Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
17
PSALMS: 7, 47, 77, 107,
137
PROVERBS: 16
OLD
TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 10:1 - 11:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 14:1 - 21
PSALMS: 17
A
prayer of David.
1
Hear,
O LORD, my righteous plea;
listen
to my cry.
Give
ear to my prayer--
it
does not rise from deceitful lips.
2
May
my vindication come from you;
may
your eyes see what is right.
3
Though
you probe my heart and examine me at night,
though
you test me, you will find nothing;
I
have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
4
As
for the deeds of men--
by
the word of your lips
I
have kept myself
from
the ways of the violent.
5
My
steps have held to your paths;
my
feet have not slipped.
6
I
call on you, O God, for you will answer me;
give
ear to me and hear my prayer.
7
Show
the wonder of your great love,
you
who save by your right hand
those
who take refuge in you from their foes.
8
Keep
me as the apple of your eye;
hide
me in the shadow of your wings
9
from
the wicked who assail me,
from
my mortal enemies who surround me. [1]
10
They
close up their callous hearts,
and
their mouths speak with arrogance.
11
They
have tracked me down, they now surround me,
with
eyes alert, to throw me to the ground.
12
They
are like a lion hungry for prey,
like
a great lion crouching in cover.
13
Rise
up, O LORD, confront them, bring them down;
rescue
me from the wicked by your sword.
14
O
LORD, by your hand save me from such men,
from
men of this world whose reward is in this life.
You
still the hunger of those you cherish;
their
sons have plenty,
and
they store up wealth for their children.
15
And
I--in righteousness I will see your face;
when
I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing
your
likeness. [2]
PSALMS: 47
For
the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1
Clap
your hands, all you nations;
shout
to God with cries of joy.
2
How
awesome is the LORD Most High,
the
great King over all the earth!
3
He
subdued nations under us,
peoples
under our feet.
4
He
chose our inheritance for us,
the
pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
Selah
5
God
has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the
LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
6
Sing
praises to God, sing praises;
sing
praises to our King, sing praises.
7
For
God is the King of all the earth;
sing
to him a psalm A of praise.
8
God
reigns over the nations;
God
is seated on his holy throne.
9
The
nobles of the nations assemble
as
the people of the God of Abraham,
for
the kings B of the earth belong to God;
he
is greatly exalted. [3]
PSALMS: 77
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.
1
I
cried out to God for help;
I
cried out to God to hear me.
2
When
I was in distress, I sought the Lord;
at
night I stretched out untiring hands
and
my soul refused to be comforted.
3
I
remembered you, O God, and I groaned;
I
mused, and my spirit grew faint.
Selah
4
You
kept my eyes from closing;
I
was too troubled to speak.
5
I
thought about the former days,
the
years of long ago;
6
I
remembered my songs in the night.
My
heart mused and my spirit inquired:
7
"Will
the Lord reject forever?
Will
he never show his favor again?
8
Has
his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has
his promise failed for all time?
9
Has
God forgotten to be merciful?
Has
he in anger withheld his compassion?"
Selah
[4]
10
Then
I thought, "To this I will appeal:
the
years of the right hand of the Most High."
11
I
will remember the deeds of the LORD;
yes,
I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12
I
will meditate on all your works
and
consider all your mighty deeds.
13
Your
ways, O God, are holy.
What
god is so great as our God?
14
You
are the God who performs miracles;
you
display your power among the peoples.
15
With
your mighty arm you redeemed your people,
the
descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah
16
The
waters saw you, O God,
the
waters saw you and writhed;
the
very depths were convulsed.
17
The
clouds poured down water,
the
skies resounded with thunder;
your
arrows flashed back and forth.
18
Your
thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
your
lightning lit up the world;
the
earth trembled and quaked.
19
Your
path led through the sea,
your
way through the mighty waters,
though
your footprints were not seen.
20
You
led your people like a flock
by
the hand of Moses and Aaron. [5]
PSALMS: 107
1
Give
thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his
love endures forever.
2
Let
the redeemed of the LORD say this--
those
he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3
those
he gathered from the lands,
from
east and west, from north and south. A
4
Some
wandered in desert wastelands,
finding
no way to a city where they could settle.
5
They
were hungry and thirsty,
and
their lives ebbed away.
6
Then
they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and
he delivered them from their distress.
7
He
led them by a straight way
to
a city where they could settle.
8
Let
them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and
his wonderful deeds for men,
9
for
he satisfies the thirsty
and
fills the hungry with good things.
