Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
30
PSALMS:
30, 60, 90, 120, 150
PROVERBS:
30
OLD
TESTAMENT:
LEVITICUS 7:28 - 9:6
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MARK 3:31 - 4:25
PSALMS:
30
A
psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. A
Of David.
1
I
will exalt you, O LORD,
for
you lifted me out of the depths
and
did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2
O
LORD my God, I called to you for help
and
you healed me.
3
O
LORD, you brought me up from the grave B;
you
spared me from going down into the pit.
4
Sing
to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise
his holy name.
5
For
his anger lasts only a moment,
but
his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping
may remain for a night,
but
rejoicing comes in the morning.
6
When
I felt secure, I said,
"I
will never be shaken."
7
O
LORD, when you favored me,
you
made my mountain C
stand firm;
but
when you hid your face,
I
was dismayed.
8
To
you, O LORD, I called;
to
the Lord I cried for mercy:
9
"What
gain is there in my destruction, D
in
my going down into the pit?
Will
the dust praise you?
Will
it proclaim your faithfulness? 1
10
Hear,
O LORD, and be merciful to me;
O
LORD, be my help."
11
You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you
removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12
that
my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O
LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever. 2
PSALMS:
60
For
the director of music. To the tune of "The Lily of the
Covenant." A miktam
A
of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim B
and Aram Zobah, C
and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt.
1
You
have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you
have been angry--now restore us!
2
You
have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend
its fractures, for it is quaking.
3
You
have shown your people desperate times;
you
have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4
But
for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to
be unfurled against the bow.
Selah
5
Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that
those you love may be delivered.
6
God
has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In
triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and
measure off the Valley of Succoth.
7
Gilead
is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim
is my helmet,
Judah
my scepter.
8
Moab
is my washbasin,
upon
Edom I toss my sandal;
over
Philistia I shout in triumph."
9
Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who
will lead me to Edom?
10
Is
it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and
no longer go out with our armies?
for
the help of man is worthless.
12
With
God we will gain the victory,
and
he will trample down our enemies. 4
PSALMS:
90
A
prayer of Moses the man of God.
1
Lord,
you have been our dwelling place
throughout
all generations.
2
Before
the mountains were born
or
you brought forth the earth and the world,
from
everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3
You
turn men back to dust,
saying,
"Return to dust, O sons of men."
4
For
a thousand years in your sight
are
like a day that has just gone by,
or
like a watch in the night.
5
You
sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they
are like the new grass of the morning--
6
though
in the morning it springs up new,
by
evening it is dry and withered.
7
We
are consumed by your anger
and
terrified by your indignation.
8
You
have set our iniquities before you,
our
secret sins in the light of your presence.
9
All
our days pass away under your wrath;
we
finish our years with a moan.
10
The
length of our days is seventy years--
or
eighty, if we have the strength;
yet
their span A
is but trouble and sorrow,
for
they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11
Who
knows the power of your anger?
For
your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
PSALMS:
120
A
song of ascents.
1
I
call on the LORD in my distress,
and
he answers me.
2
Save
me, O LORD, from lying lips
and
from deceitful tongues.
3
What
will he do to you,
and
what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
4
He
will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with
burning coals of the broom tree.
5
Woe
to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that
I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too
long have I lived
among
those who hate peace.
7
I
am a man of peace;
but
when I speak, they are for war. 6
PSALMS:
150
1
Praise
the LORD. A
Praise
God in his sanctuary;
praise
him in his mighty heavens.
2
Praise
him for his acts of power;
praise
him for his surpassing greatness.
3
Praise
him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise
him with the harp and lyre,
4
praise
him with tambourine and dancing,
praise
him with the strings and flute,
5praise
him with the clash of cymbals,
praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6
Let
everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise
the LORD. 7
PROVERBS:
30
30
1
The
sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle A:
This
man declared to Ithiel,
to
Ithiel and to Ucal: B
2
"I
am the most ignorant of men;
I
do not have a man's understanding.
3
I
have not learned wisdom,
nor
have I knowledge of the Holy One.
4
Who
has gone up to heaven and come down?
