Mar.
3
Exodus
13
Exo
13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo
13:2 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the
womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is
mine."
Exo
13:3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you
came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of
hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall
be eaten.
Exo
13:4 This day you go forth in the month Abib.
Exo
13:5 It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the
Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
Exo
13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
Exo
13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and
no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be
yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
Exo
13:8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of
that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
Exo
13:9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial
between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for
with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
Exo
13:10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from
year to year.
Exo
13:11 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land
of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall
give it you,
Exo
13:12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The
males shall be Yahweh's.
Exo
13:13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and
if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you
shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
Exo
13:14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying,
'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Exo
13:15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that
Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the
firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice
to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn
of my sons I redeem.'
Exo
13:16 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between
your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of
Egypt."
Exo
13:17 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change
their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
Exo
13:18 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by
the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land
of Egypt.
Exo
13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the
children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
Exo
13:20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
in the edge of the wilderness.
Exo
13:21 Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead
them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light, that they might go by day and by night:
Exo
13:22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
didn't depart from before the people.
Mar. 3, 4
Mark 4
Mar 4:1 Again he began
to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so
that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the
multitude were on the land by the sea.
Mar 4:2 He taught them
many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Mar 4:3 "Listen!
Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
Mar 4:4 and it
happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came
and devoured it.
Mar 4:5 Others fell on
the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang
up, because it had no depth of soil.
Mar 4:6 When the sun
had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered
away.
Mar 4:7 Others fell
among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it
yielded no fruit.
Mar 4:8 Others fell
into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing.
Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one
hundred times as much."
Mar 4:9 He said,
"Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mar 4:10 When he was
alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the
parables.
Mar 4:11 He said to
them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to
those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Mar 4:12 that 'seeing
they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not
understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins
should be forgiven them.' "
Mar 4:13 He said to
them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you
understand all of the parables?
Mar 4:14 The farmer
sows the word.
Mar 4:15 The ones by
the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have
heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has
been sown in them.
Mar 4:16 These in like
manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they
have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Mar 4:17 They have no
root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or
persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
Mar 4:18 Others are
those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard
the word,
Mar 4:19 and the cares
of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other
things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Mar 4:20 Those which
were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept
it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one
hundred times."
Mar 4:21 He said to
them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a
bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
Mar 4:22 For there is
nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was
anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
Mar 4:23 If any man has
ears to hear, let him hear."
Mar 4:24 He said to
them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you
measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you
who hear.
Mar 4:25 For whoever
has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that
which he has will be taken away from him."
Mar 4:26 He said, "The
Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
Mar 4:27 and should
sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow,
he doesn't know how.
Mar 4:28 For the earth
bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in
the ear.
Mar 4:29 But when the
fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the
harvest has come."
Mar 4:30 He said, "How
will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we
illustrate it?
Mar 4:31 It's like a
grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it
is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
Mar 4:32 yet when it is
sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out
great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its
shadow."
Mar 4:33 With many such
parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Mar 4:34 Without a
parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples
he explained everything.
Mar 4:35 On that day,
when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go over to the
other side."
Mar 4:36 Leaving the
multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat.
Other small boats were also with him.
Mar 4:37 A big wind
storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat
was already filled.
Mar 4:38 He himself was
in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told
him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"
Mar 4:39 He awoke, and
rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!"
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mar 4:40 He said to
them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"
Mar 4:41 They were
greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?"