Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
DECEMBER
2
PSALMS:
2, 32, 62, 92, 122
PROVERBS:
2
OLD
TESTAMENT:
LEVITICUS 11:1 - 12:8
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MARK 5:21 - 43
PSALMS:
2
1
Why
do the nations conspire A
and
the peoples plot in vain?
2
The
kings of the earth take their stand
and
the rulers gather together
against
the LORD
and
against his Anointed One. B
3
"Let
us break their chains," they say,
"and
throw off their fetters."
4
The
One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the
Lord scoffs at them.
5
Then
he rebukes them in his anger
and
terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6
"I
have installed my King C
on
Zion, my holy hill."
7
I
will proclaim the decree of the LORD:
He
said to me, "You
are my Son D;
today
I have become your Father.
E
8
Ask
of me,
and
I will make the nations your inheritance,
the
ends of the earth your possession.
9
You
will rule them with an iron scepter F;
you
will dash them to pieces like pottery."
10
Therefore,
you kings, be wise;
be
warned, you rulers of the earth.
11
Serve
the LORD with fear
and
rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss
the Son, lest he be angry
and
you be destroyed in your way,
for
his wrath can flare up in a moment.
Blessed
are all who take refuge in him. 1
PSALMS:
32
Of
David. A maskil.
A
1
Blessed
is he
whose
transgressions are forgiven,
whose
sins are covered.
2
Blessed
is the man
whose
sin the LORD does not count against him
and
in whose spirit is no deceit.
3
When
I kept silent,
my
bones wasted away
through
my groaning all day long.
4
For
day and night
your
hand was heavy upon me;
my
strength was sapped
as
in the heat of summer.
Selah
5
Then
I acknowledged my sin to you
and
did not cover up my iniquity.
I
said, "I will confess
my
transgressions to the LORD"--
and
you forgave
the
guilt of my sin.
Selah
6
Therefore
let everyone who is godly pray to you
while
you may be found;
surely
when the mighty waters rise,
they
will not reach him.
7
You
are my hiding place; 2
you
will protect me from trouble
and
surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah
8
I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you and watch over you.
9
Do
not be like the horse or the mule,
which
have no understanding
but
must be controlled by bit and bridle
or
they will not come to you.
10
Many
are the woes of the wicked,
but
the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds
the man who trusts in him.
11
Rejoice
in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;
sing,
all you who are upright in heart! 3
PSALMS:
62
For
the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1
My
soul finds rest in God alone;
my
salvation comes from him.
2
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3
How
long will you assault a man?
Would
all of you throw him down--
this
leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4
They
fully intend to topple him
from
his lofty place;
they
take delight in lies.
With
their mouths they bless,
but
in their hearts they curse.
Selah
5
Find
rest, O my soul, in God alone;
my
hope comes from him.
6
He
alone is my rock and my salvation;
he
is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7
My
salvation and my honor depend on God A;
he
is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8
Trust
in him at all times, O people;
pour
out your hearts to him,
for
God is our refuge.
Selah
9
Lowborn
men are but a breath, 4
the
highborn are but a lie;
if
weighed on a balance, they are nothing;
together
they are only a breath.
10
Do
not trust in extortion
or
take pride in stolen goods;
though
your riches increase,
do
not set your heart on them.
11
One
thing God has spoken,
two
things have I heard:
that
you, O God, are strong,
12
and
that you, O Lord, are loving.
Surely
you will reward each person
according
to what he has done. 5
PSALMS:
92
A
psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1
It
is good to praise the LORD
and
make music to your name, O Most High,
2
to
proclaim your love in the morning
and
your faithfulness at night,
3
to
the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and
the melody of the harp.
4
For
you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD;
I
sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5
How
great are your works, O LORD,
how
profound your thoughts!
6
The
senseless man does not know,
fools
do not understand,
7
that
though the wicked spring up like grass
and
all evildoers flourish,
they
will be forever destroyed.
8
But
you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9
For
surely your enemies, O LORD,
surely
your enemies will perish;
all
evildoers will be scattered.
10
You
have exalted my horn A
like that of a wild ox;
fine
oils have been poured upon me.
11
My
eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
my
ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12
The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they
will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13
planted
in the house of the LORD, 6
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14
They
will still bear fruit in old age,
they
will stay fresh and green,
15
proclaiming,
"The LORD is upright;
he
is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him." 7
PSALMS:
122
A
song of ascents. Of David.
1
I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
"Let
us go to the house of the LORD."
2
Our
feet are standing
in
your gates, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem
is built like a city
that
is closely compacted together.
4
That
is where the tribes go up,
the
tribes of the LORD,
to
praise the name of the LORD
according
to the statute given to Israel.
5
There
the thrones for judgment stand,
the
thrones of the house of David.
6
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May
those who love you be secure.
7
May
there be peace within your walls
and
security within your citadels."
8
For
the sake of my brothers and friends,
I
will say,
"Peace
be within you."
9
For
the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I
will seek your prosperity. 8
PROVERBS:
2
2
1
My son, if you accept my words
and
store up my commands within you,
2
turning
your ear to wisdom
and
applying your heart to understanding,
3
and
if you call out for insight
and
cry aloud for understanding,
4
and
if you look for it as for silver
and
search for it as for hidden treasure,
5
then
you will understand the fear of the LORD
and
find the knowledge of God.
