Thursday, February 19, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 33
Luke 18:15-43; Luke 19
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him
touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But
Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come
to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 I
tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a
little child will never enter it." 18 A certain ruler
asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 19 "Why
do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God
alone. 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery,
do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and
mother.' " 21"All these I have kept since I was a
boy," he said. 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,
"You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 23 When
he heard this, he became very sad, because he was a man of great wealth.24 Jesus
looked at him and said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom
of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."26 Those
who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" 27 Jesus
replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." 28 Peter
said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!" 29 "I
tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or
wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will
fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal
life." 31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them,
"We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the
prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be
handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog
him and kill him. 33 On the third day he will rise
again." 34 The disciples did not understand any of this.
Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking
about. 35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting
by the roadside begging. 36 When he heard the crowd going by,
he asked what was happening. 37 They told him, "Jesus of
Nazareth is passing by." 38 He called out, "Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39 Those who led the way
rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!" 40 Jesus stopped and ordered
the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 "What
do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he
replied. 42 Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your
faith has healed you." 43Immediately he received his sight and
followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised
God.
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A
man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was
wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short
man he could not, because of the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When
Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come
down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6 So
he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people
saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.'
" 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,
"Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and
if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the
amount." 9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has
come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For
the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." 11 While
they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was
near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to
appear at once. 12 He said: "A man of noble birth went to
a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So
he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to
work,' he said, 'until I come back.' 14 "But his subjects
hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be
our king.' 15"He was made king, however, and returned home.
Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find
out what they had gained with it. 16 "The first one came
and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 17 "
'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been
trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' 18 "The
second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' 19 "His
master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' 20 "Then
another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid
away in a piece of cloth. 21 I was afraid of you, because you
are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not
sow.' 22 "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your
own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking
out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?23 Why
then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have
collected it with interest?' 24 "Then he said to those
standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten
minas.' 25 " 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!' 26 "He
replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for
the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. 27 But
those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here
and kill them in front of me.' " 28 After Jesus had said
this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.29 As he approached
Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of
his disciples, saying to them, 30 "Go to the village
ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no
one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone
asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.' " 32 Those
who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As
they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying
the colt?" 34 They replied, "The Lord needs
it." 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on
the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people
spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the
place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of
disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they
had seen: 38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name
of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" 39 Some
of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your
disciples!" 40 "I tell you," he replied,
"if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." 41 As
he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42and
said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you
peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will
come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and
encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash
you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave
one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to
you." 45 Then he entered the temple area and began
driving out those who were selling. 46 "It is
written," he said to them, " 'My house will be a house of prayer';
but you have made it 'a den of robbers.' " 47 Every day
he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law
and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet
they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
Psalm 95
Psalm 95 (New International Version)
Psalm 95
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, [a] as you did that day at Massah [b] in the desert,
9 where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways."
11 So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."
Psalm 95
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, [a] as you did that day at Massah [b] in the desert,
9 where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways."
11 So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."
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