Bible Reading February 7, 8
(World English Bible)
Feb.
7
Genesis
38
Gen
38:1 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his
brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Gen
38:2 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name
was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
Gen
38:3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.
Gen
38:4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.
Gen
38:5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at
Chezib, when she bore him.
Gen
38:6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was
Tamar.
Gen
38:7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh.
Yahweh killed him.
Gen
38:8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and
perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to
your brother."
Gen
38:9 Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when
he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest he should give seed to his brother.
Gen
38:10 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he
killed him also.
Gen
38:11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a
widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;"
for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar
went and lived in her father's house.
Gen
38:12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died.
Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he
and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.
Gen
38:13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is
going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
Gen
38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered
herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of
Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was
grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
Gen
38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for
she had covered her face.
Gen
38:16 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let
me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was his
daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may
come in to me?"
Gen
38:17 He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the
flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you
send it?"
Gen
38:18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said,
"Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your
hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she
conceived by him.
Gen
38:19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and
put on the garments of her widowhood.
Gen
38:20 Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the
Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he
didn't find her.
Gen
38:21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the
prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There
has been no prostitute here."
Gen
38:22 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and
also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'
"
Gen
38:23 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold,
I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."
Gen
38:24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah,
saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute;
and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah
said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
Gen
38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law,
saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She
also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the
cords, and the staff."
Gen
38:26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous
than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew
her again no more.
Gen
38:27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins
were in her womb.
Gen
38:28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took
and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out
first."
Gen
38:29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his
brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for
yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.
Gen
38:30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on
his hand, and his name was called Zerah.
Genesis
39
Gen
39:1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the
hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
Gen
39:2 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in
the house of his master the Egyptian.
Gen
39:3 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made
all that he did prosper in his hand.
Gen
39:4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he
made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his
hand.
Gen
39:5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that
he had, in the house and in the field.
Gen
39:6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern
himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was
well-built and handsome.
Gen
39:7 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her
eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
Gen
39:8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my
master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all
that he has into my hand.
Gen
39:9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back
anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
Gen
39:10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to
lie by her, or to be with her.
Gen
39:11 About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and
there were none of the men of the house inside.
Gen
39:12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!"
He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
Gen
39:13 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had
run outside,
Gen
39:14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying,
"Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in
to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
Gen
39:15 It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."
Gen
39:16 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
Gen
39:17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The
Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock
me,
Gen
39:18 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he
left his garment by me, and ran outside."
Gen
39:19 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did
to me," that his wrath was kindled.
Gen
39:20 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the
place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in
custody.
Gen
39:21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and
gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Gen
39:22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was
responsible for it.
Gen
39:23 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was
under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did,
Yahweh made it prosper.
Matthew 19
Mat 19:1
It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from
Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Mat 19:2
Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
Mat 19:3
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Mat 19:4
He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the
beginning made them male and female,
Mat 19:5
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother,
and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
Mat 19:6
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has
joined together, don't let man tear apart."
Mat 19:7
They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a
bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
Mat 19:8
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not
been so.
Mat 19:9
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual
immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries
her when she is divorced commits adultery."
Mat 19:10
His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with
his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
Mat 19:11
But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but
those to whom it is given.
Mat 19:12
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's
womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there
are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's
sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."
Mat 19:13
Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his
hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Mat 19:14
But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid
them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like
these."
Mat 19:15
He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
Mat 19:16
Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
Mat 19:17
He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but
one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the
commandments."
Mat 19:18
He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, " 'You shall
not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.'
'You shall not offer false testimony.'
Mat 19:19
'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.' "
Mat 19:20
The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed
from my youth. What do I still lack?"
Mat 19:21
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you
have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow me."
Mat 19:22
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was
one who had great possessions.
Mat 19:23
Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a
rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
Mat 19:24
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
Mat 19:25
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, "Who then can be saved?"
Mat 19:26
Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but
with God all things are possible."
Mat 19:27
Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and
followed you. What then will we have?"
Mat 19:28
Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the
throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will
receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Mat 19:30
But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
Matthew 20
Mat 20:1
"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a
household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his
vineyard.
Mat 20:2
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
Mat 20:3
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the
marketplace.
Mat 20:4
To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is
right I will give you.' So they went their way.
Mat 20:5
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did
likewise.
Mat 20:6
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle.
He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
Mat 20:7
"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said
to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive
whatever is right.'
Mat 20:8
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager,
'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last
to the first.'
Mat 20:9
"When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they
each received a denarius.
Mat 20:10
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and
they likewise each received a denarius.
Mat 20:11
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the
household,
Mat 20:12
saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal
to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'
Mat 20:13
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
Mat 20:14
Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to
this last just as much as to you.
Mat 20:15
Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is
your eye evil, because I am good?'
Mat 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called,
but few are chosen."
Mat 20:17
As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples
aside, and on the way he said to them,
Mat 20:18
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will
be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn
him to death,
Mat 20:19
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to
crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."
Mat 20:20
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons,
kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
Mat 20:21
He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him,
"Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right
hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
Mat 20:22
But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with
the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We
are able."
Mat 20:23
He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand
and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has
been prepared by my Father."
Mat 20:24
When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Mat 20:25
But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of
the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise
authority over them.
Mat 20:26
It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great
among you shall be your servant.
Mat 20:27
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
Mat 20:28
even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many."
Mat 20:29
As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
Mat 20:30
Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus
was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of
David!"
Mat 20:31
The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet,
but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son
of David!"
Mat 20:32
Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want
me to do for you?"
Mat 20:33
They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
Mat 20:34
Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and
immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
