Bible Reading March 14, 15
(World English Bible)
Exodus
24
Exo
24:1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship
from a distance.
Exo
24:2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come
near, neither shall the people go up with him."
Exo
24:3 Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all
the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said,
"All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
Exo
24:4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the
morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars
for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exo
24:5 He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt
offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.
Exo
24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of
the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Exo
24:7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of
the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we
do, and be obedient."
Exo
24:8 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
"Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made
with you concerning all these words."
Exo
24:9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of
Israel went up.
Exo
24:10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved
work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.
Exo
24:11 He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of
Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
Exo
24:12 Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and
stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and
the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."
Exo
24:13 Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto
God's Mountain.
Exo
24:14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come
again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved
in a dispute can go to them."
Exo
24:15 Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the
mountain.
Exo
24:16 The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud
covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the
midst of the cloud.
Exo
24:17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire
on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exo
24:18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the
mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Exodus
25
Exo
25:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo
25:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an
offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you
shall take my offering.
Exo
25:3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold,
silver, brass,
Exo
25:4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
Exo
25:5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
Exo
25:6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the
sweet incense,
Exo
25:7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the
breastplate.
Exo
25:8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
Exo
25:9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the
tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you
shall make it.
Exo
25:10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall
be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit
and a half its height.
Exo
25:11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it
inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.
Exo
25:12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its
four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on
the other side of it.
Exo
25:13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with
gold.
Exo
25:14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark
to carry the ark.
Exo
25:15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be
taken from it.
Exo
25:16 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the
ark.
Exo
25:17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half
cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
Exo
25:18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make
them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exo
25:19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other
end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with
the mercy seat.
Exo
25:20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the
mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The
faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
Exo
25:21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark
you shall put the testimony that I will give you.
Exo
25:22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the
mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the
testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
Exo
25:23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall
be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its
height.
Exo
25:24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding
around it.
Exo
25:25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall
make a golden molding on its rim around it.
Exo
25:26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in
the four corners that are on its four feet.
Exo
25:27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles
to carry the table.
Exo
25:28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with
gold, that the table may be carried with them.
Exo
25:29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its
bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.
Exo
25:30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me
always.
Exo
25:31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered
work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups,
its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
Exo
25:32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three
branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of
the lampstand out of its other side;
Exo
25:33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and
a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other
branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the
lampstand;
Exo
25:34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its
buds and its flowers;
Exo
25:35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud
under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches
of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the
lampstand.
Exo
25:36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it,
all of it one beaten work of pure gold.
Exo
25:37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps
to give light to the space in front of it.
Exo
25:38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
Exo
25:39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these
accessories.
Exo
25:40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been
shown to you on the mountain.
Mark 9
Mar 9:1
He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some
standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the
Kingdom of God come with power."
Mar 9:2
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and
brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he
was changed into another form in front of them.
Mar 9:3
His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as
no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Mar 9:4
Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
Mar 9:5
Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah."
Mar 9:6
For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
Mar 9:7 A
cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
Mar 9:8
Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except
Jesus only.
Mar 9:9
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that
they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the
Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Mar 9:10
They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising
from the dead" meant.
Mar 9:11
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must
come first?"
Mar 9:12
He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all
things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer
many things and be despised?
Mar 9:13
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him
whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
Mar 9:14
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and
scribes questioning them.
Mar 9:15
Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly
amazed, and running to him greeted him.
Mar 9:16
He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"
Mar 9:17
One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my
son, who has a mute spirit;
Mar 9:18
and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the
mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples
to cast it out, and they weren't able."
Mar 9:19
He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be
with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
Mar 9:20
They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit
convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at
the mouth.
Mar 9:21
He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come
to him?" He said, "From childhood.
Mar 9:22
Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to
destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and
help us."
Mar 9:23
Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible
to him who believes."
Mar 9:24
Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I
believe. Help my unbelief!"
Mar 9:25
When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the
unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I
command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"
Mar 9:26
Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy
became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is
dead."
Mar 9:27
But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
Mar 9:28
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately,
"Why couldn't we cast it out?"
Mar 9:29
He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by
prayer and fasting."
Mar 9:30
They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want
anyone to know it.
Mar 9:31
For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of
Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him;
and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."
Mar 9:32
But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Mar 9:33
He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them,
"What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"
Mar 9:34
But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the
way about who was the greatest.
Mar 9:35
He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any
man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."
Mar 9:36
He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him
in his arms, he said to them,
Mar 9:37
"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me,
and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
Mar 9:38
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us
casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he
doesn't follow us."
Mar 9:39
But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will
do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
Mar 9:40
For whoever is not against us is on our side.
Mar 9:41
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because
you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose
his reward.
Mar 9:42
Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to
stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea
with a millstone hung around his neck.
Mar 9:43
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you
to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go
into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
Mar 9:44
'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
Mar 9:45
If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you
to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast
into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched-
Mar 9:46
'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
Mar 9:47
If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you
to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two
eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
Mar 9:48
'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'
Mar 9:49
For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be
seasoned with salt.
Mar 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will
you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one
another."
Mark 10
Mar 10:1
He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the
Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he
was again teaching them.
Mar 10:2
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife?"
Mar 10:3
He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
Mar 10:4
They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be
written, and to divorce her."
Mar 10:5
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote
you this commandment.
Mar 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and
female.
Mar 10:7
For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join
to his wife,
Mar 10:8
and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two,
but one flesh.
Mar 10:9
What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Mar 10:10
In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
Mar 10:11
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries
another, commits adultery against her.
Mar 10:12
If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she
commits adultery."
Mar 10:13
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them,
but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
Mar 10:14
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to
them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid
them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Mar 10:15
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of
God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
Mar 10:16
He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Mar 10:17
As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him,
and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit
eternal life?"
Mar 10:18
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good
except one-God.
Mar 10:19
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,'
'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,'
'Honor your father and mother.' "
Mar 10:20
He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from
my youth."
Mar 10:21
Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you
lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will
have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
Mar 10:22
But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he
was one who had great possessions.
Mar 10:23
Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult
it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
Mar 10:24
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again,
"Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter
into the Kingdom of God!
Mar 10:25
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."
Mar 10:26
They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can
be saved?"
Mar 10:27
Jesus, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but
not with God, for all things are possible with God."
Mar 10:28
Peter began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have
followed you."
Mar 10:29
Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has
left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
Mar 10:30
but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions;
and in the age to come eternal life.
Mar 10:31
But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
Mar 10:32
They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in
front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were
afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things
that were going to happen to him.
Mar 10:33
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be
delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him
to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
Mar 10:34
They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the
third day he will rise again."
Mar 10:35
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying,
"Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."
Mar 10:36
He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"
Mar 10:37
They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your
right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."
Mar 10:38
But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking. Are
you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with?"
Mar 10:39
They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You
shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with;
Mar 10:40
but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give,
but for whom it has been prepared."
Mar 10:41
When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and
John.
Mar 10:42
Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who
are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and
their great ones exercise authority over them.
Mar 10:43
But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great
among you shall be your servant.
Mar 10:44
Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant
of all.
Mar 10:45
For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to
give his life as a ransom for many."
Mar 10:46
They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples
and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind
beggar, was sitting by the road.
Mar 10:47
When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out,
and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
Mar 10:48
Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much
more, "You son of David, have mercy on me!"
Mar 10:49
Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called the
blind man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!"
Mar 10:50
He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
Mar 10:51
Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The
blind man said to him, "Rhabboni, that I may see again."
Mar 10:52
Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well."
Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
