Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
8
PSALMS: 8, 38, 68, 98,
128
PROVERBS: 8
OLD
TESTAMENT: DEUTERONOMY 13:1 -
15:23
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 8:40 - 9:6
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,
31rejoicing
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: DEUTERONOMY 13:1 -
15:23
13
1
If
a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to
you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which
he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you
have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to
the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find
out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4
It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his
commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet
or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD
your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of
slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you
to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
6
If
your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your
closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods"
(gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 gods of the
peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other),
8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not
spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death. Your
hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the
people.
10
Stone
him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 11 Then all
Israel will hear and be afraid, and no one among you will do such an evil thing
again. [14]
12 If you hear it said about one of the towns the LORD your God is
giving you to live in 13 that wicked men have arisen among you and
have led the people of their town astray, saying, "Let us go and worship other
gods" (gods you have not known), 14 then you must inquire, probe and
investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this
detestable thing has been done among you, 15 you must certainly put
to the sword all who live in that town. Destroy it completely, A both
its people and its livestock. 16 Gather all the plunder of the town
into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its
plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. It is to remain a ruin
forever, never to be rebuilt. 17 None of those condemned things
B shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his
fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your
numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers, 18 because you
obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and
doing what is right in his eyes.
14
1
You
are the children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front
of your heads for the dead, 2 for you are a people holy to the LORD
your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen
you to be his treasured possession.
3
Do
not eat any detestable thing. 4 These are the animals you may eat:
the ox, the sheep, the goat, 5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer,
the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. A
6 You [15]
may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
7 However, of those that chew the cud or that have a split hoof
completely divided you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the coney.
B Although they chew the cud, they do not have a split hoof; they are
ceremonially unclean for you. 8 The pig is also unclean; although it
has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or
touch their carcasses.
9
Of
all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.
10 But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat;
for you it is unclean.
11
You
may eat any clean bird. 12 But these you may not eat: the eagle, the
vulture, the black vulture, 13 the red kite, the black kite, any kind
of falcon, 14 any kind of raven,
15
the
horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 16 the
little owl, the great owl, the white owl, 17 the desert owl, the
osprey, the cormorant, 18 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe
and the bat.
19
All
flying insects that swarm are unclean to you; do not eat them. 20 But
any winged creature that is clean you may eat.
21
Do
not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to an alien living in
any of your towns, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. But you
are a people holy to the LORD your God.
Do
not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
22
Be
sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23
Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your
herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will
choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that [16]
you may learn to revere the LORD your God always. 24 But if that
place is too distant and you have been blessed by the LORD your God and cannot
carry your tithe (because the place where the LORD will choose to put his Name
is so far away), 25 then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the
silver with you and go to the place the LORD your God will choose. 26
Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other
fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat
there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice. 27 And do not
neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or
inheritance of their own.
28
At
the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year's produce and
store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment
or inheritance of their own) and the aliens, the fatherless and the widows who
live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the LORD your
God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
15
1
At
the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2 This is how it
is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his fellow
Israelite. He shall not require payment from his fellow Israelite or brother,
because the LORD's time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. 3
You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt
your brother owes you. 4 However, there should be no poor among you,
for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance,
he will [17]
richly bless you, 5 if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are
careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. 6 For the
LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many
nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will
rule over you.
7
If
there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the
LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your
poor brother. 8 Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he
needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: "The seventh
year, the year for canceling debts, is near," so that you do not show ill will
toward your needy brother and give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD
against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.
10
Give
generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the
LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your
hand to. 11 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I
command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy
in your land.
12
If
a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, sells himself to you and serves you six
years, in the seventh year you must let him go free. 13 And when you
release him, do not send him away empty-handed. 14 Supply him
liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to him
as the LORD your God has blessed you. 15 Remember that you were
slaves in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this
[18]
command today.
16
But
if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you
and your family and is well off with you, 17 then take an awl and
push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for
life. Do the same for your maidservant.
18
Do
not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because his service to you
these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the
LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
19
Set
apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do
not put the firstborn of your oxen to work, and do not shear the firstborn of
your sheep. 20 Each year you and your family are to eat them in the
presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose. 21 If an
animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not
sacrifice it to the LORD your God. 22 You are to eat it in your own
towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were
gazelle or deer. 23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on
the ground like water. [19]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 8:40 - 9:6
40
Now
when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
41 Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell
at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his
only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.
As
Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman
was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, D but no
one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of
his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45
"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.
When
they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing
against you."
46
But
Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has
gone out from me."
47
Then
the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at
his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him
and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."
49
While
Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue
ruler. "Your daughter is dead," he said. "Don't bother the teacher any more."
50
Hearing
this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just
believe, and she will be healed."
51
When
he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except
Peter, John and James, and the child's father [20]
go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.
52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her.
"Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."
53
They
laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the
hand and said, "My child, get up!" 55
Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to
give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astonished, but he
ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
9
1
When
Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive
out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to preach
the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: "Take nothing for the journey--no staff, no bag, no bread, no
money, no extra tunic. 4 Whatever
house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 5 If people do not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet
when you leave their town, as a testimony against them." 6 So
they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing
people everywhere. [21]
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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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