Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
NOVEMBER
3
PSALMS:
3, 33, 63, 93, 123
PROVERBS:
3
OLD
TESTAMENT:
GENESIS 46:1 - 47:31
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW 15:1 - 28
PSALMS:
3
A
psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1
O
LORD, how many are my foes!
How
many rise up against me!
2
Many
are saying of me,
"God
will not deliver him."
Selah
A
3
But
you are a shield around me, O LORD;
you
bestow glory on me and lift B
up my head.
4
To
the LORD I cry aloud,
and
he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah
5
I
lie down and sleep;
I
wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6
I
will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn
up against me on every side.
7
Arise,
O LORD!
Deliver
me, O my God!
Strike
all my enemies on the jaw;
break
the teeth of the wicked.
8
From
the LORD comes deliverance.
PSALMS:
33
1
Sing
joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it
is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2
Praise
the LORD with the harp;
make
music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3
Sing
to him a new song;
play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
4
For
the word of the LORD is right and true;
he
is faithful in all he does.
5
The
LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the
earth is full of his unfailing love.
6
By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their
starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7
He
gathers the waters of the sea into jars A;
he
puts the deep into storehouses.
8
Let
all the earth fear the LORD;
let
all the people of the world revere him.
9
For
he spoke, and it came to be;
he
commanded, and it stood firm.
10
The
LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he
thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11
But
the plans of the LORD stand firm forever,
the
purposes of his heart through all generations.
12
Blessed
is the nation whose God is the LORD,
the
people he chose for his inheritance.
13
From
heaven the LORD looks down
and
sees all mankind;
14
from
his dwelling place he watches
all
who live on earth--
15
he
who forms the hearts of all,
who
considers everything they do.
16
No
king is saved by the size of his army;
no
warrior escapes by his great strength. 2
17
A
horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite
all its great strength it cannot save.
18
But
the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on
those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19
to
deliver them from death
and
keep them alive in famine.
20
We
wait in hope for the LORD;
he
is our help and our shield.
21
In
him our hearts rejoice,
for
we trust in his holy name.
22
May
your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even
as we put our hope in you. 3
PSALMS:
63
A
psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.
1
O
God, you are my God,
earnestly
I seek you;
my
soul thirsts for you,
my
body longs for you,
in
a dry and weary land
where
there is no water.
2
I
have seen you in the sanctuary
and
beheld your power and your glory.
3
Because
your love is better than life,
my
lips will glorify you.
4
I
will praise you as long as I live,
and
in your name I will lift up my hands.
5
My
soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with
singing lips my mouth will praise you.
6
On
my bed I remember you;
I
think of you through the watches of the night.
7
Because
you are my help,
I
sing in the shadow of your wings.
8
My
soul clings to you;
your
right hand upholds me.
9
They
who seek my life will be destroyed;
they
will go down to the depths of the earth.
10
They
will be given over to the sword
and
become food for jackals.4
11
But
the king will rejoice in God;
all
who swear by God's name will praise him,
while
the mouths of liars will be silenced. 5
PSALMS:
93
1
The
LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the
LORD is robed in majesty
and
is armed with strength.
The
world is firmly established;
it
cannot be moved.
2
Your
throne was established long ago;
you
are from all eternity.
3
The
seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the
seas have lifted up their voice;
the
seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4
Mightier
than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier
than the breakers of the sea--
the
LORD on high is mighty.
5
Your
statutes stand firm;
holiness
adorns your house
for
endless days, O LORD. 6
PSALMS:
123
A
song of ascents.
1
I
lift up my eyes to you,
to
you whose throne is in heaven.
2
As
the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as
the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress,
so
our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till
he shows us his mercy.
3
Have
mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us,
for
we have endured much contempt.
4
We
have endured much ridicule from the proud,
much
contempt from the arrogant. 7
PROVERBS:
3
3
1
My son, do not forget my teaching,
but
keep my commands in your heart,
2
for
they will prolong your life many years
and
bring you prosperity.
3
Let
love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind
them around your neck,
write
them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Then
you will win favor and a good name
in
the sight of God and man.
5
Trust
in the LORD with all your heart
and
lean not on your own understanding;
6
in
all your ways acknowledge him,
and
he will make your paths straight. A
7
Do
not be wise in your own eyes;
fear
the LORD and shun evil.
8
This
will bring health to your body
and
nourishment to your bones.