10
Some
sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners
suffering in iron chains,
11
for
they had rebelled against the words of God
and
despised the counsel of the Most High.
12
So
he subjected them to bitter labor;
they
stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13
Then
they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and
he saved them from their distress.
14
He
brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
and
broke away their chains.
15
Let
them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and
his wonderful deeds for men,
16
for
he breaks down gates of bronze
and
cuts through bars of iron. [6]
17
Some
became fools through their rebellious ways
and
suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18
They
loathed all food
and
drew near the gates of death.
19
Then
they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and
he saved them from their distress.
20
He
sent forth his word and healed them;
he
rescued them from the grave.
21
Let
them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and
his wonderful deeds for men.
22
Let
them sacrifice thank offerings
and
tell of his works with songs of joy.
23
Others
went out on the sea in ships;
they
were merchants on the mighty waters.
24
They
saw the works of the LORD,
his
wonderful deeds in the deep.
25
For
he spoke and stirred up a tempest
that
lifted high the waves.
26
They
mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in
their peril their courage melted away.
27
They
reeled and staggered like drunken men;
they
were at their wits' end.
28
Then
they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and
he brought them out of their distress.
29
He
stilled the storm to a whisper;
the
waves of the sea were hushed.
30
They
were glad when it grew calm,
and
he guided them to their desired haven.
31
Let
them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and
his wonderful deeds for men.
32
Let
them exalt him in the assembly of the people [7]
and
praise him in the council of the elders.
33
He
turned rivers into a desert,
flowing
springs into thirsty ground,
34
and
fruitful land into a salt waste,
because
of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35
He
turned the desert into pools of water
and
the parched ground into flowing springs;
36
there
he brought the hungry to live,
and
they founded a city where they could settle.
37
They
sowed fields and planted vineyards
that
yielded a fruitful harvest;
38
he
blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
and
he did not let their herds diminish.
39
Then
their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
by
oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40
he
who pours contempt on nobles
made
them wander in a trackless waste.
41
But
he lifted the needy out of their affliction
and
increased their families like flocks.
42
The
upright see and rejoice,
but
all the wicked shut their mouths.
43
Whoever
is wise, let him heed these things
and
consider the great love of the LORD. [8]
PSALMS: 137
1
By
the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when
we remembered Zion.
2
There
on the poplars
we
hung our harps,
3
for
there our captors asked us for songs,
our
tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they
said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
4
How
can we sing the songs of the LORD
while
in a foreign land?
5
If
I forget you, O Jerusalem,
may
my right hand forget its skill.
6
May
my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
if
I do not remember you,
if
I do not consider Jerusalem
my
highest joy.
7
Remember,
O LORD, what the Edomites did
on
the day Jerusalem fell.
"Tear
it down," they cried,
"tear
it down to its foundations!"
8
O
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy
is he who repays you
for
what you have done to us--
9
he
who seizes your infants
and
dashes them against the rocks. [9]
PROVERBS: 17
17
1
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
than
a house full of feasting, A with strife.
2
A
wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son,
and
will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3
The
crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but
the LORD tests the heart.
4
A
wicked man listens to evil lips;
a
liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.
5
He
who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;
whoever
gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
6
Children's
children are a crown to the aged,
and
parents are the pride of their children.
7
Arrogant
B lips are unsuited to a fool--
how
much worse lying lips to a ruler!
8
A
bribe is a charm to the one who gives it;
wherever
he turns, he succeeds.
9
He
who covers over an offense promotes love,
but
whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
10
A
rebuke impresses a man of discernment
more
than a hundred lashes a fool.
11
An
evil man is bent only on rebellion;
a
merciless official will be sent against him. [10]
12
Better
to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than
a fool in his folly.
13
If
a man pays back evil for good,
evil
will never leave his house.
14
Starting
a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so
drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
15
Acquitting
the guilty and condemning the innocent--
the
LORD detests them both.
16
Of
what use is money in the hand of a fool,
since
he has no desire to get wisdom?
17
A
friend loves at all times,
and
a brother is born for adversity.
18
A
man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge
and
puts up security for his neighbor.
19
He
who loves a quarrel loves sin;
he
who builds a high gate invites destruction.
20
A
man of perverse heart does not prosper;
he
whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
21
To
have a fool for a son brings grief;
there
is no joy for the father of a fool. [11]
22
A
cheerful heart is good medicine,
but
a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
23
A
wicked man accepts a bribe in secret
to
pervert the course of justice.
24
A
discerning man keeps wisdom in view,
but
a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
25
A
foolish son brings grief to his father
and
bitterness to the one who bore him.
