Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
10
PSALMS: 10, 40, 70, 100,
130
PROVERBS: 10
OLD
TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 24:1 - 25:46
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 10:13 - 21
PSALMS: 10
1
Why,A
O LORD, do you stand far off?
Why
do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2
In
his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,
who
are caught in the schemes he devises.
3
He
boasts of the cravings of his heart;
he
blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
4
In
his pride the wicked does not seek him;
in
all his thoughts there is no room for God.
5
His
ways are always prosperous;
he
is haughty and your laws are far from him;
he
sneers at all his enemies.
6
He
says to himself, "Nothing will shake me;
I'll
always be happy and never have trouble."
7
His
mouth is full of curses and lies and threats;
trouble
and evil are under his tongue.
8
He
lies in wait near the villages;
from
ambush he murders the innocent,
watching
in secret for his victims.
9
He
lies in wait like a lion in cover;
he
lies in wait to catch the helpless;
he
catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.
10
His
victims are crushed, they collapse;
they
fall under his strength.
11
He
says to himself, "God has forgotten;
he
covers his face and never sees." [1]
12
Arise,
LORD! Lift up your hand, O God.
Do
not forget the helpless.
13
Why
does the wicked man revile God?
Why
does he say to himself,
"He
won't call me to account"?
14
But
you, O God, do see trouble and grief;
you
consider it to take it in hand.
The
victim commits himself to you;
you
are the helper of the fatherless.
15
Break
the arm of the wicked and evil man;
call
him to account for his wickedness
that
would not be found out.
16
The
LORD is King for ever and ever;
the
nations will perish from his land.
17
You
hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you
encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18
defending
the fatherless and the oppressed,
in
order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. [2]
PSALMS: 40
For
the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1
I
waited patiently for the LORD;
he
turned to me and heard my cry.
2
He
lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out
of the mud and mire;
he
set my feet on a rock
and
gave me a firm place to stand.
3
He
put a new song in my mouth,
a
hymn of praise to our God.
Many
will see and fear
and
put their trust in the LORD.
4
Blessed
is the man
who
makes the LORD his trust,
who
does not look to the proud,
to
those who turn aside to false gods.A
5
Many,
O LORD my God,
are
the wonders you have done.
The
things you planned for us
no
one can recount to you;
were
I to speak and tell of them,
they
would be too many to declare.
6
Sacrifice
and offering you did not desire,
but
my ears you have piercedBC;
burnt
offerings and sin offerings
you
did not require.
7
Then
I said, "Here I am, I have come--
it
is written about me in the scroll.D [3]
8
I
desire to do your will, O my God;
your
law is within my heart."
9
I
proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
I
do not seal my lips,
as
you know, O LORD.
10
I
do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I
speak of your faithfulness and salvation.
I
do not conceal your love and your truth
from
the great assembly.
11
Do
not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD;
may
your love and your truth always protect me.
12
For
troubles without number surround me;
my
sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They
are more than the hairs of my head,
and
my heart fails within me.
13
Be
pleased, O LORD, to save me;
O
LORD, come quickly to help me.
14
May
all who seek to take my life
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who desire my ruin
be
turned back in disgrace.
15
May
those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
be
appalled at their own shame.
16
But
may all who seek you
rejoice
and be glad in you;
may
those who love your salvation always say,
"The
LORD be exalted!"[4]
17
Yet
I am poor and needy;
may
the Lord think of me.
You
are my help and my deliverer;
O
my God, do not delay. [5]
PSALMS: 70
For
the director of music. Of David. A petition.
1
Hasten,
O God, to save me;
O
LORD, come quickly to help me.
2
May
those who seek my life
be
put to shame and confusion;
may
all who desire my ruin
be
turned back in disgrace.
3
May
those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
turn
back because of their shame.
4
But
may all who seek you
rejoice
and be glad in you;
may
those who love your salvation always say,
"Let
God be exalted!"
5
Yet
I am poor and needy;
come
quickly to me, O God.
You
are my help and my deliverer;
O
LORD, do not delay. [6]
PSALMS: 100
A
psalm. For giving thanks.