Who
has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?
Who
has wrapped up the waters in his cloak?
Who
has established all the ends of the earth?
What
is his name, and the name of his son?
Tell
me if you know!
5
"Every
word of God is flawless;
he
is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
6
Do
not add to his words,
or
he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
7
"Two
things I ask of you, O LORD;
do
not refuse me before I die:
8
Keep
falsehood and lies far from me;
give
me neither poverty nor riches,
but
give me only my daily bread.
9
Otherwise,
I may have too much and disown you
and
say, `Who is the LORD?'
Or
I may become poor and steal,
and
so dishonor the name of my God.
10
"Do
not slander a servant to his master,
11
"There
are those who curse their fathers
and
do not bless their mothers;
12
those
who are pure in their own eyes
and
yet are not cleansed of their filth;
13
those
whose eyes are ever so haughty,
whose
glances are so disdainful;
14
those
whose teeth are swords
and
whose jaws are set with knives
to
devour the poor from the earth,
the
needy from among mankind.
15
"The
leech has two daughters.
`Give!
Give!' they cry.
"There
are three things that are never satisfied,
four
that never say,
`Enough!':
16
the
grave, C
the barren womb,
land,
which is never satisfied with water,
and
fire, which never says,
`Enough!'
17
"The
eye that mocks a father,
that
scorns obedience to a mother,
will
be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will
be eaten by the vultures.
18
"There
are three things that are too amazing for me,
four
that I do not understand:
19
the
way of an eagle in the sky,
the
way of a snake on a rock,
20
the way of a ship on the high seas,
21
"Under
three things the earth trembles,
under
four it cannot bear up:
22
a
servant who becomes king,
a
fool who is full of food,
23
an
unloved woman who is married,
and
a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
24
"Four
things on earth are small,
yet
they are extremely wise:
25
Ants
are creatures of little strength,
yet
they store up their food in the summer;
26
coneys
D
are creatures of little power,
yet
they make their home in the crags;
27
locusts
have no king,
yet
they advance together in ranks;
28
a
lizard can be caught with the hand,
yet
it is found in kings' palaces.
29
"There
are three things that are stately in their stride,
four
that move with stately bearing:
30
a
lion, mighty among beasts,
who
retreats before nothing;
31
a
strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and
a king with his army around him.
E
32
"If
you have played the fool and exalted yourself,
or
if you have planned evil,
OLD
TESTAMENT:
LEVITICUS 7:28 - 9:6
28
The
LORD said to Moses, 29
"Say
to the Israelites:
`Anyone
who brings a fellowship offering to the LORD is to bring part of it
as his sacrifice to the LORD.
30
With
his own hands he is to bring the offering made to the LORD by fire;
he is to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast
before the LORD as a wave offering.
31
The
priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to
Aaron and his sons.
32
You
are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the
priest as a contribution.
33
The
son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship
offering shall have the right thigh as his share.
34
From
the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast
that is waved and the thigh that is presented and have given them to
Aaron the priest and his sons as their regular share from the
Israelites.'"
35
This
is the portion of the offerings made to the LORD by fire that were
allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to
serve the LORD as priests.
36
On
the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that the Israelites
give this to them as their regular share for the generations to come.
37
These,
then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering,
the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the
fellowship offering,
38
which
the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the
Israelites to bring their offerings to the LORD, in the Desert of
Sinai.
8
1
The
LORD said to Moses, 2
"Bring
Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for
the sin offering, the two rams and the basket containing bread made
without yeast,
3
and
gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting."
4
Moses
did as the LORD commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the
entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
5
Moses
said to the assembly, "This
is what the LORD has commanded to be done."
6
Then
Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.
7
He
put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with
the robe and put the ephod on him. He also tied the ephod to him by
its skillfully woven waistband; so it was fastened on him. 8
He
placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in the
breastpiece. 9
Then
he placed the turban on Aaron's head and set the gold plate, the
sacred diadem, on the front of it, as the LORD commanded Moses.
