Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
OCTOBER
21
PSALMS:
21, 51, 81, 111, 141
PROVERBS:
21
OLD
TESTAMENT:
GENESIS 23:1 - 24:51
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW 8:1 - 17
PSALMS:
21
For
the director of music. A psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, the king rejoices in your strength.
How
great is his joy in the victories you give!
2
You
have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3
You
welcomed him with rich blessings
and
placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
4
He
asked you for life, and you gave it to him--
length
of days, for ever and ever.
5
Through
the victories you gave, his glory is great;
you
have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
6
Surely
you have granted him eternal blessings
and
made him glad with the joy of your presence.
7
For
the king trusts in the LORD;
through
the unfailing love of the Most High
he
will not be shaken.
8
Your
hand will lay hold on all your enemies;
your
right hand will seize your foes.
9
At
the time of your appearing
you
will make them like a fiery furnace.
In
his wrath the LORD will swallow them up,
and
his fire will consume them.
10
You
will destroy their descendants from the earth,
their
posterity from mankind.
11
Though
they plot evil against you
and
devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed;
12
for
you will make them turn their backs
when
you aim at them with drawn bow. 1
13
Be
exalted, O LORD, in your strength;
we
will sing and praise your might. 2
PSALMS:
51
For
the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came
to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1
Have
mercy on me, O God,
according
to your unfailing love;
according
to your great compassion
blot
out my transgressions.
2
Wash
away all my iniquity
and
cleanse me from my sin.
3
For
I know my transgressions,
and
my sin is always before me.
4
Against
you, you only, have I sinned
and
done what is evil in your sight,
so
that you are proved right when you speak
and
justified when you judge.
5
Surely
I was sinful at birth,
sinful
from the time my mother conceived me.
6
Surely
you desire truth in the inner parts A;
you
teach B
me wisdom in the inmost place.
7
Cleanse
me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8
Let
me hear joy and gladness;
let
the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9
Hide
your face from my sins
and
blot out all my iniquity. 3
10
Create
in me a pure heart, O God,
and
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11
Do
not cast me from your presence
or
take your Holy Spirit from me.
12
Restore
to me the joy of your salvation
and
grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13
Then
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and
sinners will turn back to you.
14
Save
me from bloodguilt, O God,
the
God who saves me,
and
my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15
O
Lord, open my lips,
and
my mouth will declare your praise.
16
You
do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you
do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17
The
sacrifices of God are C
a broken spirit;
a
broken and contrite heart,
O
God, you will not despise.
18
In
your good pleasure make Zion prosper;
build
up the walls of Jerusalem.
19
Then
there will be righteous sacrifices,
whole
burnt offerings to delight you;
then
bulls will be offered on your altar. 4
PSALMS:
81
For
the director of music. According to gittith.
A
Of Asaph.
1
Sing
for joy to God our strength;
shout
aloud to the God of Jacob!
2
Begin
the music, strike the tambourine,
play
the melodious harp and lyre.
3
Sound
the ram's horn at the New Moon,
and
when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast;
4
this
is a decree for Israel,
an
ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5
He
established it as a statute for Joseph
when
he went out against Egypt,
where
we heard a language we did not understand. B
6
He
says, "I
removed the burden from their shoulders;
their
hands were set free from the basket.
7
In
your distress you called and I rescued you,
I
answered you out of a thundercloud;
I
tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah
8
"Hear,
O my people, and I will warn you--
if
you would but listen to me, O Israel!
9
You
shall have no foreign god among you;
you
shall not bow down to an alien god.
10
I
am the LORD your God,
who
brought you up out of Egypt.
Open
wide your mouth and I will fill it.
5
11
"But
my people would not listen to me;
Israel
would not submit to me.
12
So
I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to
follow their own devices.
13
"If
my people would but listen to me,
if
Israel would follow my ways,
14
how
quickly would I subdue their enemies
and
turn my hand against their foes!
15
Those
who hate the LORD would cringe before him,
and
their punishment would last forever.
16
But
you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with
honey from the rock I would satisfy you."
6
PSALMS:
111
1
Praise
A
the LORD. B
I
will extol the LORD with all my heart
in
the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2
Great
are the works of the LORD;
they
are pondered by all who delight in them.
3
Glorious
and majestic are his deeds,
and
his righteousness endures forever.
4
He
has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the
LORD is gracious and compassionate.
5
He
provides food for those who fear him;
he
remembers his covenant forever.
