Bible Reading January 22 - 24
World English Bible
Jan.
22
Genesis
22
Gen
22:1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and
said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
Gen
22:2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love,
even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a
burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
Gen
22:3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of
which God had told him.
Gen
22:4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
far off.
Gen
22:5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."
Gen
22:6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on
Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both
went together.
Gen
22:7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?"
He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the
fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
Gen
22:8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a
burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.
Gen
22:9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built
the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and
laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Gen
22:10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill
his son.
Gen
22:11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said,
"Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
Gen
22:12 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do
anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have
not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Gen
22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind
him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and
took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his
son.
Gen
22:14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As
it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be
provided."
Gen
22:15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the
sky,
Gen
22:16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because
you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only
son,
Gen
22:17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed
greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on
the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Gen
22:18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
because you have obeyed my voice."
Gen
22:19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and
went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
Gen
22:20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your
brother Nahor:
Gen
22:21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
Gen
22:22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."
Gen
22:23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore
to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Gen
22:24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham,
Tahash, and Maacah.
Jan.
23
Genesis
23
Gen
23:1 Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length
of Sarah's life.
Gen
23:2 Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land
of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Gen
23:3 Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children
of Heth, saying,
Gen
23:4 "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me
a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out
of my sight."
Gen
23:5 The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:6 "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury
your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you
his tomb. Bury your dead."
Gen
23:7 Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
Gen
23:8 He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I
should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to
Ephron the son of Zohar,
Gen
23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which
is in the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me
among you for a possession of a burying-place."
Gen
23:10 Now Ephron was sitting in the middle of the children of Heth.
Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of
Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen
23:11 "No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give
you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of my
people I give it to you. Bury your dead."
Gen
23:12 Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
Gen
23:13 He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, "But if you will, please hear me. I will give the price
of the field. Take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
Gen
23:14 Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen
23:15 "My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth
four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury
your dead."
Gen
23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants'
standard.
Gen
23:17 So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was
before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all of its borders, were deeded
Gen
23:18 to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Gen
23:19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of
Canaan.
Gen
23:20 The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham
for a possession of a burying place by the children of Heth.
Jan.
24
Genesis
24
Gen
24:1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed
Abraham in all things.
Gen
24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled
over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
Gen
24:3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God
of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
Gen
24:4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a
wife for my son Isaac."
Gen
24:5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing
to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land
you came from?"
Gen
24:6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son
there again.
Gen
24:7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me,
saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel
before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
Gen
24:8 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be
clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there
again."
Gen
24:9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master,
and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen
24:10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and
departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him.
He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Gen
24:11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of
water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw
water.
Gen
24:12 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please
give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Gen
24:13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of
the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
Gen
24:14 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please
let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink,
and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you
have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you
have shown kindness to my master."
Gen
24:15 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife
of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
Gen
24:16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin,
neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled
her pitcher, and came up.
Gen
24:17 The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a
drink, a little water from your pitcher."
Gen
24:18 She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let
down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
Gen
24:19 When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will
also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking."
Gen
24:20 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
Gen
24:21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know
whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
Gen
24:22 It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her
hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
Gen
24:23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is
there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
Gen
24:24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."
Gen
24:25 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and
provender enough, and room to lodge in."
Gen
24:26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
Gen
24:27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master
Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth
toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the
house of my master's relatives."
Gen
24:28 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these
words.
Gen
24:29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out
to the man, to the spring.
Gen
24:30 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to
the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
Gen
24:31 He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you
stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the
camels."
Gen
24:32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet
and the feet of the men who were with him.
Gen
24:33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not
eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."
Gen
24:34 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.
Gen
24:35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He
has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and
female servants, and camels and donkeys.
Gen
24:36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was
old. He has given all that he has to him.
Gen
24:37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife
for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,
Gen
24:38 but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives,
and take a wife for my son.'
Gen
24:39 I said to my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'
Gen
24:40 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my
son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
Gen
24:41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my
relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my
oath.'
Gen
24:42 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of
my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--
Gen
24:43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen,
that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Give
me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink,"
Gen
24:44 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for
your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed
for my master's son.'
Gen
24:45 Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring,
and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
Gen
24:46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' So I drank,
and she made the camels drink also.
Gen
24:47 I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said,
'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I
put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
Gen
24:48 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the
God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my
master's brother's daughter for his son.
