Bible Reading
February 12
The World English Bible
Feb.
12
Genesis
43
Gen
43:1 The famine was severe in the land.
Gen
43:2 It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy
us a little more food."
Gen
43:3 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us,
saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
Gen
43:4 If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you
food,
Gen
43:5 but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said
to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'
"
Gen
43:6 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the
man that you had another brother?"
Gen
43:7 They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves,
and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive?
Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there
any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?' "
Gen
43:8 Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me,
and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we,
and you, and also our little ones.
Gen
43:9 I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him.
If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear
the blame forever,
Gen
43:10 for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a
second time by now."
Gen
43:11 Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so,
then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags,
and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey,
spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;
Gen
43:12 and take double money in your hand, and take back the money
that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an
oversight.
Gen
43:13 Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.
Gen
43:14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may
release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of
my children, I am bereaved."
Gen
43:15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph.
Gen
43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of
his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal,
and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."
Gen
43:17 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men
to Joseph's house.
Gen
43:18 The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's
house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in
our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek
occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with
our donkeys."
Gen
43:19 They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
spoke to him at the door of the house,
Gen
43:20 and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first
time to buy food.
Gen
43:21 When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and
behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in
full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.
Gen
43:22 We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We
don't know who put our money in our sacks."
Gen
43:23 He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and
the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I
received your money." He brought Simeon out to them.
Gen
43:24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
Gen
43:25 They made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for
they heard that they should eat bread there.
Gen
43:26 When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was
in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the
earth.
Gen
43:27 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father
well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
Gen
43:28 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is
still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.
Gen
43:29 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his
mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom
you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my
son."
Gen
43:30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he
sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.
Gen
43:31 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and
said, "Serve the meal."
Gen
43:32 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the
Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians
don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the
Egyptians.
Gen
43:33 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his
birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men
marveled one with another.
Gen
43:34 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's
portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were
merry with him.
Feb. 12, 13
Matthew 22
Mat 22:1 Jesus answered
and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
Mat 22:2 "The
Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast
for his son,
Mat 22:3 and sent out
his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast,
but they would not come.
Mat 22:4 Again he sent
out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold,
I have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!" '
Mat 22:5 But they made
light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his
merchandise,
Mat 22:6 and the rest
grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Mat 22:7 When the king
heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those
murderers, and burned their city.
Mat 22:8 "Then he
said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were
invited weren't worthy.
Mat 22:9 Go therefore
to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find,
invite to the marriage feast.'
Mat 22:10 Those
servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as
they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 But when the
king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on
wedding clothing,
Mat 22:12 and he said
to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding
clothing?' He was speechless.
Mat 22:13 Then the king
said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and
throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and
grinding of teeth will be.'
Mat 22:14 For many are
called, but few chosen."
Mat 22:15 Then the
Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his
talk.
Mat 22:16 They sent
their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher,
we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no
matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
Mat 22:17 Tell us
therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or
not?"
Mat 22:18 But Jesus
perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you
hypocrites?
Mat 22:19 Show me the
tax money." They brought to him a denarius.
Mat 22:20 He asked
them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
Mat 22:21 They said to
him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that
are God's."
Mat 22:22 When they
heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
Mat 22:23 On that day
Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him.
They asked him,
Mat 22:24 saying,
"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his
brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
Mat 22:25 Now there
were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having
no seed left his wife to his brother.
Mat 22:26 In like
manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
Mat 22:27 After them
all, the woman died.
Mat 22:28 In the
resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they
all had her."
Mat 22:29 But Jesus
answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures,
nor the power of God.
Mat 22:30 For in the
resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are
like God's angels in heaven.
Mat 22:31 But
concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which
was spoken to you by God, saying,
Mat 22:32 'I am the God
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' God is not
the God of the dead, but of the living."
Mat 22:33 When the
multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Mat 22:34 But the
Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,
gathered themselves together.
Mat 22:35 One of them,
a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
Mat 22:36 "Teacher,
which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
Mat 22:37 Jesus said to
him, " 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Mat 22:38 This is the
first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 A second
likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
Mat 22:40 The whole law
and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Mat 22:41 Now while the
Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
Mat 22:42 saying, "What
do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him,
"Of David."
Mat 22:43 He said to
them, "How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
Mat 22:44 'The Lord
said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a
footstool for your feet?'
Mat 22:45 "If then
David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
Mat 22:46 No one was
able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more
questions from that day forth.
