Bible Reading
April 16
The World English Bible
Apr.
16
Numbers
23, 24
Num
23:1 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bulls and seven rams.
Num
23:2 Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bull and a ram.
Num
23:3 Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will
go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I
will tell you. He went to a bare height.
Num
23:4 God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven
altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
Num
23:5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak,
and thus you shall speak.
Num
23:6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt
offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
Num
23:7 He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought
me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me
Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
Num
23:8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy,
whom Yahweh has not defied?
Num
23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see
him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be
reckoned among the nations.
Num
23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of
Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be
like his!
Num
23:11 Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to
curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.
Num
23:12 He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which
Yahweh puts in my mouth?
Num
23:13 Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from
whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them,
and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
Num
23:14 He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every
altar.
Num
23:15 He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I
meet Yahweh
yonder.
Num
23:16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
Return to Balak, and say this.
Num
23:17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt
offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What
has Yahweh spoken?
Num
23:18 He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
Num
23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that
he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he
spoken, and will he not make it good?
Num
23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed,
and I can't reverse it.
Num
23:21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen
perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a
king is among them.
Num
23:22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength
of the wild ox.
Num
23:23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there
any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of
Israel, What has God done!
Num
23:24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts
himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and
drinks the blood of the slain.
Num
23:25 Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
Num
23:26 But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that
Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
Num
23:27 Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another
place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them
from there.
Num
23:28 Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the
desert.
Num
23:29 Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bulls and seven rams.
Num
23:30 Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram
on every altar.
Num
24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he
didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he
set his face toward the wilderness.
Num
24:2 Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according
to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
Num
24:3 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
Num
24:4 he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the
Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
Num
24:5 How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
Num
24:6 As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside,
as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
Num
24:7 Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many
waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be
exalted.
Num
24:8 God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of
the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break
their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
Num
24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall
rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who
curses you is cursed.
Num
24:10 Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his
hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my
enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three
times.
Num
24:11 Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote you
to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor.
Num
24:12 Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who
you sent to me, saying,
Num
24:13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I
can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my
own mind; what Yahweh speaks, that will I speak?
Num
24:14 Now, behold, I go to my people: come, and
I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the
latter days.
Num
24:15 He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says,
the man whose eye was closed says;
Num
24:16 he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of
the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down,
and having his eyes open:
Num
24:17 I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will
come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall
strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of
Sheth.
Num
24:18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a
possession, while Israel does valiantly.
Num
24:19 Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the
remnant from the city.
Num
24:20 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek
was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to
destruction.
Num
24:21 He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said,
Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
Num
24:22 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you
away captive.
Num
24:23 He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when
God does this?
Num
24:24 But ships shall come
from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall
afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.
Num
24:25 Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak
also went his way.
Apr. 16, 17
Luke 10
Luk 10:1 Now after
these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them
two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about
to come.
Luk 10:2 Then he said
to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are
few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out
laborers into his harvest.
Luk 10:3 Go your ways.
Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Luk 10:4 Carry no
purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.
Luk 10:5 Into whatever
house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
Luk 10:6 If a son of
peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will
return to you.
Luk 10:7 Remain in that
same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer
is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.
Luk 10:8 Into whatever
city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set
before you.
Luk 10:9 Heal the sick
who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to
you.'
Luk 10:10 But into
whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its
streets and say,
Luk 10:11 'Even the
dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you.
Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to
you.'
Luk 10:12 I tell you,
it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
Luk 10:13 "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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luk 10:14 But it will
be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
Luk 10:15 You,
Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.
Luk 10:16 Whoever
listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me.
Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
Luk 10:17 The seventy
returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to
us in your name!"
Luk 10:18 He said to
them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
Luk 10:19 Behold, I
give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all
the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
Luk 10:20 Nevertheless,
don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Luk 10:21 In that same
hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you,
O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things
from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little
children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
Luk 10:22 Turning to
the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by
my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who
the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to
reveal him."
Luk 10:23 Turning to
the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which
see the things that you see,
Luk 10:24 for I tell
you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you
see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and
didn't hear them."
Luk 10:25 Behold, a
certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
Luk 10:26 He said to
him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
Luk 10:27 He answered,
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your
neighbor as yourself."
Luk 10:28 He said to
him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
Luk 10:29 But he,
desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
Luk 10:30 Jesus
answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat
him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 By chance a
certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by
on the other side.
Luk 10:32 In the same
way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by
on the other side.
Luk 10:33 But a certain
Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was
moved with compassion,
Luk 10:34 came to him,
and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his
own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 On the next
day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the
host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond
that, I will repay you when I return.'
Luk 10:36 Now which of
these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell
among the robbers?"
Luk 10:37 He said, "He
who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and
do likewise."
Luk 10:38 It happened
as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a
certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luk 10:39 She had a
sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Luk 10:40 But Martha
was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said,
"Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask
her therefore to help me."
Luk 10:41 Jesus
answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled
about many things,
Luk 10:42 but one thing
is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken
away from her."
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