Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 32
Matthew 20; Matthew 21
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1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who
went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2 He
agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.3 "About
the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing
nothing. 4 He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard,
and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5 So they went. "He
went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. 6 About
the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked
them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?' 7 "
'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also
go and work in my vineyard.' 8 "When evening came, the
owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their
wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' 9 "The
workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a
denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they
expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When
they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 'These
men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made
them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the
day.' 13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not
being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take
your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave
you. 15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own
money? Or are you envious because I am generous?' 16 "So
the last will be first, and the first will be last." 17 Now
as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said
to them, 18 "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of
Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They
will condemn him to death 19 and will turn him over to the
Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be
raised to life!" 20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons
came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. 21 "What
is it you want?" he asked. She said, "Grant that one of these two
sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your
kingdom." 22 "You don't know what you are asking,"
Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?"
"We can," they answered. 23Jesus said to them, "You
will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to
grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my
Father." 24 When the ten heard about this, they were
indignant with the two brothers. 25 Jesus called them together
and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and
their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so
with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your
servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-- 28 just
as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life
as a ransom for many." 29 As Jesus and his disciples were
leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. 30 Two blind men
were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they
shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" 31 The
crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder,
"Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" 32 Jesus
stopped and called them. "What do you want me to do for you?" he
asked. 33 "Lord," they answered, "we want our
sight." 34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their
eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.
1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the
Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them,
"Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied
there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If
anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will
send them right away." 4 This took place to fulfill what
was spoken through the prophet: 5 "Say to the Daughter of
Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt,
the foal of a donkey.' " 6 The disciples went and did as
Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the
colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. 8 A
very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches
from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that
went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of
David!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Hosanna in the highest!" 10 When Jesus entered
Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"11 The
crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in
Galilee." 12 Jesus entered the temple area and drove out
all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money
changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 "It
is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of
prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.' " 14 The
blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But
when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he
did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of
David," they were indignant. 16 "Do you hear what
these children are saying?" they asked him. "Yes," replied
Jesus, "have you never read, " 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise' ?" 17And he left them and went out
of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night. 18 Early in
the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing
a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves.
Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the
tree withered. 20 When the disciples saw this, they were
amazed. "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?" they asked. 21 Jesus
replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not
only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this
mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. 22 If
you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." 23Jesus
entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and
the elders of the people came to him. "By what authority are you doing
these things?" they asked. "And who gave you this authority?" 24 Jesus
replied, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell
you by what authority I am doing these things. 25 John's
baptism--where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" They
discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will
ask, 'Then why didn't you believe him?' 26 But if we say,
'From men'--we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a
prophet." 27 So they answered Jesus, "We don't
know." Then he said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am
doing these things. 28 "What do you think? There was a
man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in
the vineyard.' 29 " 'I will not,' he answered, but later
he changed his mind and went. 30 "Then the father went to
the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did
not go. 31 "Which of the two did what his father
wanted?" "The first," they answered. Jesus said to them, "I
tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the
kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show
you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax
collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not
repent and believe him. 33 "Listen to another parable:
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a
winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some
farmers and went away on a journey. 34 When the harvest time
approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 "The
tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Then
he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants
treated them the same way. 37 Last of all, he sent his son to
them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. 38 "But when
the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come,
let's kill him and take his inheritance.' 39 So they took him
and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40 "Therefore,
when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" 41 "He
will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he
will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the
crop at harvest time."42 Jesus said to them, "Have you
never read in the Scriptures: " 'The stone the builders rejected has
become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ? 43 "Therefore
I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a
people who will produce its fruit.44 He who falls on this stone
will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." 45When
the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was
talking about them.46 They looked for a way to arrest him, but they
were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
Psalm 94
Psalm 94 (New International Version)
Psalm 94
1 O LORD, the God who avenges, O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, O LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the alien; they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed."
8 Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does he who implanted the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;
13 you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— one that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
Psalm 94
1 O LORD, the God who avenges, O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, O LORD; they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the alien; they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed."
8 Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
9 Does he who implanted the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?
10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?
11 The LORD knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile.
12 Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law;
13 you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.
15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?
17 Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— one that brings on misery by its decrees?
21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.
