Bible Reading
January 17
The World English Bible
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. 17, 18
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."