Gen
24:49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me.
If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
Gen
24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from
Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.
Gen
24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her
be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."
Gen
24:52 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.
Gen
24:53 The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious
things to her brother and her mother.
Gen
24:54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and
stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send
me away to my master."
Gen
24:55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay
with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."
Gen
24:56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has
prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
Gen
24:57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."
Gen
24:58 They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with
this man?" She said, "I will go."
Gen
24:59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse,
Abraham's servant, and his men.
Gen
24:60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may
you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed
possess the gate of those who hate them."
Gen
24:61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and
followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Gen
24:62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the
land of the South.
Gen
24:63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
Gen
24:64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
dismounted from the camel.
Gen
24:65 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking
in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my
master." She took her veil, and covered herself.
Gen
24:66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
Gen
24:67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted
after his mother's death.
Jan. 22
Matthew
11
Mat
11:1 It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve
disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their
cities.
Mat
11:2 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent
two of his disciples
Mat
11:3 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look
for another?"
Mat
11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which
you hear and see:
Mat
11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have
good news preached to them.
Mat
11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
Mat
11:7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes
concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to
see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Mat
11:8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold,
those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
Mat
11:9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and
much more than a prophet.
Mat
11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my
messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
Mat
11:11 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women
there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he
who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
Mat
11:12 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of
Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
Mat
11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Mat
11:14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to
come.
Mat
11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Mat
11:16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like
children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
Mat
11:17 and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance.
We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
Mat
11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He
has a demon.'
Mat
11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,
'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
Mat
11:20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his
mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.
Mat
11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the
mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Mat
11:22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
on the day of judgment than for you.
Mat
11:23 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to
Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done
in you, it would have remained until this day.
Mat
11:24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
Mat
11:25 At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and
understanding, and revealed them to infants.
Mat
11:26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
Mat
11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one
knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the
Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Mat
11:28 "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Mat
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and
lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
Mat
11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
Jan.
23, 24
Matthew
12
Mat
12:1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain
fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain
and to eat.
Mat
12:2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold,
your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
Mat
12:3 But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did,
when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
Mat
12:4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread,
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with
him, but only for the priests?
Mat
12:5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the
priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
Mat
12:6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
Mat
12:7 But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Mat
12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Mat
12:9 He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
Mat
12:10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked
him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they
might accuse him.
Mat
12:11 He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has
one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't
he grab on to it, and lift it out?
Mat
12:12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore
it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."
Mat
12:13 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He
stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
Mat
12:14 But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how
they might destroy him.
Mat
12:15 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes
followed him; and he healed them all,
Mat
12:16 and commanded them that they should not make him known:
Mat
12:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the
prophet, saying,
Mat
12:18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in
whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will
proclaim justice to the nations.
Mat
12:19 He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his
voice in the streets.
Mat
12:20 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax,
until he leads justice to victory.
Mat
12:21 In his name, the nations will hope."
Mat
12:22 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to
him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and
saw.
Mat
12:23 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be
the son of David?"
Mat
12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man
does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the
demons."
Mat
12:25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every
city or house divided against itself will not stand.
Mat
12:26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How
then will his kingdom stand?
Mat
12:27 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children
cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Mat
12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the
Kingdom of God has come upon you.
Mat
12:29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and
plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will
plunder his house.
Mat
12:30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't
gather with me, scatters.
Mat
12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven
men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
Mat
12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be
forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not
be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
Mat
12:33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make
the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its
fruit.
Mat
12:34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good
things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Mat
12:35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things,
and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
Mat
12:36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give
account of it in the day of judgment.
Mat
12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you
will be condemned."
Mat
12:38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher,
we want to see a sign from you."
Mat
12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation
seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of
Jonah the prophet.
Mat
12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of
the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth.
Mat
12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching
of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
Mat
12:42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this
generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the
earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than
Solomon is here.
Mat
12:43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes
through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
Mat
12:44 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came
out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in
order.
Mat
12:45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more
evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of
that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to
this evil generation."
Mat
12:46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his
mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
Mat
12:47 One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers
stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
Mat
12:48 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother?
Who are my brothers?"
Mat
12:49 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said,
"Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Mat
12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is
my brother, and sister, and mother."