9
Honor
the LORD with your wealth,
with
the firstfruits of all your crops;
10
then
your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and
your vats will brim over with new wine.
11
My
son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
and
do not resent his rebuke,
12
because
the LORD disciplines those he loves,
13
Blessed
is the man who finds wisdom,
the
man who gains understanding,
14
for
she is more profitable than silver
and
yields better returns than gold.
15
She
is more precious than rubies;
nothing
you desire can compare with her.
16
Long
life is in her right hand;
in
her left hand are riches and honor.
17
Her
ways are pleasant ways,
and
all her paths are peace.
18
She
is a tree of life to those who embrace her;
those
who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19
By
wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations,
by
understanding he set the heavens in place;
20
by
his knowledge the deeps were divided,
and
the clouds let drop the dew.
21
My
son, preserve sound judgment and discernment,
do
not let them out of your sight;
22
they
will be life for you,
an
ornament to grace your neck.
23
Then
you will go on your way in safety,
and
your foot will not stumble;
24
when
you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when
you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25
Have
no fear of sudden disaster
or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26
for
the LORD will be your confidence
and
will keep your foot from being snared.
27
Do
not withhold good from those who deserve it,
when
it is in your power to act. 9
28
Do
not say to your neighbor,
"Come
back later; I'll give it tomorrow"--
when
you now have it with you.
29
Do
not plot harm against your neighbor,
who
lives trustfully near you.
30
Do
not accuse a man for no reason--
when
he has done you no harm.
31Do
not envy a violent man
or
choose any of his ways,
32
for
the LORD detests a perverse man
but
takes the upright into his confidence.
33
The
LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked,
but
he blesses the home of the righteous.
34
He
mocks proud mockers
but
gives grace to the humble.
35
The
wise inherit honor,
but
fools he holds up to shame.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
GENESIS 46:1 - 47:31
46
1
So
Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba,
he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2
And
God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, "Jacob!
Jacob!"
"Here
I am," he replied.
3
"I
am God, the God of your father," he
said.
"Do
not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great
nation there.
4
I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back
again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes."
5
Then
Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and
their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to
transport him. 6
They
also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had
acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt. 7
He
took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and
granddaughters--all his offspring.
8
These
are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who
went to Egypt:
Reuben
the firstborn of Jacob.
9
The
sons of Reuben:
Hanoch,
Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
10
The
sons of Simeon:
Jemuel,
Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
11
The
sons of Levi:
Gershon,
Kohath and Merari.
12
The
sons of Judah:
Er,
Onan, Shelah, Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan had died in the land
of Canaan).
The
sons of Perez:
Hezron
and Hamul.
13
The
sons of Issachar:
Tola,
Puah,
A
Jashub
B
and Shimron.
14
The
sons of Zebulun:
Sered,
Elon and Jahleel.
15
These
were the sons Leah bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, C
besides his daughter Dinah. These sons and daughters of his were
thirty-three 10
in all.
16
The
sons of Gad:
Zephon,
D
Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli.
17
The
sons of Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah.
Their
sister was Serah.
The
sons of Beriah:
Heber
and Malkiel.
18
These
were the children born to Jacob by Zilpah, whom Laban had given to
his daughter Leah--sixteen in all.
19
The
sons of Jacob's wife Rachel:
Joseph
and Benjamin. 20
In
Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter
of Potiphera, priest of On. E
21
The
sons of Benjamin:
Bela,
Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard.
22
These
were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob--fourteen in all.
23
The
son of Dan:
Hushim.
24
The
sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel,
Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
25
These
were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his
daughter Rachel--seven in all.
26
All
those who went to Egypt with Jacob--those who were his direct
descendants, not counting his sons' wives--numbered sixty-six
persons. 27
With
the two sons F
who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob's family,
which went to Egypt, were seventy G
in all.
28
Now
Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen.
When they arrived in the region of Goshen, 29
Joseph
had his 11chariot
made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as
Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father H
and wept for a long time.
30
Israel
said to Joseph, "Now I am ready to die, since I have seen for
myself that you are still alive."
31
Then
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I
will go up and speak to Pharaoh and will say to him, `My brothers and
my father's household, who were living in the land of Canaan, have
come to me. 32
The
men are shepherds; they tend livestock, and they have brought along
their flocks and herds and everything they own.' 33
When
Pharaoh calls you in and asks, `What is your occupation?' 34
you
should answer, `Your servants have tended livestock from our boyhood
on, just as our fathers did.' Then you will be allowed to settle in
the region of Goshen, for all shepherds are detestable to the
Egyptians."
