Jan.
23
Genesis
23
Gen
23:1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length
of Sarah's life.
Gen
23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land
of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Gen
23:3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children
of Heth, saying,
Gen
23:4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me
a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out
of my sight."
Gen
23:5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:6 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury
your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you
his tomb. Bury your dead."
Gen
23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
Gen
23:8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to
Ephron the son of Zohar,
Gen
23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which
is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me
among you for a possession of a burying-place."
Gen
23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of
Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen
23:11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give
you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my
people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
Gen
23:12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Gen
23:13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price
of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
Gen
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:15 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth
four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury
your dead."
Gen
23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants'
standard.
Gen
23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
Gen
23:18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Gen
23:19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of
Canaan.
Gen
23:20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham
for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
Jan. 23, 24
Matthew 12
Mat 12:1 At that time,
Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples
were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
Mat 12:2 But the
Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your
disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
Mat 12:3 But he said to
them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and
those who were with him;
Mat 12:4 how he entered
into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful
for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the
priests?
Mat 12:5 Or have you
not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the
temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
Mat 12:6 But I tell you
that one greater than the temple is here.
Mat 12:7 But if you had
known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would
not have condemned the guiltless.
Mat 12:8 For the Son of
Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Mat 12:9 He departed
there, and went into their synagogue.
Mat 12:10 And behold
there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it
lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
Mat 12:11 He said to
them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if
this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it,
and lift it out?
Mat 12:12 Of how much
more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do
good on the Sabbath day."
Mat 12:13 Then he told
the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and
it was restored whole, just like the other.
Mat 12:14 But the
Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy
him.
Mat 12:15 Jesus,
perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him;
and he healed them all,
Mat 12:16 and commanded
them that they should not make him known:
Mat 12:17 that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Mat 12:18 "Behold,
my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well
pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the
nations.
Mat 12:19 He will not
strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
Mat 12:20 He won't
break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads
justice to victory.
Mat 12:21 In his name,
the nations will hope."
Mat 12:22 Then one
possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he
healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
Mat 12:23 All the
multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of
David?"
Mat 12:24 But when the
Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out
demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
Mat 12:25 Knowing their
thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided
against itself will not stand.
Mat 12:26 If Satan
casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his
kingdom stand?
Mat 12:27 If I by
Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out?
Therefore they will be your judges.
Mat 12:28 But if I by
the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come
upon you.
Mat 12:29 Or how can
one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods,
unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.
Mat 12:30 "He who
is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me,
scatters.
Mat 12:31 Therefore I
tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the
blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Mat 12:32 Whoever
speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but
whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him,
neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
Mat 12:33 "Either
make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and
its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Mat 12:34 You offspring
of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the
abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Mat 12:35 The good man
out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out
of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Mat 12:36 I tell you
that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in
the day of judgment.
Mat 12:37 For by your
words you will be justified, and by your words you will be
condemned."
Mat 12:38 Then certain
of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see
a sign from you."
Mat 12:39 But he
answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a
sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Mat 12:40 For as Jonah
was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will
the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth.
Mat 12:41 The men of
Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will
condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold,
someone greater than Jonah is here.
Mat 12:42 The queen of
the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will
condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the
wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
Mat 12:43 But the
unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through
waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
Mat 12:44 Then he says,
'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has
come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
Mat 12:45 Then he goes,
and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and
they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes
worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil
generation."
Mat 12:46 While he was
yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers
stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
Mat 12:47 One said to
him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside,
seeking to speak to you."
Mat 12:48 But he
answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my
brothers?"
Mat 12:49 He stretched
out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother
and my brothers!
Mat 12:50 For whoever
does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and
sister, and mother."