23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
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Chronological New Testament Study Day 31
Matthew 19; Mark 10
1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left
Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large
crowds followed him, and he healed them there. 3 Some
Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to
divorce his wife for any and every reason?" 4 "Haven't
you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them
male and female,' 5 and said, 'For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become
one flesh' ? 6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore
what God has joined together, let man not separate." 7 "Why
then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a
certificate of divorce and send her away?" 8 Jesus
replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts
were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I
tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness,
and marries another woman commits adultery." 10 The
disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and
wife, it is better not to marry." 11 Jesus replied, "Not
everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For
some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by
men; and others have renounced marriage because of the kingdom of heaven. The
one who can accept this should accept it." 13 Then little
children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for
them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 Jesus
said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." 15When he had
placed his hands on them, he went on from there. 16 Now a man
came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get
eternal life?" 17 "Why do you ask me about what is
good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to
enter life, obey the commandments." 18 "Which
ones?" the man inquired. Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not
commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19 honor
your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.' " 20 "All
these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?" 21 Jesus
answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give
to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." 22 When
the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. 23 Then
Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich
man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, 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." 25 When the disciples heard
this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be
saved?" 26 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man
this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 27 Peter
answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there
be for us?" 28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the
truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne,
you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or
brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will
receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. 30 But
many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
1 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of
Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his
custom, he taught them. 2 Some Pharisees came and tested him
by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 "What
did Moses command you?" he replied. 4They said, "Moses
permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away." 5 "It
was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus
replied. 6 "But at the beginning of creation God 'made
them male and female.' 7 'For this reason a man will leave his
father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two
will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. 9 Therefore
what God has joined together, let man not separate." 10 When
they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11 He
answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits
adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and
marries another man, she commits adultery." 13 People
were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the
disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was
indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do
not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 I
tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a
little child will never enter it." 16 And he took the
children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.17 As
Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him.
"Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal
life?" 18 "Why do you call me good?" Jesus
answered. "No one is good--except God alone. 19 You know
the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not
give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.' " 20"Teacher,"
he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy." 21 Jesus
looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go,
sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven. Then come, follow me." 22 At this the man's face
fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. 23 Jesus
looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to
enter the kingdom of God!" 24 The disciples were amazed
at his words. But Jesus said again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the
kingdom of God! 25 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 The
disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be
saved?" 27 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man
this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." 28 Peter
said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!" 29 "I
tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or
brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the
gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this
present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--and with
them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 But
many who are first will be last, and the last first." 32 They
were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the
disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took
the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33 "We
are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be
betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to
death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock
him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will
rise." 35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came
to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever
we ask." 36 "What do you want me to do for
you?" he asked. 37 They replied, "Let one of us sit
at your right and the other at your left in your glory." 38 "You
don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I
drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?" 39 "We
can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I
drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, 40 but
to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those
for whom they have been prepared." 41 When the ten heard
about this, they became indignant with James and John. 42 Jesus
called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as
rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise
authority over them. 43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever
wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and
whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even
the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as
a ransom for many." 46 Then they came to Jericho. As
Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a
blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the
roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48 Many
rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!"49 Jesus stopped and said, "Call
him." So they called to the blind man, "Cheer up! On your feet! He's
calling you." 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to
his feet and came to Jesus. 51 "What do you want me to do
for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to
see." 52 "Go," said Jesus, "your faith has
healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along
the road.
Psalm 93
Psalm 93 (New International Version)
Psalm 93
1 The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
2 Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.
3 The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4 Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.
5 Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.
Psalm 93
1 The LORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
2 Your throne was established long ago; you are from all eternity.
3 The seas have lifted up, O LORD, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
4 Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.
5 Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days, O LORD.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 30
Luke 17:11-36; Luke
18:1-14
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the
border between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he was going into a
village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and
called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" 14 When
he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as
they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he
was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He
threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him--and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus
asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was
no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19 Then
he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well." 20 Once,
having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus
replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor
will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is
within you." 22 Then he said to his disciples, "The
time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but
you will not see it. 23 Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or
'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. 24 For the Son
of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the
sky from one end to the other. 25 But first he must suffer
many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 "Just
as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of
Man.27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in
marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed
them all. 28 "It was the same in the days of Lot. People
were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But
the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed
them all. 30 "It will be just like this on the day the
Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the
roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise,
no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 Remember
Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on
that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two
women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.
" 37 "Where, LORD?" they asked. He replied,
"Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that
they should always pray and not give up.2 He said: "In a
certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3 And
there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me
justice against my adversary.' 4 "For some time he
refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care
about men, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will
see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her
coming!' " 6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the
unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for
his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them
off ? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and
quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the
earth?" 9 To some who were confident of their own
righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 "Two
men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The
Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not
like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax
collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I
get.' 13 "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He
would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have
mercy on me, a sinner.' 14 "I tell you that this man,
rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Psalm 92
Psalm 92 (New International Version)
Psalm 92
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts!
6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
8 But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9 For surely your enemies, O LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn [a] like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
Psalm 92
A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.
1 It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High,
2 to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night,
3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
4 For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
5 How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts!
6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,
7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
8 But you, O LORD, are exalted forever.
9 For surely your enemies, O LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn [a] like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured upon me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 29
John 11 NIV
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1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from
Bethany,1 the village of Mary
and her sister Martha.2
2 This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick,
was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her
hair.3
3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord,
the one you love4 is
sick."
4 When he heard this, Jesus said, "This
sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory5 so that God's Son may be
glorified through it."
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he
stayed where he was two more days.
7 Then he said to his disciples, "Let
us go back to Judea."6
8 "But Rabbi,"7 they said, "a short while ago
the Jews tried to stone you,8and
yet you are going back there?"