6
He
has shown his people the power of his works,
giving
them the lands of other nations.
7
The
works of his hands are faithful and just;
all
his precepts are trustworthy.
8
They
are steadfast for ever and ever,
done
in faithfulness and uprightness.
9
He
provided redemption for his people;
he
ordained his covenant forever--
holy
and awesome is his name.
10
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
all
who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To
him belongs eternal praise. 7
PSALMS:
141
A
psalm of David.
1
O
LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.
Hear
my voice when I call to you.
2
May
my prayer be set before you like incense;
may
the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3
Set
a guard over my mouth, O LORD;
keep
watch over the door of my lips.
4
Let
not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to
take part in wicked deeds
with
men who are evildoers;
let
me not eat of their delicacies.
5
Let
a righteous man A
strike me--it is a kindness;
let
him rebuke me--it is oil on my head.
My
head will not refuse it.
Yet
my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6
their
rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and
the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7
They
will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so
our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave. B"
8
But
my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;
in
you I take refuge--do not give me over to death.
9
Keep
me from the snares they have laid for me,
from
the traps set by evildoers.
10
Let
the wicked fall into their own nets,
while
I pass by in safety. 8
PROVERBS:
21
21
1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD;
he
directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
2
All
a man's ways seem right to him,
but
the LORD weighs the heart.
3
To
do what is right and just
is
more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4
Haughty
eyes and a proud heart,
the
lamp of the wicked, are sin!
5
The
plans of the diligent lead to profit
as
surely as haste leads to poverty.
6
A
fortune made by a lying tongue
is
a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. A
7
The
violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for
they refuse to do what is right.
8
The
way of the guilty is devious,
but
the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9
Better
to live on a corner of the roof
than
share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10
The
wicked man craves evil;
his
neighbor gets no mercy from him. 9
11
When
a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;
when
a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.
12
The
Righteous One B
takes note of the house of the wicked
and
brings the wicked to ruin.
13
If
a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
he
too will cry out and not be answered.
14
A
gift given in secret soothes anger,
and
a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
15
When
justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
but
terror to evildoers.
16
A
man who strays from the path of understanding
comes
to rest in the company of the dead.
17
He
who loves pleasure will become poor;
whoever
loves wine and oil will never be rich.
18
The
wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
and
the unfaithful for the upright.
19
Better
to live in a desert
than
with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
20
In
the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil,
but
a foolish man devours all he has.
21
He
who pursues righteousness and love
22
A
wise man attacks the city of the mighty
and
pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.
23
He
who guards his mouth and his tongue
keeps
himself from calamity.
24
The
proud and arrogant man--"Mocker" is his name;
he
behaves with overweening pride.
25
The
sluggard's craving will be the death of him,
because
his hands refuse to work.
26
All
day long he craves for more,
but
the righteous give without sparing.
27
The
sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--
how
much more so when brought with evil intent!
28
A
false witness will perish,
and
whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever. D
29
A
wicked man puts up a bold front,
but
an upright man gives thought to his ways.
30
There
is no wisdom, no insight, no plan
that
can succeed against the LORD.
31
The
horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but
victory rests with the LORD. 11
OLD
TESTAMENT:
GENESIS 23:1 - 24:51
23
1
Sarah
lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2
She
died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and
Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
3
Then
Abraham rose from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites. A
He said, 4
"I
am an alien and a stranger among you. Sell me some property for a
burial site here so I can bury my dead."
5
The
Hittites replied to Abraham, 6
"Sir,
listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the
choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for
burying your dead."
7
Then
Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the
Hittites. 8
He said to them, "If you are willing to let me bury my dead,
then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
9
so
he will sell me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him and is at
the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price as
a burial site among you."
10
Ephron
the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in
the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
11
"No,
my lord," he said. "Listen to me; I give B
you the field, and I give C
you the cave that is in it. I give D
it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead."
12
Again
Abraham bowed down before the people of the land 13
and
he said to Ephron in their hearing, "Listen to me, if you will.
I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my
dead there."
14
Ephron
answered Abraham, 15
"Listen
to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels E
of silver, but what is that between me and you? Bury your dead."
16
Abraham
agreed to Ephron's terms and weighed out for him the price he had
named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver,
according to the weight current among the merchants.
