Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
JANUARY
20
PSALMS: 20, 50, 80, 110,
140
PROVERBS: 20
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 3:1 - 4:24
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 14:7 - 35
PSALMS: 20
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
May
the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may
the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2
May
he send you help from the sanctuary
and
grant you support from Zion.
3
May
he remember all your sacrifices
and
accept your burnt offerings.
Selah
4
May
he give you the desire of your heart
and
make all your plans succeed.
5
We
will shout for joy when you are victorious
and
will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May
the LORD grant all your requests.
6
Now
I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he
answers him from his holy heaven
with
the saving power of his right hand.
7
Some
trust in chariots and some in horses,
but
we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8
They
are brought to their knees and fall,
but
we rise up and stand firm.
9
O
LORD, save the king!
Answer
A us when we call! [1]
PSALMS: 50
A
psalm of Asaph.
1
The
Mighty One, God, the LORD,
speaks
and summons the earth
from
the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2
From
Zion, perfect in beauty,
God
shines forth.
3
Our
God comes and will not be silent;
a
fire devours before him,
and
around him a tempest rages.
4
He
summons the heavens above,
and
the earth, that he may judge his people:
5
"Gather to me my consecrated
ones,
who
made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6
And
the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for
God himself is judge.
Selah
7
"Hear, O my people, and I will
speak,
O
Israel, and I will testify against you:
I
am God, your God.
8 I
do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or
your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I
have no need of a bull from your stall
or
of goats from your pens,
10 for
every animal of the forest is mine,
and
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I
know every bird in the mountains,
and
the creatures of the field are mine.
for
the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do
I eat the flesh of bulls
or
drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice
thank offerings to God,
fulfill
your vows to the Most High,
15 and
call upon me in the day of trouble;
I
will deliver you, and you will honor me."
16
But
to the wicked, God says:
"What right have you to recite my
laws
or
take my covenant on your lips?
17 You
hate my instruction
and
cast my words behind you.
18 When
you see a thief, you join with him;
you
throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You
use your mouth for evil
and
harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You
speak continually against your brother
and
slander your own mother's son.
21 These
things you have done and I kept silent;
you
thought I was altogether A
like you.
But
I will rebuke you
and
accuse you to your face.
22
"Consider this, you who forget
God,
or
I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:
23 He
who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
and
he prepares the way
PSALMS: 80
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lilies of the Covenant." Of Asaph. A
psalm.
1
Hear
us, O Shepherd of Israel,
you
who lead Joseph like a flock;
you
who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2
before
Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Awaken
your might;
come
and save us.
3
Restore
us, O God;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved.
4
O
LORD God Almighty,
how
long will your anger smolder
against
the prayers of your people?
5
You
have fed them with the bread of tears;
you
have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
6
You
have made us a source of contention to our neighbors,
and
our enemies mock us.
7
Restore
us, O God Almighty;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved.
8
You
brought a vine out of Egypt;
you
drove out the nations and planted it.
9
You
cleared the ground for it,
and
it took root and filled the land.
10
The
mountains were covered with its shade,
the
mighty cedars with its branches. [4]
11
It
sent out its boughs to the Sea, A
its
shoots as far as the River. B
12
Why
have you broken down its walls
so
that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13
Boars
from the forest ravage it
and
the creatures of the field feed on it.
14
Return
to us, O God Almighty!
Look
down from heaven and see!
Watch
over this vine,
15
the
root your right hand has planted,
the
son C you have raised up for yourself.
16
Your
vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;
at
your rebuke your people perish.
17
Let
your hand rest on the man at your right hand,
the
son of man you have raised up for yourself.
18
Then
we will not turn away from you;
revive
us, and we will call on your name.
19
Restore
us, O LORD God Almighty;
make
your face shine upon us,
that
we may be saved. [5]
PSALMS: 110
Of
David. A psalm.
1
The
LORD says to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until
I make your enemies
a
footstool for your feet."
2
The
LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
you
will rule in the midst of your enemies.
3
Your
troops will be willing
on
your day of battle.
Arrayed
in holy majesty,
from
the womb of the dawn
you
will receive the dew of your youth. A
4
The
LORD has sworn
and
will not change his mind:
"You are a priest forever,
in
the order of Melchizedek."
5
The
Lord is at your right hand;
he
will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6
He
will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and
crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7
He
will drink from a brook beside the way B;
therefore
he will lift up his head. [6]
PSALMS: 140
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
Rescue
me, O LORD, from evil men;
protect
me from men of violence,
2
who
devise evil plans in their hearts
and
stir up war every day.
3
They
make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the
poison of vipers is on their lips.
Selah
4
Keep
me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
protect
me from men of violence
who
plan to trip my feet.
5
Proud
men have hidden a snare for me;
they
have spread out the cords of their net
and
have set traps for me along my path.
Selah
6
O
LORD, I say to you, "You are my God."
Hear,
O LORD, my cry for mercy.
7
O
Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer,
who
shields my head in the day of battle--
8
do
not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD;
do
not let their plans succeed,
or
they will become proud.
Selah
9
Let
the heads of those who surround me
be
covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
10Let
burning coals fall upon them;
may
they be thrown into the fire,
into
miry pits, never to rise. [7]
11
Let
slanderers not be established in the land;
may
disaster hunt down men of violence.
12
I
know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
and
upholds the cause of the needy.
13
Surely
the righteous will praise your name
and
the upright will live before you. [8]
PROVERBS: 20
20
1
Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;
whoever
is led astray by them is not wise.
2
A
king's wrath is like the roar of a lion;
he
who angers him forfeits his life.
3
It
is to a man's honor to avoid strife,
but
every fool is quick to quarrel.
4
A
sluggard does not plow in season;
so
at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
5
The
purposes of a man's heart are deep waters,
but
a man of understanding draws them out.