1
Shout
for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2
Worship
the LORD with gladness;
come
before him with joyful songs.
3
Know
that the LORD is God.
It
is he who made us, and we are his A;
we
are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4
Enter
his gates with thanksgiving
and
his courts with praise;
give
thanks to him and praise his name.
5
For
the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his
faithfulness continues through all generations. [7]
PSALMS: 130
A
song of ascents.
1
Out
of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
2
O
Lord, hear my voice.
Let
your ears be attentive
to
my cry for mercy.
3
If
you, O LORD, kept a record of sins,
O
Lord, who could stand?
4
But
with you there is forgiveness;
therefore
you are feared.
5
I
wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and
in his word I put my hope.
6
My
soul waits for the Lord
more
than watchmen wait for the morning,
more
than watchmen wait for the morning.
7
O
Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for
with the LORD is unfailing love
and
with him is full redemption.
8
He
himself will redeem Israel
from
all their sins. [8]
PROVERBS: 10
10
1
The
proverbs of Solomon:
A
wise son brings joy to his father,
but
a foolish son grief to his mother.
2
Ill-gotten
treasures are of no value,
but
righteousness delivers from death.
3
The
LORD does not let the righteous go hungry
but
he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
4
Lazy
hands make a man poor,
but
diligent hands bring wealth.
5
He
who gathers crops in summer is a wise son,
but
he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
6
Blessings
crown the head of the righteous,
but
violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.A
7
The
memory of the righteous will be a blessing,
but
the name of the wicked will rot.
8
The
wise in heart accept commands,
but
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
9
The
man of integrity walks securely,
but
he who takes crooked paths will be found out.
10
He
who winks maliciously causes grief,
and
a chattering fool comes to ruin.
11
The
mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but
violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked. [9]
12
Hatred
stirs up dissension,
but
love covers over all wrongs.
13
Wisdom
is found on the lips of the discerning,
but
a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
14
Wise
men store up knowledge,
but
the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
15
The
wealth of the rich is their fortified city,
but
poverty is the ruin of the poor.
16
The
wages of the righteous bring them life,
but
the income of the wicked brings them punishment.
17
He
who heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but
whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
18
He
who conceals his hatred has lying lips,
and
whoever spreads slander is a fool.
19
When
words are many, sin is not absent,
but
he who holds his tongue is wise.
20
The
tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but
the heart of the wicked is of little value.
21
The
lips of the righteous nourish many,
but
fools die for lack of judgment.
22
The
blessing of the LORD brings wealth,
and
he adds no trouble to it. [10]
23
A
fool finds pleasure in evil conduct,
but
a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
24
What
the wicked dreads will overtake him;
what
the righteous desire will be granted.
25
When
the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
but
the righteous stand firm forever.
26
As
vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so
is a sluggard to those who send him.
27
The
fear of the LORD adds length to life,
but
the years of the wicked are cut short.
28
The
prospect of the righteous is joy,
but
the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
29
The
way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous,
but
it is the ruin of those who do evil.
30
The
righteous will never be uprooted,
but
the wicked will not remain in the land.
31
The
mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
but
a perverse tongue will be cut out.
32
The
lips of the righteous know what is fitting,
but
the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: LEVITICUS 24:1 - 25:46
24
1
The
LORD said to Moses, 2 "Command the
Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the
lamps may be kept burning continually. 3
Outside the curtain of the Testimony in
the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening
till morning, continually. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations
to come. 4 The lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD must be
tended continually.
5 "Take
fine flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an
ephahA for each loaf. 6 Set
them in two rows, six in each row, on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
7 Along
each row put some pure incense as a memorial portion to represent the bread and
to be an offering made to the LORD by fire. 8 This
bread is to be set out before the LORD regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on
behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. 9 It
belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, because it is
a most holy part of their regular share of the offerings made to the LORD by
fire."
10
Now
the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the
Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse;
so they brought him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of
Dibri the Danite.) 12 They put him in custody until the will of the
LORD should be made clear to them.
13
Then
the LORD said to Moses: 14 "Take the
blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on
his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. 15 Say to the
Israelites: `If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible;
16 anyone
who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly
must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he
must be put to death.
