Bible Reading January 20 (World English Bible)
Jan.
20
Genesis
20
Gen
20:1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and
lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
Gen
20:2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister."
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Gen
20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to
him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you
have taken. For she is a man's wife."
Gen
20:4 Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will
you kill even a righteous nation?
Gen
20:5 Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself,
said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the
innocence of my hands have I done this."
Gen
20:6 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the
integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you
from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
Gen
20:7 Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and
he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her,
know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
Gen
20:8 Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very
scared.
Gen
20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have
you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought
on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that
ought not to be done!"
Gen
20:10 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you
have done this thing?"
Gen
20:11 Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God
is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
Gen
20:12 Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Gen
20:13 It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall
show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my
brother." ' "
Gen
20:14 Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female
servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to
him.
Gen
20:15 Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell
where it pleases you."
Gen
20:16 To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a
thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the
eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."
Gen
20:17 Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and
his female servants, and they bore children.
Gen
20:18 For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Matthew 10
Mat 10:1
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority
over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and
every sickness.
Mat 10:2
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who
is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John,
his brother;
Mat 10:3
Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son
of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Mat 10:4
Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Mat 10:5
Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't
go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the
Samaritans.
Mat 10:6
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Mat 10:7
As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'
Mat 10:8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you
received, so freely give.
Mat 10:9
Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.
Mat 10:10
Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor
staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Mat 10:11
Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is
worthy; and stay there until you go on.
Mat 10:12
As you enter into the household, greet it.
Mat 10:13
If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it
isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
Mat 10:14
Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of
that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
Mat 10:15
Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Mat 10:16
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Mat 10:17
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in
their synagogues they will scourge you.
Mat 10:18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake,
for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Mat 10:19
But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will
say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
Mat 10:20
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks
in you.
Mat 10:21
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his
child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be
put to death.
Mat 10:22
You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures
to the end will be saved.
Mat 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for
most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities
of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
Mat 10:24
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his
lord.
Mat 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the
servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house
Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Mat 10:26
Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that
will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.
Mat 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you
hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Mat 10:28
Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill
the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body
in Gehenna.
Mat 10:29
"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them
falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
Mat 10:30
but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Mat 10:31
Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Mat 10:32
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also
confess before my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 10:33
But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my
Father who is in heaven.
Mat 10:34
"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't
come to send peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35
For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter
against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Mat 10:36
A man's foes will be those of his own household.
Mat 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and
he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
Mat 10:38
He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of
me.
Mat 10:39
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my
sake will find it.
Mat 10:40
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him
who sent me.
Mat 10:41
He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a
prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
Mat 10:42
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to
drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in
no way lose his reward."
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