17
So
Ephron's field in Machpelah near Mamre--both the field and the cave
in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field--was deeded
18
to
Abraham as his property in the presence of all the Hittites who had
come to the gate of the city. 19
Afterward
Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah
near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan. 20
So
the field and the cave in it were deeded to Abraham by the Hittites
as a burial site. 12
24
1
Abraham
was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him
in every way. 2
He
said to the chief A
servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put
your hand under my thigh. 3
I
want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of
earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of
the Canaanites, among whom I am living, 4
but
will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son
Isaac."
5
The
servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to come back
with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country
you came from?"
6
"Make
sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said. 7
"The
LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household
and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath,
saying, `To
your offspring
B
I
will give this land'--he
will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son
from there. 8
If
the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be
released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."
9
So
the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and
swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10
Then
the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him
all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram
Naharaim C
and made his way to the town of Nahor. 11
He
had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was
toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.
12
Then
he prayed, "O LORD, God of my master Abraham, give me success
today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13
See,
I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the
townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14
May
it be that when I say to a girl, `Please let down your jar that I may
have a drink,' and she says, `Drink, and I'll water your camels
too'--let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By
this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
15
Before
he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her
shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the
wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. 16
The
girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She
went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
17
The
servant hurried to meet her and said, "Please give me a little
water from your jar."
18
"Drink,
my lord," she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and
gave him a drink.
19
After
she had given him a drink, she said, "I'll draw water for your
camels too, until they have finished drinking." 20
So
she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to
draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels. 21
Without
saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not
the LORD had made his journey successful.
22
When
the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring
weighing a beka D
and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels. E
13
23
Then he asked, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there
room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"
24
She
answered him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah
bore to Nahor."
25
And
she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room
for you to spend the night."
26
Then
the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD, 27
saying,
"Praise be to the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has
not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me,
the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master's
relatives."
28
The
girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. 29
Now
Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at
the spring. 30
As
soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's
arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went
out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
31
"Come,
you who are blessed by the LORD," he said. "Why are you
standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the
camels."
32
So
the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and
fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to
wash their feet. 33
Then
food was set before him, but he said, "I will not eat until I
have told you what I have to say."
"Then
tell us," Laban said.
34
So
he said, "I am Abraham's servant. 35
The
LORD has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He
has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and
maidservants, and camels and donkeys. 36
My
master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her F
old age, and he has given him everything he owns.
37
And
my master made me swear an oath, and said, `You must not get a wife
for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I
live, 38
but
go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my
son.'
39
"Then
I asked my master, `What if the woman will not come back with me?'
40
"He
replied, `The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send his angel
with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife
for my son from my own clan and from my father's family. 41
Then,
when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if
they refuse to give her to you--you will be released from my oath.'
42
"When
I came to the spring today, I said, `O LORD, God of my master
Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I
have come. 43
See,
I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water
and I say to her, "Please let me drink a little water from your
jar," 44
and
if she says to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels
too," let her be the one the LORD has chosen for my master's
son.'
45
"Before
I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her
shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to
her, `Please give me a drink.'
46
"She
quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, `Drink, and I'll
water your camels too.' So I drank, and she watered the camels 14also.
47
"I
asked her, `Whose daughter are you?'
"She
said, `The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to
him.'
"Then
I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms, 48
and
I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of
my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the
granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
49
Now
if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and
if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn."
50
Laban
and Bethuel answered, "This is
from the LORD; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.
51
Here
is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your
master's son, as the LORD has directed."
15
NEW
TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 8:1 - 17
8
1
When
he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 2
A
man with leprosy A
came and knelt before him and said, "Lord, if you are willing,
you can make me clean."
3
Jesus
reached out his hand and touched the man. "I
am willing,"
he said. "Be
clean!" Immediately he was cured B
of his leprosy.
4
Then
Jesus said to him, "See that you don't tell anyone. But go, show
yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a
testimony to them."
5
When
Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for
help.
6
"Lord,"
he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible
suffering."
7
Jesus
said to him, "I
will go and heal him."
8
The
centurion replied, "Lord, I do not deserve to have you come
under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
9
For
I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell
this one, `Go,' and he goes; and that one, `Come,' and he comes. I
say to my servant, `Do this,' and he does it."
10
When
Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him,
"I
tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great
faith.
11
I
say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will
take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the
kingdom of heaven.
12
But
the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the
darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
13
Then
Jesus said to the centurion, "Go!
It will be done just as you believed it would."
And his servant was healed at that very hour.
14
When
Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in
bed with a fever. 15
He
touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to
wait on him.
16
When
evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and
he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick. 17
This
was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He
took up our infirmities
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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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