17 "`If
anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death.
18 Anyone
who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution--life for life.
19 If
anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
20 fracture
for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he
is to be injured. 21 Whoever
kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to
death.
22 You are
to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.'
"
23
Then
Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and
stoned him. The Israelites did as the LORD commanded
Moses.
25
1
The
LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, 2 "Speak
to the Israelites and say to them: `When you enter the land I am going to give
you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the LORD. 3 For six years sow
your fields, and for six years prune your vineyards and gather their crops.
4 But in [12] the seventh year the land is to have a sabbath of rest, a
sabbath to the LORD. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards.
5 Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of
your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. 6 Whatever the land
yields during the sabbath year will be food for you--for yourself, your
manservant and maidservant, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live
among you, 7 as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your
land. Whatever the land produces may be eaten.
8 "`Count
off seven sabbaths of years--seven times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths
of years amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9 Then
have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on
the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate
the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its
inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his
family property and each to his own clan. 11
The
fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows
of itself or harvest the untended vines. 12 For
it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from
the fields.
13"
`In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to his
own property.
14 "`If
you sell land to one of your countrymen or buy any from him, do not take
advantage of each other. 15 You
are to buy from your countryman on the basis of the number of years since the
Jubilee. And he is to sell to you on the basis of the number of years left for
harvesting crops. 16 When
the years are many, you are to increase the price, and when the years are few,
you are to decrease the price, because what he is really selling you is the
number of crops. 17 Do
not take advantage of each other, but fear your God. I am the LORD your God.
18 "`Follow
my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.
19 Then
the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in
safety. 20 You
may ask, "What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our
crops?" 21 I
will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough
for three years. 22 While
you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the old crop and will
continue to eat from it until the harvest of the ninth year comes in.
23 "`The
land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you are but
aliens and my tenants. 24 Throughout
the country that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption
of the land.
25 "`If
one of your countrymen becomes poor and sells some of his property, his nearest
relative is to come and redeem what his countryman has sold. 26 If,
however, a man has no one to redeem it for him but he himself prospers and
acquires sufficient means to redeem it, 27 he
is to determine the value for the years since he sold it and refund the balance
to the man to whom he sold it; he can then go back to his own property.
28 But
if he does not acquire the means to repay him, what he sold will remain in the
possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. It will be returned in the
Jubilee, and he can then go back to his property. [13]
29 "`If
a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains the right of redemption a full
year after its sale. During that time he may redeem it. 30 If
it is not redeemed before a full year has passed, the house in the walled city
shall belong permanently to the buyer and his descendants. It is not to be
returned in the Jubilee. 31 But
houses in villages without walls around them are to be considered as open
country. They can be redeemed, and they are to be returned in the Jubilee.
32 "`The
Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns,
which they possess. 33 So
the property of the Levites is redeemable--that is, a house sold in any town
they hold--and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns
of the Levites are their property among the Israelites. 34 But
the pastureland belonging to their towns must not be sold; it is their permanent
possession.
35 "`If
one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you,
help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to
live among you. 36 Do
not take interest of any kindA from him, but fear your God, so that
your countryman may continue to live among you. 37
You
must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit.
38 I
am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of
Canaan and to be your God.
39 "`If
one of your countrymen becomes poor among you and sells himself to you, do not
make him work as a slave. 40 He
is to be treated as a hired worker or a temporary resident among you; he is to
work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then
he and his children are to be released, and he will go back to his own clan and
to the property of his forefathers. 42 Because
the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be
sold as slaves. 43 Do
not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
44
"`Your
male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you
may buy slaves. 45 You
may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of
their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
46 You
can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves
for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites
ruthlessly.
[14]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 10:13 - 21
13
People
were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples
rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to
them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not
hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
15 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the
kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." 16
And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed
them.
17
As
Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him.
"Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
18
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.
19 You
know the commandments: `Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do
not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and
mother.'D"
20
"Teacher,"
he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."
21
Jesus
looked at him and loved him. "One thing you
lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow
me." [15]
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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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