Jan.
29
Genesis
29
Gen
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the
children of the east.
Gen
29:2 He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three
flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered
the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was large.
Gen
29:3 There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from
the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on
the well's mouth in its place.
Gen
29:4 Jacob said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?"
They said, "We are from Haran."
Gen
29:5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?"
They said, "We know him."
Gen
29:6 He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said,
"It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the
sheep."
Gen
29:7 He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not
time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and
feed them."
Gen
29:8 They said, "We can't, until all the flocks are gathered
together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we
water the sheep."
Gen
29:9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her
father's sheep, for she kept them.
Gen
29:10 It happened, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Gen
29:11 Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen
29:12 Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that
he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
Gen
29:13 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's
son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
Gen
29:14 Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He
lived with him for a month.
Gen
29:15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should
you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages
be?"
Gen
29:16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the younger was Rachel.
Gen
29:17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and
attractive.
Gen
29:18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, "I will serve you seven
years for Rachel, your younger daughter."
Gen
29:19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you, than
that I should give her to another man. Stay with me."
Gen
29:20 Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a
few days, for the love he had for her.
Gen
29:21 Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
Gen
29:22 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
Gen
29:23 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him. He went in to her.
Gen
29:24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a
handmaid.
Gen
29:25 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said
to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with
you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
Gen
29:26 Laban said, "It is not done so in our place, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
Gen
29:27 Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other
also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other
years."
Gen
29:28 Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his
daughter as wife.
Gen
29:29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be
her handmaid.
Gen
29:30 He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than
Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Gen
29:31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but
Rachel was barren.
Gen
29:32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For
she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now
my husband will love me."
Gen
29:33 She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, "Because
Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son
also." She named him Simeon.
Gen
29:34 She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, "Now this time
will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three
sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.
Gen
29:35 She conceived again, and bore a son. She said, "This time
will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she
stopped bearing.
Jan. 29, 30
Matthew 15
Mat 15:1 Then Pharisees
and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
Mat 15:2 "Why do
your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't
wash their hands when they eat bread."
Mat 15:3 He answered
them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of
your tradition?
Mat 15:4 For God
commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks
evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
Mat 15:5 But you say,
'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you
might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
Mat 15:6 he shall not
honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God
void because of your tradition.
Mat 15:7 You
hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8 'These people
draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but
their heart is far from me.
Mat 15:9 And in vain do
they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.' "
Mat 15:10 He summoned
the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
Mat 15:11 That which
enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds
out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
Mat 15:12 Then the
disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees
were offended, when they heard this saying?"
Mat 15:13 But he
answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant
will be uprooted.
Mat 15:14 Leave them
alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the
blind, both will fall into a pit."
Mat 15:15 Peter
answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
Mat 15:16 So Jesus
said, "Do you also still not understand?
Mat 15:17 Don't you
understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly,
and then out of the body?
Mat 15:18 But the
things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they
defile the man.
Mat 15:19 For out of
the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins,
thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Mat 15:20 These are the
things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't
defile the man."
Mat 15:21 Jesus went
out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Mat 15:22 Behold, a
Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have
mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely
demonized!"
Mat 15:23 But he
answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying,
"Send her away; for she cries after us."
Mat 15:24 But he
answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the
house of Israel."
Mat 15:25 But she came
and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
Mat 15:26 But he
answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread
and throw it to the dogs."
Mat 15:27 But she said,
"Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from
their masters' table."
Mat 15:28 Then Jesus
answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you
even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Mat 15:29 Jesus
departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up
into the mountain, and sat there.
Mat 15:30 Great
multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute,
maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He
healed them,
Mat 15:31 so that the
multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole,
lame walking, and blind seeing-and they glorified the God of Israel.
Mat 15:32 Jesus
summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have
nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might
faint on the way."
Mat 15:33 The disciples
said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted
place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
Mat 15:34 Jesus said to
them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven,
and a few small fish."
Mat 15:35 He commanded
the multitude to sit down on the ground;
Mat 15:36 and he took
the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and
gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Mat 15:37 They all ate,
and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces
that were left over.
Mat 15:38 Those who ate
were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Mat 15:39 Then he sent
away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of
Magdala.