Mar.
7
Exodus
17
Exo
17:1 All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from
the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to Yahweh's
commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the
people to drink.
Exo
17:2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give
us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel
with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
Exo
17:3 The people were thirsty for water there; and the people
murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up
out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with
thirst?"
Exo
17:4 Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these
people? They are almost ready to stone me."
Exo
17:5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take
the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with
which you struck the Nile, and go.
Exo
17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You
shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people
may drink." Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Exo
17:7 He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because
the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh,
saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
Exo
17:8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exo
17:9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out,
fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with
God's rod in my hand."
Exo
17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek;
and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Exo
17:11 It happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
Exo
17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it
under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were
steady until sunset.
Exo
17:13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
Exo
17:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a
book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot
out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
Exo
17:15 Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner.
Exo
17:16 He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with
Amalek from generation to generation.' "
Mar. 7, 8
Mark 6
Mar 6:1 He went out
from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed
him.
Mar 6:2 When the
Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many
hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get
these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to
this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
Mar 6:3 Isn't this the
carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and
Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at
him.
Mar 6:4 Jesus said to
them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own
country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
Mar 6:5 He could do no
mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick
people, and healed them.
Mar 6:6 He marveled
because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
Mar 6:7 He called to
himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he
gave them authority over the unclean spirits.
Mar 6:8 He commanded
them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff
only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,
Mar 6:9 but to wear
sandals, and not put on two tunics.
Mar 6:10 He said to
them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you
depart from there.
Mar 6:11 Whoever will
not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the
dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly,
I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the
day of judgment than for that city!"
Mar 6:12 They went out
and preached that people should repent.
Mar 6:13 They cast out
many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed
them.
Mar 6:14 King Herod
heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John
the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are
at work in him."
Mar 6:15 But others
said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet,
or like one of the prophets."
Mar 6:16 But Herod,
when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has
risen from the dead."
Mar 6:17 For Herod
himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for
the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married
her.
Mar 6:18 For John said
to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's
wife."
Mar 6:19 Herodias set
herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,
Mar 6:20 for Herod
feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept
him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him
gladly.
Mar 6:21 Then a
convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his
nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
Mar 6:22 When the
daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod
and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask
me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
Mar 6:23 He swore to
her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half
of my kingdom."
Mar 6:24 She went out,
and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The
head of John the Baptizer."
Mar 6:25 She came in
immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to
give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
Mar 6:26 The king was
exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner
guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
Mar 6:27 Immediately
the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring
John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
Mar 6:28 and brought
his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young
lady gave it to her mother.
Mar 6:29 When his
disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it
in a tomb.
Mar 6:30 The apostles
gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things,
whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
Mar 6:31 He said to
them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile."
For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much
as to eat.
Mar 6:32 They went away
in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
Mar 6:33 They saw them
going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the
cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.
Mar 6:34 Jesus came
out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because
they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them
many things.
Mar 6:35 When it was
late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This
place is deserted, and it is late in the day.
Mar 6:36 Send them
away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and
buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."
Mar 6:37 But he
answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked
him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread,
and give them something to eat?"
Mar 6:38 He said to
them, "How many loaves do you have? Go see." When they
knew, they said, "Five, and two fish."
Mar 6:39 He commanded
them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.
Mar 6:40 They sat down
in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.
Mar 6:41 He took the
five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed
and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before
them, and he divided the two fish among them all.
Mar 6:42 They all ate,
and were filled.
Mar 6:43 They took up
twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
Mar 6:44 Those who ate
the loaves were five thousand men.
Mar 6:45 Immediately he
made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other
side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
Mar 6:46 After he had
taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
Mar 6:47 When evening
had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on
the land.
Mar 6:48 Seeing them
distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the
fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he
would have passed by them,
Mar 6:49 but they, when
they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and
cried out;
Mar 6:50 for they all
saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and
said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."
Mar 6:51 He got into
the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed
among themselves, and marveled;
Mar 6:52 for they
hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
Mar 6:53 When they had
crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the
shore.
Mar 6:54 When they had
come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
Mar 6:55 and ran around
that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their
mats, to where they heard he was.
Mar 6:56 Wherever he
entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they
laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might
touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were
made well.