10
Then
Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and
everything in it, and so consecrated them. 11
He
sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the
altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to
consecrate them. 12
He
poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to
consecrate him. 13
Then
he brought Aaron's sons forward, put tunics on them, tied sashes 11
around them and put headbands on them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
14
He
then presented the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on its head. 15
Moses
slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger
he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He
poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he
consecrated it to make atonement for it.
16
Moses
also took all the fat around the inner parts, the covering of the
liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it on the altar. 17
But
the bull with its hide and its flesh and its offal he burned up
outside the camp, as the LORD commanded Moses.
18He
then presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands on its head. 19
Then
Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood against the altar
on all sides. 20
He
cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat.
21
He
washed the inner parts and the legs with water and burned the whole
ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering
made to the LORD by fire, as the LORD commanded Moses.
22
He
then presented the other ram, the ram for the ordination, and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands on its head. 23
Moses
slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe
of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big
toe of his right foot. 24
Moses
also brought Aaron's sons forward and put some of the blood on the
lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on
the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled blood against the
altar on all sides. 25
He
took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat around the inner parts, the
covering of the liver, both kidneys and their fat and the right
thigh. 26
Then
from the basket of bread made without yeast, which was before the
LORD, he took a cake of bread, and one made with oil, and a wafer; he
put these on the fat portions and on the right thigh. 27
He
put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them
before the LORD as a wave offering. 28
Then
Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top
of the burnt offering as an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an
offering made to the LORD by fire. 29
He
also took the breast--Moses' share of the ordination ram--and waved
it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD commanded Moses.
30
Then
Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the
altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons
and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his
sons and their garments.
31
Moses
then said to Aaron and his sons, "Cook the meat at the entrance
to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread from the
basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, A
`Aaron and his sons are to eat it.' 32
Then
burn up the rest of the meat and the bread. 33
Do
not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until
the days of your ordination are completed, for your ordination will
last seven days. 34
What
has been done today was commanded by the LORD to make atonement for
you. 35
You
must stay at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for
seven days and do what the LORD requires, so you will not die; for
that is what I have been commanded." 36
So
Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD commanded through Moses. 12
9
1
On
the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of
Israel.
2
He
said to Aaron, "Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram
for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before
the LORD. 3
Then
say to the Israelites: `Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf
and a lamb--both a year old and without defect--for a burnt offering,
4
and
an ox A
and a ram for a fellowship offering B
to sacrifice before the LORD, together with a grain offering mixed
with oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.'"
5
They
took the things Moses commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting,
and the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD. 6
Then
Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so
that the glory of the LORD may appear to you." 13
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MARK 3:31 - 4:25
31
Then
Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent
someone in to call him. 32
A
crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, "Your mother
and brothers are outside looking for you."
33
"Who
are my mother and my brothers?"
he asked.
34
Then
he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, "Here
are my mother and my brothers!
35
Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."
4
1
Again
Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him
was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake,
while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. 2
He
taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3
"Listen!
A
farmer went out to sow his seed.
4
As
he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds
came and ate it up.
5
Some
fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up
quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6
But
when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered
because they had no root.
7
Other
seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that
they did not bear grain.
8
Still
other seed fell on good soil.
It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or
even a hundred times."
9
Then
Jesus said, "He
who has ears to hear, let him hear."
10
When
he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about
the parables. 11
He
told them, "The
secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you.
But
to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12
so
that,
"`they
may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and
ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise
they might turn and be forgiven!'
A"
13
Then
Jesus said to them, "Don't
you understand this parable? How then will you understand any
parable?
14
The farmer sows the word.
15
Some
people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon
as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in
them.
16
Others,
like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it
with joy.
17
But
since they have no root, they last only a short time.
When
trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall
away.
18
Still
others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
19
but
the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires
for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
20
Others,
like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a
crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
21
He
said to them, "Do
you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed?
Instead, don't you put it on its stand?
22
For
whatever is hidden is 14
meant
to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out
into the open.
23
If
anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24
"Consider
carefully what you hear,"
he continued. "With
the measure you use, it will be measured to you--and even more.
25
Whoever
has will be given more;
whoever
does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."
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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