26
It
is not good to punish an innocent man,
or
to flog officials for their integrity.
27
A
man of knowledge uses words with restraint,
and
a man of understanding is even-tempered.
28
Even
a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent,
and
discerning if he holds his tongue. [12]
OLD
TESTAMENT: NUMBERS 10:1 - 11:23
10
1
The
LORD said to Moses: 2 "Make two trumpets of
hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having
the camps set out. 3 When both are
sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the
Tent of Meeting. 4 If only one is
sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before
you. 5 When a trumpet blast is
sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out. 6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south
are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.
7 To gather the assembly, blow the
trumpets, but not with the same signal.
8
"The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a
lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come. 9
When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you,
sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God
and rescued from your enemies. 10
Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon
festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and
fellowship offerings, A
and they will be a memorial for you
before your God. I am the LORD your God."
11
On
the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from
above the tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 Then the Israelites set out
from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came
to rest in the Desert of Paran. 13 They set out, this first time, at
the LORD's command through Moses.
14
The
divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of
Amminadab was in command. 15Nethanel son of Zuar was over the
division of the tribe of Issachar, 16 and Eliab son of Helon was over
the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
17
Then
the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried
it, set out.
18
The
divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of
Shedeur was in command. 19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the
division of the tribe of Simeon, 20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was
over the division of the tribe of Gad. 21 Then the Kohathites set
out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they
arrived.
22
The
divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son
of Ammihud was in command. 23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the
division of the tribe of Manasseh, 24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was
over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
25
Finally,
as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out,
under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command. 26
Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, 27
and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they
set out.
29
Now
Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are
setting out for the place about which the LORD said, `I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will
treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel."
30
He
answered, "No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people."
[13]
31
But
Moses said, "Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the
desert, and you can be our eyes. 32 If you come with us, we will
share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us."
33
So
they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. The ark
of the covenant of the LORD went before them during those three days to find
them a place to rest. 34 The cloud of the LORD was over them by day
when they set out from the camp.
35
Whenever
the ark set out, Moses said,
"Rise
up, O LORD!
May
your enemies be scattered;
may
your foes flee before you."
36
Whenever
it came to rest, he said,
"Return,
O LORD,
to
the countless thousands of Israel."
11
1
Now
the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when
he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them
and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 2 When the people
cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down. 3
So that place was called Taberah, A because fire from the LORD
had burned among them.
4
The
rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started
wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish
we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and
garlic. 6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything
but this manna!"
7
The
manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. 8 The people
went around gathering it, and then ground it in a handmill or crushed it in a
mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into cakes. And it tasted like
something made with olive oil. 9 When the dew settled on the camp at
night, the manna also came down.
10
Moses
heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The
LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11 He asked
the LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done
to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? 12
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me
to carry them in my arms, as a nurse [14]
carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers?
13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to
me, `Give us meat to eat!' 14 I cannot carry all these people by
myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If this is how you are
going to treat me, put me to death right now--if I have found favor in your
eyes--and do not let me face my own ruin."
16
The
LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's
elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them
come to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
17 I will come down and speak with
you there, and I will take of the Spirit that is on you and put the Spirit on
them. They will help you carry the burden of the people so that you will not
have to carry it alone.
18
"Tell the people: `Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you
will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat!
We were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat
it. 19
You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days,
20
but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe
it--because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before
him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"
' "
21
But
Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, `I
will give them meat to eat for a whole month!' 22 Would they have
enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if
all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
23
The
LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD's arm too short? You
will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you." [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: MARK 14:1 - 21
14
1
Now
the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the
chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to
arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 "But not during the Feast," they said,
"or the people may riot."
3
While
he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon
the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of
pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.
4
Some
of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of
perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year's wages
A and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly.
6
"Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to
me. 7 The poor you will always have
with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have
me. 8 She did what she could. She
poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.
9 I tell you the truth, wherever the
gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in
memory of her."
10
Then
Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to
them. 11 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him
money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
12
On
the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to
sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us
to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
13
So
he sent two of his disciples, telling them, "Go into
the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.
14 Say to the owner of the house he
enters, `The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover
with my disciples?' 15 He will show
you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us
there."
16
The
disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them.
So they prepared the Passover.
17
When
evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. 18 While they were
reclining at the table eating, he said, "I tell you
the truth, one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."
19
They
were saddened, and one by one they said to him, "Surely not I?"
20
"It is one of the Twelve," he replied, "one who dips bread into the bowl with me. 21The
Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who
betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been
born."
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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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