9 Jesus answered, "Are there not
twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees
by this world's light.9
10 It is when he walks by night that he
stumbles, for he has no light."
11 After he had said this, he went on to tell
them, "Our friend10 Lazarus
has fallen asleep;11 but
I am going there to wake him up."
12 His disciples replied, "Lord, if he
sleeps, he will get better."
13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his
disciples thought he meant natural sleep.12
14 So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus
is dead,
15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there,
so that you may believe. But let us go to him."
16 Then Thomas13 (called
Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may
die with him."
17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had
already been in the tomb for four days.14
19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to
comfort them in the loss of their brother.16
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she
went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.17
21 "Lord," Martha said to Jesus,
"if you had been here, my brother would not have died.18
22 But I know that even now God will give you
whatever you ask."19
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother
will rise again."
25 Jesus said to her, "I am22 the resurrection and the
life.23 He who
believes24 in me will
live, even though he dies;
27 "Yes, Lord," she told him, "I
believe that you are the Christ,b27 the Son of God,28 who was to come into the
world."29
28 And after she had said this, she went back
and called her sister Mary aside. "The Teacher30 is here," she said, "and
is asking for you."
29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and
went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village,
but was still at the place where Martha had met him.31
31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the
house, comforting her,32noticed
how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going
to the tomb to mourn there.
32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was
and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died."33
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who
had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved34 in spirit and troubled.35
34 "Where have you laid him?" he
asked. "Come and see, Lord," they replied.
35 Jesus wept.36
36 Then the Jews said, "See how he loved
him!"37
37 But some of them said, "Could not he who
opened the eyes of the blind man38 have
kept this man from dying?"39
38 Jesus, once more deeply moved,40 came to the tomb. It was a cave
with a stone laid across the entrance.41
39 "Take away the stone," he
said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by
this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."42
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus
looked up45 and said, "Father,46I thank you that you have heard
me.
42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said
this for the benefit of the people standing here,47 that they may believe that
you sent me."48
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud
voice, "Lazarus, come out!"49
44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet
wrapped with strips of linen,50 and
a cloth around his face.51 Jesus
said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go."
45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to
visit Mary,52 and had seen
what Jesus did,53 put their
faith in him.54
46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and
told them what Jesus had done.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees55 called a meeting56 of the Sanhedrin.57 "What are we
accomplishing?" they asked. "Here is this man performing many
miraculous signs.58
48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will
believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our placec and our nation."
49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas,59 who was high priest that year,60spoke up, "You know nothing at all!
50 You do not realize that it is better for you
that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish."61
51 He did not say this on his own, but as high
priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation,
52 and not only for that nation but also for the
scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.62
53 So from that day on they plotted to take his
life.63
54 Therefore Jesus no longer moved about
publicly among the Jews.64Instead
he withdrew to a region near the desert, to a village called Ephraim, where he
stayed with his disciples.
55 When it was almost time for the Jewish
Passover,65 many went up from
the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing66 before the Passover.
56 They kept looking for Jesus,67 and as they stood in the temple
area they asked one another, "What do you think? Isn't he coming to the
Feast at all?"
57 But the chief priests and Pharisees had given
orders that if anyone found out where Jesus was, he should report it so that
they might arrest him.
Psalm 91
Psalm 91 (New International Version)
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]
2 I will say [b] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Psalm 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]
2 I will say [b] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
9 If you make the Most High your dwelling— even the LORD, who is my refuge-
10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.
11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
14 "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
15 He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 28
Luke 16; Luke
17:1-10
1 Jesus told his disciples: "There was a
rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So
he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account
of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.' 3 "The
manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job.
I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg-- 4 I
know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into
their houses.' 5"So he called in each one of his master's
debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 6 "
'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him,
'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.' 7 "Then
he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' " 'A thousand bushels of
wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight
hundred.' 8"The master commended the dishonest manager because
he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing
with their own kind than are the people of the light. 9 I tell
you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is
gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 "Whoever
can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is
dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So
if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you
with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with
someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? 13 "No
servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other,
or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both
God and Money." 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard
all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them,
"You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows
your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.16 "The
Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news
of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into
it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for
the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 18 "Anyone
who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man
who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 19 "There
was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury
every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus,
covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the
rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 "The
time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side.
The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he
was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his
side. 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me
and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
because I am in agony in this fire.' 25 "But Abraham
replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things,
while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in
agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great
chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor
can anyone cross over from there to us.' 27 "He answered,
'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28 for
I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to
this place of torment.' 29 "Abraham replied, 'They have
Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.'30 " 'No,
father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will
repent.' 31"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses
and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the
dead.' "
1 Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that
cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they
come. 2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea
with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little
ones to sin. 3 So watch yourselves. "If your brother
sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins
against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says,
'I repent,' forgive him." 5 The apostles said to the
LORD, "Increase our faith!" 6 He replied, "If
you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. 7"Suppose
one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to
the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to
eat'? 8 Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get
yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and
drink'? 9 Would he thank the servant because he did what he
was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything
you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done
our duty.' "
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