Bible Reading
February 22
The World English Bible
Feb.
22
Exodus
3
Exo
3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law,
the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the
wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
Exo
3:2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of
the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exo
3:3 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great
sight, why the bush is not burnt."
Exo
3:4 When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him
out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He
said, "Here I am."
Exo
3:5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your
feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
Exo
3:6 Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his
face; for he was afraid to look at God.
Exo
3:7 Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my
people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their
taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Exo
3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the
Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large
land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the
Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite.
Exo
3:9 Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me.
Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress
them.
Exo
3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you
may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
Exo
3:11 Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh,
and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
Exo
3:12 He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the
token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the
people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
Exo
3:13 Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of
Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;'
and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
Exo
3:14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You
shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
Exo
3:15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children
of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is
my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
Exo
3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them,
'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited
you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
Exo
3:17 and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of
Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk
and honey." '
Exo
3:18 They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the
elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him,
'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us
go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to
Yahweh, our God.'
Exo
3:19 I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go,
no, not by a mighty hand.
Exo
3:20 I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.
Exo
3:21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians,
and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
Exo
3:22 But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who
visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and
you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall
despoil the Egyptians.
Feb. 22, 23
Matthew 27
Mat 27:1 Now when
morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Mat 27:2 and they bound
him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the
governor.
Mat 27:3 Then Judas,
who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse,
and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and
elders,
Mat 27:4 saying, "I
have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said,
"What is that to us? You see to it."
Mat 27:5 He threw down
the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and
hanged himself.
Mat 27:6 The chief
priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to
put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
Mat 27:7 They took
counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers
in.
Mat 27:8 Therefore that
field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day.
Mat 27:9 Then that
which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
"They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon
whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel
priced,
Mat 27:10 and they gave
them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."
Mat 27:11 Now Jesus
stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are
you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."
Mat 27:12 When he was
accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Mat 27:13 Then Pilate
said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify
against you?"
Mat 27:14 He gave him
no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly.
Mat 27:15 Now at the
feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one
prisoner, whom they desired.
Mat 27:16 They had then
a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Mat 27:17 When
therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom
do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called
Christ?"
Mat 27:18 For he knew
that because of envy they had delivered him up.
Mat 27:19 While he was
sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have
nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of him."
Mat 27:20 Now the chief
priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas,
and destroy Jesus.
Mat 27:21 But the
governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to
release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
Mat 27:22 Pilate said
to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?"
They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
Mat 27:23 But the
governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried
out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
Mat 27:24 So when
Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a
disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before
the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this
righteous person. You see to it."
Mat 27:25 All the
people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
Mat 27:26 Then he
released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be
crucified.
Mat 27:27 Then the
governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the
whole garrison together against him.
Mat 27:28 They stripped
him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
Mat 27:29 They braided
a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right
hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying,
"Hail, King of the Jews!"
Mat 27:30 They spat on
him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
Mat 27:31 When they had
mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on
him, and led him away to crucify him.
Mat 27:32 As they came
out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled
him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.
Mat 27:33 They came to
a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place
of a skull."
Mat 27:34 They gave him
sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would
not drink.
Mat 27:35 When they had
crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,
Mat 27:36 and they sat
and watched him there.
Mat 27:37 They set up
over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS
JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Mat 27:38 Then there
were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on
the left.
Mat 27:39 Those who
passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
Mat 27:40 and saying,
"You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save
yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
Mat 27:41 Likewise the
chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the
elders, said,
Mat 27:42 "He
saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel,
let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
Mat 27:43 He trusts in
God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the
Son of God.' "
Mat 27:44 The robbers
also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
Mat 27:45 Now from the
sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Mat 27:46 About the
ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli,
lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you
forsaken me?"
Mat 27:47 Some of them
who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling
Elijah."
Mat 27:48 Immediately
one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and
put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
Mat 27:49 The rest
said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him."
Mat 27:50 Jesus cried
again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.
Mat 27:51 Behold, the
veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The
earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Mat 27:52 The tombs
were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were
raised;
Mat 27:53 and coming
out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy
city and appeared to many.
Mat 27:54 Now the
centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw
the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly,
saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
Mat 27:55 Many women
were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee,
serving him.
Mat 27:56 Among them
were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the
mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mat 27:57 When evening
had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was
also Jesus' disciple came.
Mat 27:58 This man went
to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body
to be given up.
Mat 27:59 Joseph took
the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Mat 27:60 and laid it
in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled
a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
Mat 27:61 Mary
Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
Mat 27:62 Now on the
next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief
priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
Mat 27:63 saying, "Sir,
we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After
three days I will rise again.'
Mat 27:64 Command
therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest
perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the
people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be
worse than the first."
Mat 27:65 Pilate said
to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."
Mat 27:66 So they went
with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
of
Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt of the second millennium
B.C.E. A useful summary of the ongoing debate occurs in LaSor, Hubbard,
and Bush (207):
East”which
does not fit the biblical picture of the Hebrews. If the Exodus was in
1446, then at the same time the Hebrews were in the wilderness of Sinai,
[the Egyptian pharaoh] Amenhotep II (1438-1412) was reporting the
capture of 89,600 prisoners, among them 3,000 Apiru, from his
campaign in Syria and Palestine. If it [i.e., the Exodus] was in 1290,
then the Hebrews were still slaves in Egypt at the time of Amenhotep.
Neither case permits an easy identification.