6
For
the LORD gives wisdom,
and
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7
He
holds victory in store for the upright,
he
is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8
for
he guards the course of the just
and
protects the way of his faithful ones.
9
Then
you will understand what is right and just
and
fair--every good path.
10
For
wisdom will enter your heart,
and
knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11
Discretion
will protect you,
and
understanding will guard you.
12
Wisdom
will save you from the ways of wicked men,
from
men whose words are perverse,
13
who
leave the straight paths
to
walk in dark ways,
14
who
delight in doing wrong
and
rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15
whose
paths are crooked
and
who are devious in their ways.
16
It
will save you also from the adulteress,
from
the wayward wife with her seductive words 9
17
who
has left the partner of her youth
and
ignored the covenant she made before God. A
18
For
her house leads down to death
and
her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19
None
who go to her return
or
attain the paths of life.
20
Thus
you will walk in the ways of good men
and
keep to the paths of the righteous.
21
For
the upright will live in the land,
and
the blameless will remain in it;
22
but
the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and
the unfaithful will be torn from it. 10
OLD
TESTAMENT:
LEVITICUS 11:1 - 12:8
11
1
The
LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 2
"Say
to the Israelites:
`Of
all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:
3
You
may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that
chews the cud.
4
"`
There
are some that only chew the cud or only have a split hoof, but you
must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have
a split hoof;
it is ceremonially unclean for you.
5
The
coney,
A
though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof;
it is unclean for you.
6
The
rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof;
it is unclean for you.
7
And
the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew
the cud; it is unclean for you.
8
You
must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses;
they are unclean for you.
9"`
Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams,
you may eat any that have fins and scales.
10
But
all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and
scales--whether among all the swarming things or among all the other
living creatures in the water--you are to detest.
11
And
since you are to detest them, you must not eat their meat and you
must detest their carcasses.
12
Anything
living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be
detestable to you.
13"`
These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are
detestable:
the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
14
the
red kite, any kind of black kite,
15
any
kind of raven,
16
the
horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
17
the
little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,
18
the
white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19 the
stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.
B
20"`
All
flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.
21
There
are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you
may eat:
those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.
22
Of
these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or
grasshopper.
23
But
all other winged creatures that have four legs you are to detest.
24
“`You
will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their
carcasses will be unclean till evening.
25
Whoever
picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be
unclean till evening.
26
"`Every
animal that has a split hoof not completely divided or that does not
chew the cud is unclean for you;
whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean.
27
Of
all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws
are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean
till evening.
28
Anyone
who picks up their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be
unclean till evening. They are unclean for you.
29
"`Of
the animals that move about on the ground, these are unclean for you:
the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
30
the
gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the
chameleon.
31
Of
all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you.
Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
32
When
one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its
use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or
sackcloth. Put it in water;
it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.
33
If
one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean,
and you must break the pot.
34
Any
food that could be eaten but has water on 11
it from such a pot is unclean, and any liquid that could be drunk
from it is unclean.
35
Anything
that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or
cooking pot must be broken up.
They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean.
36
A
spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but
anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean.
37
If
a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain
clean.
38
But
if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is
unclean for you.
39
"`If
an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the
carcass will be unclean till evening.
40
Anyone
who eats some of the carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be
unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his
clothes, and he will be unclean till evening.
41
"`Every
creature that moves about on the ground is detestable; it is not to
be eaten.
42
You
are not to eat any creature that moves about on the ground, whether
it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is
detestable.
43
Do
not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make
yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them.
44
I
am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am
holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about
on the ground.
45
I
am the LORD who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore
be holy, because I am holy.
46
"`These
are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing
that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the
ground.
47
You
must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living
creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'
"
12
1
The
LORD said to Moses, 2
"Say
to the Israelites:
`A
woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be
ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during
her monthly period.
3
On
the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.
4
Then
the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her
bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary
until the days of her purification are over.
5
If
she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be
unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to
be purified from her bleeding.
6
"`When
the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is
to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a
year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a
sin offering.
7
He
shall offer them before the LORD to make atonement for her, and then
she will be ceremonially clean from her flow of blood.
"`These
are the regulations for the woman who gives birth to a boy or a girl.
8
If
she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young
pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.
In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be
clean.'"
12
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MARK 5:21 - 43
21
When
Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a
large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22
Then
one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus,
he fell at his feet 23
and
pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please
come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live."
24
So
Jesus went with him.
A
large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25
And
a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
26
She
had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had
spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 13
27
When
she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and
touched his cloak, 28
because
she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."
29
Immediately
her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from
her suffering.
30
At
once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned
around in the crowd and asked, "Who
touched my clothes?"
31
"You
see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered,
"and yet you can ask, `Who touched me?' "
32
But
Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33
Then
the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his
feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34
He
said to her, "Daughter,
your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your
suffering."
35
While
Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the
synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why
bother the teacher any more?"
36
Ignoring
what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't
be afraid; just believe."
37
He
did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the
brother of James.
38
When
they came to the home of the synagogue ruler, Jesus saw a commotion,
with people crying and wailing loudly. 39
He
went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and wailing?
The child is not dead but asleep." 40
But
they laughed at him.
After
he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the
disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41
He
took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha
koum!"
(which means, "Little
girl, I say to you, get up!").
42
Immediately
the girl stood up and walked around (she was twelve years old). At
this they were completely astonished. 43
He
gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them
to give her something to eat. 14
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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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