Moses
reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their
discouragement and cruel bondage.
10
Then
the LORD said to Moses, 11 "Go, tell
Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country."
12
But
Moses said to the LORD, "If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would
Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips D?"
13
Now
the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron about the Israelites and Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and he commanded them to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.
14
These
were the heads of their families E:
The
sons of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and
Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
15
The
sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a
Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.
16
These
were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath
and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
17
The
sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
18
The
sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
19
The
sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
These
were the clans of Levi according to their records.
20Amram
married his father's sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived
137 years.
21
The
sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg and Zicri. [14]
22
The
sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
23
Aaron
married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24
The
sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans.
25
Eleazar
son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.
These
were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
26
It
was this same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions."
27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about
bringing the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron.
28
Now
when the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt, 29 he said to him, "I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I tell
you."
30
But
Moses said to the LORD, "Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh
listen to me?"
7
1
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God
to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
2 You are to say everything I command you,
and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his
country. 3 But I will harden
Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt,
4 he will not listen to you. Then I
will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my
divisions, my people the Israelites. 5 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I
stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it."
6
Moses
and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them. 7 Moses was eighty
years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8
The
LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9 "When
Pharaoh says to you, `Perform a miracle,' then say to Aaron, `Take your staff
and throw it down before Pharaoh,' and it will become a snake."
10
So
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw
his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.
11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian
magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: 12 Each one
threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their
staffs. 13 Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to
them, just as the LORD had said. [15]
14
Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is
unyielding; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the water.
Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that
was changed into a snake. 16 Then
say to him, `The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my
people go, so that they may worship me in the desert. But until now you have not
listened. 17 This is what the LORD
says: By this you will know that I am the LORD: With the staff that is in my
hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.
18 The fish in the Nile will die,
and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its
water.' "
19
The
LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, `Take your staff and
stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt--over the streams and canals,
over the ponds and all the reservoirs'--and they will turn to blood. Blood will
be everywhere in Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars."
20
Moses
and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded. He raised his staff in the
presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all
the water was changed into blood. 21 The fish in the Nile died, and
the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was
everywhere in Egypt.
22
But
the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts, and Pharaoh's
heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had
said. 23 Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not
take even this to heart.
24
And
all the Egyptians dug along the Nile to get drinking water, because they could
not drink the water of the river.
25
Seven
days passed after the LORD struck the Nile. [16]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 18:21 -
19:12
21
Then
Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother
when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
22
Jesus
answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but
seventy-seven times. F
23
"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted
to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand
talents G was brought to him.
25 Since he was not able to pay, the
master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold
to repay the debt.
26
"The servant fell on his knees before him. `Be patient with
me,' he begged, `and I will pay back everything.' 27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt
and let him go.
28
"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow
servants who owed him a hundred denarii. H He grabbed him and began to choke him. `Pay back what you
owe me!' he demanded.
29
"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, `Be
patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
30
"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown
into prison until he could pay the debt. 3 1When the other servants saw what had happened, they were
greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32
"Then the master called the servant in. `You wicked
servant,' he said, `I canceled all that debt of
yours because you begged me to. 33
Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on
you?' 34 In anger his master turned
him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35
"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless
you forgive your brother from your heart."
19
1
When
Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region
of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed
him, and he healed them there.
3
Some
Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to
divorce his wife for any and every reason?"
4
"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator `made them male and
female,' A 5 and said,
`For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his
wife, and the two will become one flesh' B? 6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has
joined together, let man not separate."
7
"Why
then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of
divorce and send her away?" [17]
8
Jesus
replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives
because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the
beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone
who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another
woman commits adultery."
10
The
disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it
is better not to marry."
11
Jesus
replied, "Not everyone can accept this word, but only
those to whom it has been given. 12
For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way
by men; and others have renounced marriage C because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept
this should accept it." [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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