6
Many
a man claims to have unfailing love,
but
a faithful man who can find?
7
The
righteous man leads a blameless life;
blessed
are his children after him.
8
When
a king sits on his throne to judge,
he
winnows out all evil with his eyes.
9
Who
can say, "I have kept my heart pure;
I
am clean and without sin"?
10
Differing
weights and differing measures--
the
LORD detests them both.
11
Even
a child is known by his actions,
by
whether his conduct is pure and right. [9]
12
Ears
that hear and eyes that see--
the
LORD has made them both.
13
Do
not love sleep or you will grow poor;
stay
awake and you will have food to spare.
14
"It's
no good, it's no good!" says the buyer;
then
off he goes and boasts about his purchase.
15
Gold
there is, and rubies in abundance,
but
lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
16
Take
the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold
it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
17
Food
gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man,
but
he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
18
Make
plans by seeking advice;
if
you wage war, obtain guidance.
19
A
gossip betrays a confidence;
so
avoid a man who talks too much.
20
If
a man curses his father or mother,
his
lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
21
An
inheritance quickly gained at the beginning
will
not be blessed at the end.
22
Do
not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!"
Wait
for the LORD, and he will deliver you.[10]
23
The
LORD detests differing weights,
and
dishonest scales do not please him.
24
A
man's steps are directed by the LORD.
How
then can anyone understand his own way?
25
It
is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly
and
only later to consider his vows.
26
A
wise king winnows out the wicked;
he
drives the threshing wheel over them.
27
The
lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man
A;
it
searches out his inmost being.
28
Love
and faithfulness keep a king safe;
through
love his throne is made secure.
29
The
glory of young men is their strength,
gray
hair the splendor of the old.
30
Blows
and wounds cleanse away evil,
and
beatings purge the inmost being. [11]
OLD
TESTAMENT: JOSHUA 3:1 - 4:24
3
1
Early
in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to
the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. 2 After three
days the officers went throughout the camp, 3 giving orders to the
people: "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the
priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions
and follow it. 4 Then you will know which way to go, since you have
never been this way before. But keep a distance of about a thousand yards
A between you and the ark; do not go near it."
5
Joshua
told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing
things among you."
6
Joshua
said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the
people." So they took it up and went ahead of them.
7
And
the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt
you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with
Moses. 8 Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: `When
you reach the edge of the Jordan's waters, go and stand in the river.' "
9
Joshua
said to the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.
10 This is how you will know that the living God is among you and
that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites,
Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. 11 See, the ark of
the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you.
12 Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from
each tribe. 13 And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the
LORD--the Lord [12]of
all the earth--set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut
off and stand up in a heap."
14
So
when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of
the covenant went ahead of them. 15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage
all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the
Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge, 16 the water from
upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town
called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea
of the Arabah (the Salt Sea B) was completely cut off. So the people
crossed over opposite Jericho. 17 The priests who carried the ark of
the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan,
while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on
dry ground.
4
1
When
the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
2 "Choose twelve men from among the people,
one from each tribe, 3 and tell them
to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan from right where the
priests stood and to carry them over with you and put them down at the place
where you stay tonight."
4
So
Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one
from each tribe, 5 and said to them, "Go over before the ark of the
LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone
on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6
to serve as a sign among you. [13]
In the future, when your children ask you, `What do these stones mean?' 7
tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the
covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were
cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."
8
So
the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the
middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,
as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp,
where they put them down. 9 Joshua set up the twelve stones that had
been A in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who
carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.
10
Now
the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan
until everything the LORD had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as
Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, 11 and as soon as
all of them had crossed, the ark of the LORD and the priests came to the other
side while the people watched. 12 The men of Reuben, Gad and the
half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, armed, in front of the Israelites, as Moses
had directed them. 13 About forty thousand armed for battle crossed
over before the LORD to the plains of Jericho for war.
14
That
day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they revered him all
the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
15
Then
the LORD said to Joshua, 16 "Command the
priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan."
17
So
Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the [14]
Jordan."
18
And
the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the
LORD. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the
Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.
19
On
the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped
at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. 20 And Joshua set up at
Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. 21 He said
to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, `What
do these stones mean?' 22 tell them, `Israel crossed the Jordan on
dry ground.' 23 For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you
until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had
done to the Red Sea B when he dried it up before us until we had
crossed over.
24
He
did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the
LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God." [15]
NEW
TESTAMENT: LUKE 14:7 - 35
7
When
he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them
this parable: 8 "When someone invites you
to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more
distinguished than you may have been invited. 9 If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say
to you, `Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the
least important place. 10 But when
you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will
say to you, `Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the
presence of all your fellow guests. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who
humbles himself will be exalted."
12
Then
Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or
dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich
neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.
13 But when you give a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you
will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
15
When
one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, "Blessed is the
man who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God."
16
Jesus
replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet
and invited many guests. 17 At the
time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited,
`Come, for everything is now ready.'
18
"But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, `I have just bought a
field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.'
19 "Another said, `I have
just bought five yoke of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse
me.'
20 "Still another said, `I
just got married, so I can't come.'
21 "The servant came back
and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and
ordered his servant, `Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and
bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'
22 "`Sir,' the servant
said, `what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.'
23 "Then the master told
his servant, `Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so
that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those men who
were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'"
25 Large crowds were
traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and
mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own
life--he cannot be my disciple. 27 And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me
cannot be my disciple.
28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not
first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete
it? 29 For if he lays the
foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule
him, 30 saying, `This fellow
began to build and was not able to finish.'
31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another
king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten
thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 If he is not able, he will send a
delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of
peace. 33 In the same way, any of
you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.
34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it
be made salty again? 35 It is fit
neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.
"He who
has ears to hear, let him hear." [16]
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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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