Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 19
Matthew 15:1-39; Mark 7:1-36 (New
International Version)
1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law
came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 "Why do your
disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before
they eat!" 3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the
command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said,
'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must
be put to death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his
father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a
gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his father ' with
it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 You
hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: 8 "
'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 9They
worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'" 10 Jesus
called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. 11 What
goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his
mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' " 12 Then the
disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were
offended when they heard this?" 13He replied, "Every
plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the
roots. 14Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a
blind man, both will fall into a pit." 15 Peter said,
"Explain the parable to us." 16 "Are you still
so dull?" Jesus asked them. 17 "Don't you see
that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the
body? 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from
the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19 For out of the
heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false
testimony, slander. 20 These are what make a man 'unclean';
but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the
region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that
vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!
My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession." 23 Jesus
did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send
her away, for she keeps crying out after us." 24 He
answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." 25 The
woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. 26He
replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to
their dogs." 27 "Yes, Lord," she said,
"but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters'
table." 28 Then Jesus answered,"Woman, you have
great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed
from that very hour.
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of
Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down. 30 Great
crowds came to him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and
many others, and laid them at his feet; and he healed them. 31 The
people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the
lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel. 32 Jesus
called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for these
people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do
not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way." 33 His
disciples answered, "Where could we get enough bread in this remote place
to feed such a crowd?" 34 "How many loaves do you
have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied, "and a few
small fish." 35 He told the crowd to sit down on the
ground. 36Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he
had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in
turn to the people. 37 They all ate and were satisfied.
Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were
left over. 38 The number of those who ate was four thousand, besides
women and children. 39 After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he
got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.
1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the
law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2 saw
some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean,"
that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not
eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition
of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do
not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the
washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. ) 5 So the Pharisees
and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live
according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with
'unclean' hands?" 6 He replied, "Isaiah was
right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " 'These
people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7 They
worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' 8 You
have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of
men." 9 And he said to them: "You have a fine
way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10 For
Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his
father or mother must be put to death.' 11 But you say that if
a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have
received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then
you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13Thus
you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And
you do many things like that." 14 Again Jesus called the
crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand
this. 15 Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going
into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.'
" 17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house,
his disciples asked him about this parable. 18 "Are you
so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters
a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19 For it
doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his
body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods
"clean.") 20 He went on: "What comes out
of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' 21 For from within, out
of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance
and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man
'unclean.' "
24 Jesus left that place and went to the
vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he
could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she
heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit
came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in
Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.27 "First
let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it
is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their
dogs." 28 "Yes, Lord," she replied, "but
even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." 29 Then
he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your
daughter." 30 She went home and found her child lying on
the bed, and the demon gone.
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went
through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the
Decapolis. 32 There some people brought to him a man who was
deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the
man. 33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus
put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's
tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to
him, ""Ephphatha!"" (which means,"Be
opened!"). 35 At this, the man's ears were opened, his
tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. 36 Jesus
commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept
talking about it. 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement.
"He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the
deaf hear and the mute speak."
Acts 8
Acts 8 (New International Version)
Acts 8
1 And Saul approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, "This man is rightly called the Great Power of God." 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money 19 and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
20 Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."
24 Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means "queen of the Ethiopians"). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.
31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth."[b]
34 The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?" [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
Acts 8
1 And Saul approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, "This man is rightly called the Great Power of God." 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money 19 and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
20 Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."
24 Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means "queen of the Ethiopians"). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.
31 "How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth."[b]
34 The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?" [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
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