47
1
Joseph
went and told Pharaoh, "My father and brothers, with their
flocks and herds and everything they own, have come from the land of
Canaan and are now in Goshen."
2
He
chose five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.
3
Pharaoh
asked the brothers, "What is your occupation?"
"Your
servants are shepherds," they replied to Pharaoh, "just as
our fathers were."
4
They
also said to him, "We have come to live here awhile, because the
famine is severe in Canaan and your servants' flocks have no pasture.
So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen."
5
Pharaoh
said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you,
6
and
the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers
in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you
know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my
own livestock."
7
Then
Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh.
After Jacob blessed A
Pharaoh, 8
Pharaoh
asked him, "How old are you?"
9
And
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred
and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not
equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers." 10
Then
Jacob blessed B
Pharaoh and went out from his presence.
11
So
Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them
property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as
Pharaoh directed. 12
Joseph
also provided his father and his brothers and all his father's
household with food, according to the number of their children.
13
There
was no food, however, in the whole region because the famine was
severe; both Egypt and Canaan wasted away because of the 12
famine. 14
Joseph
collected all the money that was to be found in Egypt and Canaan in
payment for the grain they were buying, and he brought it to
Pharaoh's palace. 15
When
the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came
to Joseph and said, "Give us food. Why should we die before your
eyes? Our money is used up."
16
"Then
bring your livestock," said Joseph. "I will sell you food
in exchange for your livestock, since your money is gone." 17
So
they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in
exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle and
donkeys. And he brought them through that year with food in exchange
for all their livestock.
18
When
that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, "We
cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and
our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord
except our bodies and our land. 19
Why
should we perish before your eyes--we and our land as well? Buy us
and our land in exchange for food, and we with our land will be in
bondage to Pharaoh. Give us seed so that we may live and not die, and
that the land may not become desolate."
20
So
Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one
and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for
them. The land became Pharaoh's,
21
and
Joseph reduced the people to servitude, C
from one end of Egypt to the other.
22
However,
he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a
regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment
Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land.
23
Joseph
said to the people, "Now that I have bought you and your land
today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground.
24
But
when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other
four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for
yourselves and your households and your children."
25
"You
have saved our lives," they said. "May we find favor in the
eyes of our lord; we will be in bondage to Pharaoh."
26
So
Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt--still in
force today--that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was
only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh's.
27
Now
the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They
acquired property there and were fruitful and increased greatly in
number.
28
Jacob
lived in Egypt seventeen years, and the years of his life were a
hundred and forty-seven. 29
When
the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph
and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your
hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and
faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
"I
will do as you say," he said.
31
"Swear
to me," he said. Then Joseph swore to him, and Israel worshiped
as he leaned on the top of his staff. D
14
NEW
TESTAMENT:
MATTHEW 15:1 - 28
15
1
Then
some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem
and asked, 2
"Why
do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash
their hands before they eat!"
3
Jesus
replied, "And
why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4
For God said,
`Honor
your father and mother 'A
and `Anyone
who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
B
5
But
you say that if a man says to his father or mother,
`Whatever
help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to
God,'
6
he is not to `honor
his father C
'with
it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7
You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8
"`
These people honor me with their lips,
but
their hearts are far from me.
9
They
worship me in vain;
their
teachings are but rules taught by men.'
D"
10
Jesus
called the crowd to him and said, "Listen
and understand. 11
What goes into a man's mouth does not make him `unclean,'
but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him `unclean.'
"
12
Then
the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the
Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
13
He
replied, "Every
plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by
the roots.
14
Leave them; they are blind guides.
E
If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
15
Peter
said, "Explain the parable to us."
16
"Are
you still so dull?"
Jesus asked them. 17
"Don't
you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then
out of the body?
18
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and
these make a man `unclean.'
19
For
out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual
immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20
These are what make a man `unclean';
but eating with unwashed hands does not make him `unclean.'
"
21
Leaving
that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22
A
Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord,
Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly
from demon-possession."
23
Jesus
did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him,
"Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."
24
He
answered, "I
was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."
26
He
replied, "It
is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."
27
"Yes,
Lord," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that
fall from their masters' table."
28
Then
Jesus answered, "Woman,
you have great faith! Your request is granted."
And her daughter was healed from that very hour. 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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