Thursday, October 8, 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."
2 Corinthians 1
2 Corinthians 1 (New International Version, ©2010)
2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Paul's Change of Plans
12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[b] and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God's grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both "Yes, yes" and "No, no"?
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No." 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[c] and Timothy—was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes." 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23 I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.
8 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Paul's Change of Plans
12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[b] and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God's grace. 13 For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, 14 as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15 Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. 16 I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. 17 Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both "Yes, yes" and "No, no"?
18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No." 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[c] and Timothy—was not "Yes" and "No," but in him it has always been "Yes." 20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
23 I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.
Revelation 9
Revelation 9 (New International Version, ©2010)
Revelation 9
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 9
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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