Bible Reading March 20 (World English Bible)
Exodus
34, 35
Exo
34:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the
first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the
first tablets, which you broke.
Exo
34:2 Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount
Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
Exo
34:3 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen
throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed
before that mountain."
Exo
34:4 He chiseled two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahweh had
commanded him, and took in his hand two stone tablets.
Exo
34:5 Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
Exo
34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, "Yahweh!
Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in
loving kindness and truth,
Exo
34:7 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the
children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."
Exo
34:8 Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshiped.
Exo
34:9 He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord,
please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a
stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for
your inheritance."
Exo
34:10 He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your
people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the
earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are
shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do
with you.
Exo
34:11 Observe that which I command you this day. Behold, I drive out
before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite,
the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exo
34:12 Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of
the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare in the midst of
you:
Exo
34:13 but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces
their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
Exo
34:14 for you shall worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God.
Exo
34:15 Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest
they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their
gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
Exo
34:16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their
daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons
play the prostitute after their gods.
Exo
34:17 You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.
Exo
34:18 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days
you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time
appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from
Egypt.
Exo
34:19 All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that
is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
Exo
34:20 The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb: and if
you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. All the
firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. No one shall appear before
me empty.
Exo
34:21 "Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you
shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
Exo
34:22 You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
Exo
34:23 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the
Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Exo
34:24 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your
borders; neither shall any man desire your land when you go up to
appear before Yahweh, your God, three times in the year.
Exo
34:25 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with
leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the
Passover be left to the morning.
Exo
34:26 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground
to the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in
its mother's milk."
Exo
34:27 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in
accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with
Israel."
Exo
34:28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he
neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words
of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exo
34:29 It happened, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the
two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from
the mountain, that Moses didn't know that the skin of his face shone
by reason of his speaking with him.
Exo
34:30 When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,
the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
Exo
34:31 Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Exo
34:32 Afterward all the children of Israel came near, and he gave
them all of the commandments that Yahweh had spoken with him on Mount
Sinai.
Exo
34:33 When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his
face.
Exo
34:34 But when Moses went in before Yahweh to speak with him, he
took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to
the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
Exo
34:35 The children of Israel saw Moses' face, that the skin of
Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he
went in to speak with him.
Exo
35:1 Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel,
and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has
commanded, that you should do them.
Exo
35:2 'Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there
shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh:
whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
Exo
35:3 You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the
Sabbath day.' "
Exo
35:4 Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,
Exo
35:5 'Take from among you an offering to Yahweh. Whoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, Yahweh's offering: gold, silver,
brass,
Exo
35:6 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
Exo
35:7 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
Exo
35:8 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the
sweet incense,
Exo
35:9 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the
breastplate.
Exo
35:10 " 'Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make
all that Yahweh has commanded:
Exo
35:11 the tabernacle, its outer covering, its roof, its clasps, its
boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
Exo
35:12 the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the
screen;
Exo
35:13 the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the show
bread;
Exo
35:14 the lampstand also for the light, with its vessels, its lamps,
and the oil for the light;
Exo
35:15 and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil,
the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the
tabernacle;
Exo
35:16 the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it
poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
Exo
35:17 the hangings of the court, its pillars, their sockets, and the
screen for the gate of the court;
Exo
35:18 the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their
cords;
Exo
35:19 the finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place,
the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons,
to minister in the priest's office.' "
Exo
35:20 All the congregation of the children of Israel departed from
the presence of Moses.
Exo
35:21 They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone
whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh's offering, for the
work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the
holy garments.
Exo
35:22 They came, both men and women, as many as were
willing-hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and
armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man who offered an offering
of gold to Yahweh.
Exo
35:23 Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine
linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought
them.
Exo
35:24 Everyone who did offer an offering of silver and brass brought
Yahweh's offering; and everyone, with whom was found acacia wood for
any work of the service, brought it.
Exo
35:25 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and
brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet,
and the fine linen.
Exo
35:26 All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the
goats' hair.
Exo
35:27 The rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set,
for the ephod and for the breastplate;
Exo
35:28 and the spice, and the oil for the light, for the anointing
oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exo
35:29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh;
every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all
the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
Exo
35:30 Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has
called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe
of Judah.
Exo
35:31 He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Exo
35:32 and to make skillful works, to work in gold, in silver, in
brass,
Exo
35:33 in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to
work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
Exo
35:34 He has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and
Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Exo
35:35 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of
workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and
of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who
make skillful works.
Mark 12
Mar 12:1
He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a
vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a
tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.
Mar 12:2
When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the
farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mar 12:3
They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.
Mar 12:4
Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him,
wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
Mar 12:5
Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating
some, and killing some.
Mar 12:6
Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to
them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
Mar 12:7
But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come,
let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
Mar 12:8
They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Mar 12:9
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and
destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
Mar 12:10
Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders
rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
Mar 12:11
This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes'?"
Mar 12:12
They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they
perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and
went away.
Mar 12:13
They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that
they might trap him with words.
Mar 12:14
When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you
are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to
anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?
Mar 12:15
Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their
hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a
denarius, that I may see it."
Mar 12:16
They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and
inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
Mar 12:17
Jesus answered them, "Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." They marveled
greatly at him.
Mar 12:18
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection.
They asked him, saying,
Mar 12:19
"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and
leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother
should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'
Mar 12:20
There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no
offspring.
Mar 12:21
The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The
third likewise;
Mar 12:22
and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman
also died.
Mar 12:23
In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them?
For the seven had her as a wife."
Mar 12:24
Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not
knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
Mar 12:25
For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Mar 12:26
But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the
book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
Mar 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore
badly mistaken."
Mar 12:28
One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing
that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is
the greatest of all?"
Mar 12:29
Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our
God, the Lord is one:
Mar 12:30
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This
is the first commandment.
Mar 12:31
The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
There is no other commandment greater than these."
Mar 12:32
The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that
he is one, and there is none other but he,
Mar 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices."
Mar 12:34
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are
not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any
question after that.
Mar 12:35
Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the
scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mar 12:36
For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool
of your feet." '
Mar 12:37
Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?"
The common people heard him gladly.
Mar 12:38
In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who
like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
Mar 12:39
and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
Mar 12:40
those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long
prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."
Mar 12:41
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast
money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.
Mar 12:42
A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal
a quadrans coin.
Mar 12:43
He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most
certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who
are giving into the treasury,
Mar 12:44
for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her
poverty, gave all that she had to live on."
During
the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, the Jews surrounded Jesus and
challenged Him to come right out and state whether He is the
Messiah/Christ (John 10). Of course, both His previous verbal
affirmations as well as His demonstrations of miraculous power had
already established the factuality of the point. “The works that I do in
My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me” (John 10:25; cf. 5:36;
“work” is a synonym for the key word of the book, “sign”). Jesus
insisted that His miraculous acts verified and authenticated His
messianic identity. Their failure to accept the solid evidence of that
fact was due to their deliberate unbelief—their unmitigated refusal to
accept the truth due to ulterior motives and alternate interests.