Bible Reading for January 15 - 17
World English Bible
Jan.
15
Genesis
15
Gen
15:1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a
vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your
exceedingly great reward."
Gen
15:2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I
go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of
Damascus?"
Gen
15:3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and,
behold, one born in my house is my heir."
Gen
15:4 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man
will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own
body will be your heir."
Gen
15:5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the
sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He
said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
Gen
15:6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for
righteousness.
Gen
15:7 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of
the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."
Gen
15:8 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit
it?"
Gen
15:9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a
female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and
a young pigeon."
Gen
15:10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle,
and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the
birds.
Gen
15:11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove
them away.
Gen
15:12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now
terror and great darkness fell on him.
Gen
15:13 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live
as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They
will afflict them four hundred years.
Gen
15:14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward
they will come out with great wealth,
Gen
15:15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried
in a good old age.
Gen
15:16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the
iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
Gen
15:17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these
pieces.
Gen
15:18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To
your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the
great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen
15:19 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Gen
15:20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Gen
15:21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites."
Jan.
16
Genesis
16
Gen
16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Gen
16:2 Sarai said to Abram, "See now, Yahweh has restrained me
from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will
obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen
16:3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid,
after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her
to Abram her husband to be his wife.
Gen
16:4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she
had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen
16:5 Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my
handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I
was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
Gen
16:6 But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your
hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes." Sarai dealt
harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
Gen
16:7 The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Gen
16:8 He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come
from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from
the face of my mistress Sarai."
Gen
16:9 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress,
and submit yourself under her hands."
Gen
16:10 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply
your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
Gen
16:11 The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with
child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because
Yahweh has heard your affliction.
Gen
16:12 He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be
against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live
opposite all of his brothers."
Gen
16:13 She called the name of Yahweh who spoke to her, "You are
a God who sees," for she said, "Have I even stayed alive
after seeing him?"
Gen
16:14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is
between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen
16:15 Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son,
whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
Gen
16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to
Abram.
Jan.
17
Genesis
17
Gen
17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram,
and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be
blameless.
Gen
17:2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply
you exceedingly."
Gen
17:3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Gen
17:4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be
the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen
17:5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name
will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of
nations.
Gen
17:6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations
of you. Kings will come out of you.
Gen
17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed
after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant,
to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
Gen
17:8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where
you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession. I will be their God."
Gen
17:9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my
covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Gen
17:10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you
and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
Gen
17:11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It
will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
Gen
17:12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every
male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or
bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
Gen
17:13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your
money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
Gen
17:14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of
his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has
broken my covenant."
Gen
17:15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall
not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
Gen
17:16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her.
Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of
peoples will come from her."
Gen
17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his
heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years
old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"
Gen
17:18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before
you!"
Gen
17:19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son.
You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen
17:20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him,
and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He
will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great
nation.
Gen
17:21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear
to you at this set time next year."
Gen
17:22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Gen
17:23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house,
and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of
Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the
same day, as God had said to him.
Gen
17:24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in
the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen
17:25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen
17:26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were
circumcised.
Gen
17:27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those
bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
Jan.
15, 16
Matthew
8
Mat 8:1
When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
Mat 8:2
Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord,
if you want to, you can make me clean."
Mat 8:3
Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want
to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Mat 8:4
Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show
yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a
testimony to them."
Mat 8:5
When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
Mat 8:6
and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
grievously tormented."
Mat 8:7
Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
Mat 8:8
The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come
under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
Mat 8:9
For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I
tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he
comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Mat
8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who
followed, "Most certainly I tell you, I haven't found so great a
faith, not even in Israel.
Mat
8:11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and
will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of
Heaven,
Mat
8:12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the
outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Mat
8:13 Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done
for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that
hour.
Mat
8:14 When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
lying sick with a fever.
Mat
8:15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and
served him.
Mat
8:16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with
demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were
sick;
Mat
8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the
prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our
diseases."
Mat
8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the
order to depart to the other side.
Mat
8:19 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow
you wherever you go."
Mat
8:20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of
the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Mat
8:21 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me
first to go and bury my father."
Mat
8:22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to
bury their own dead."
Mat
8:23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Mat
8:24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the
boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
Mat
8:25 They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord!
We are dying!"
Mat
8:26 He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little
faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there
was a great calm.
Mat
8:27 The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?"
Mat
8:28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the
Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out
of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
Mat
8:29 Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do
with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before
the time?"
Mat
8:30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
Mat
8:31 The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit
us to go away into the herd of pigs."
Mat
8:32 He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into
the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the
cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
Mat
8:33 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told
everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with
demons.
Mat
8:34 Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him,
they begged that he would depart from their borders.
Jan.
17
Matthew
9
Mat 9:1
He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own
city.
Mat 9:2
Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer
up! Your sins are forgiven you."
Mat 9:3
Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man
blasphemes."
Mat 9:4
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in
your hearts?
Mat 9:5
For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say,
'Get up, and walk?'
Mat 9:6
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to
forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up,
and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
Mat 9:7
He arose and departed to his house.
Mat 9:8
But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who
had given such authority to men.
Mat 9:9
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting
at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me."
He got up and followed him.
Mat
9:10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors
and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
Mat
9:11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why
does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
Mat
9:12 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are
healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Mat
9:13 But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance."
Mat
9:14 Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and
the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"
Mat
9:15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom
mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will
fast.
Mat
9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for
the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
Mat
9:17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the
skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No,
they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."
Mat
9:18 While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and
worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and
lay your hand on her, and she will live."
Mat
9:19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples.
Mat
9:20 Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came
behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
Mat
9:21 for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment,
I will be made well."
Mat
9:22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter,
cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made
well from that hour.
Mat
9:23 When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute
players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
Mat
9:24 he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead,
but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.
Mat
9:25 But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the
hand, and the girl arose.
Mat
9:26 The report of this went out into all that land.
Mat
9:27 As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him,
calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"
Mat
9:28 When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him.
Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"
They told him, "Yes, Lord."
Mat
9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your
faith be it done to you."
Mat
9:30 Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly commanded them, saying,
"See that no one knows about this."
Mat
9:31 But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
Mat
9:32 As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed
was brought to him.
Mat
9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes
marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in
Israel!"
Mat
9:34 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he
casts out demons."
Mat
9:35 Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and
healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Mat
9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep
without a shepherd.
Mat
9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is
plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Mat
9:38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out
laborers into his harvest."
