Bible Reading for May 8 -10
World English Bible
May
8
Deuteronomy
31, 32
Deu
31:1 Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
Deu
31:2 He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I
can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, You shall
not go over this Jordan.
Deu
31:3 Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy
these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: and
Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
Deu
31:4 Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings
of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
Deu
31:5 Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to
them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
Deu
31:6 Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid, nor be scared
of them: for Yahweh your God, he it is who does go with you; he will
not fail you, nor forsake you.
Deu
31:7 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this
people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give
them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
Deu
31:8 Yahweh, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you,
he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid, neither
be dismayed.
Deu
31:9 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons
of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the
elders of Israel.
Deu
31:10 Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every
seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of
tents,
Deu
31:11 when all Israel is come to appear before Yahweh your God in
the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all
Israel in their hearing.
Deu
31:12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little
ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may
hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe
to do all the words of this law;
Deu
31:13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and
learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where
you go over the Jordan to possess it.
Deu
31:14 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must
die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that
I may commission him. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves
in the Tent of Meeting.
Deu
31:15 Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the
pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
Deu
31:16 Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your
fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after
the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and
will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deu
31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I
will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall
be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that
they will say in that day, Haven't these evils come on us because our
God is not among us?
Deu
31:18 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which
they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
Deu
31:19 Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it
the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be
a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deu
31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore
to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have
eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to
other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Deu
31:21 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on
them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it
shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know
their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought
them into the land which I swore.
Deu
31:22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
Deu
31:23 He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and
of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the
land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
Deu
31:24 It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were finished,
Deu
31:25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh, saying,
Deu
31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a
witness against you.
Deu
31:27 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while
I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against
Yahweh; and how much more after my death?
Deu
31:28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your
officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven
and earth to witness against them.
Deu
31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt
yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you;
and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do
that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger
through the work of your hands.
Deu
31:30 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the
words of this song, until they were finished.
Deu
32:1 Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the
words of my mouth.
Deu
32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as
the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the
herb.
Deu
32:3 For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh. Ascribe greatness to
our God!
Deu
32:4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a
God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Deu
32:5 They have dealt corruptly with him, they
are not his children, it
is their blemish. They
are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deu
32:6 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he
your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
Deu
32:7 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many
generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and
they will tell you.
Deu
32:8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when
he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples
according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deu
32:9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance.
Deu
32:10 He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling
wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the
apple of his eye.
Deu
32:11 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her
young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his
feathers.
Deu
32:12 Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.
Deu
32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the
increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock,
oil out of the flinty rock;
Deu
32:14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs,
rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat.
Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
Deu
32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You
have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deu
32:16 They moved him to jealousy with strange gods.
They provoked him to anger with abominations.
Deu
32:17 They sacrificed to demons, which
were no God, to gods that they didn't
know, to new gods
that came up of late, which your fathers didn't dread.
Deu
32:18 Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and
have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Deu
32:19 Yahweh saw it,
and abhorred them,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Deu
32:20 He said, I will hide my face from them. I will see what their
end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in
whom is no faithfulness.
Deu
32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God.
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them
to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to
anger with a foolish nation.
Deu
32:22 For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol,
Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the
mountains on fire.
Deu
32:23 I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
Deu
32:24 They shall be
wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter
destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the
poison of crawling things of the dust.
Deu
32:25 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers, terror;
on both young man and virgin, The suckling with the gray-haired man.
Deu
32:26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of
them to cease from among men;
Deu
32:27 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest
their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, Our
hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.
Deu
32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no
understanding in them.
Deu
32:29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they
would consider their latter end!
Deu
32:30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to
flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered
them up?
Deu
32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves
being judges.
Deu
32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of
Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.
Deu
32:33 Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
Deu
32:34 Isn't this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my
treasures?
Deu
32:35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot
slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are
to come on them shall make haste.
Deu
32:36 For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his
servants, when he sees that their
power is gone, There is none remaining,
shut up or left at large.
Deu
32:37 He will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took
refuge;
Deu
32:38 Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of
their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your
protection.
Deu
32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, There is no god with me. I
kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal. There is no one who can
deliver out of my hand.
Deu
32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
Deu
32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those
who hate me.
Deu
32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour
flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of
the leaders of the enemy.
Deu
32:43 Rejoice, you nations, with
his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will
render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his
land, for his people.
Deu
32:44 Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of
the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
Deu
32:45 Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
Deu
32:46 He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I
testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to
observe to do, even
all the words of this law.
Deu
32:47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and
through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you
go over the Jordan to possess it.
Deu
32:48 Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
Deu
32:49 Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in
the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and see the land of
Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession;
Deu
32:50 and die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to
your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was
gathered to his people:
Deu
32:51 because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children
of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of
Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of the children of
Israel.
Deu
32:52 For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go
there into the land which I give the children of Israel.
May
9
Deuteronomy
33, 34
Deu
33:1 This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed
the children of Israel before his death.
Deu
33:2 He said, Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He
shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy
ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
Deu
33:3 Yes, he loves the people. All his saints are in your hand. They
sat down at your feet; Everyone
shall receive of your words.
Deu
33:4 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of
Jacob.
Deu
33:5 He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were
gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Deu
33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.
Deu
33:7 This is the blessing
of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in
to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be
a help against his adversaries.
Deu
33:8 Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly
one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of
Meribah;
Deu
33:9 who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him;
Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own
children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
Deu
33:10 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law.
They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your
altar.
Deu
33:11 Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands.
Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those
who hate him, that they not rise again.
Deu
33:12 Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in
safety by him. He covers him all the day long. He dwells between his
shoulders.
Deu
33:13 Of Joseph he said, His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the
precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that
couches beneath,
Deu
33:14 for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the
precious things of the growth of the moons,
Deu
33:15 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the
precious things of the everlasting hills,
Deu
33:16 for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the
good will of him who lived in the bush. Let the
blessing come on the head of Joseph, On
the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
Deu
33:17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the
horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of
them, even
the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They
are the thousands of Manasseh.
Deu
33:18 Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and
Issachar, in your tents.
Deu
33:19 They shall call the peoples to the mountain. There they will
offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw out the
abundance of the seas, the hidden treasures of the sand.
Deu
33:20 Of Gad he said, He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a
lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
Deu
33:21 He provided the first part for himself, for there was the
lawgiver's portion reserved. He came with
the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His
ordinances with Israel.
Deu
33:22 Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan.
Deu
33:23 Of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favor, full of
the blessing of Yahweh, Possess the west and the south.
Deu
33:24 Of Asher he said, Asher is blessed with children. Let him be
acceptable to his brothers. Let him dip his foot in oil.
Deu
33:25 Your bars shall be iron and brass. As your days, so your
strength will be.
Deu
33:26 There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for
your help, In his excellency on the skies.
Deu
33:27 The eternal God is your
dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out
the enemy from before you, and said, Destroy.
Deu
33:28 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a
land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
Deu
33:29 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by
Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your
enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high
places.
Deu
34:1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top
of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the
land of Gilead, to Dan,
Deu
34:2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all
the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
Deu
34:3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city
of palm trees, to Zoar.
Deu
34:4 Yahweh said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: I have
caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.
Deu
34:5 So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of Yahweh.
Deu
34:6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against
Beth Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
Deu
34:7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Deu
34:8 The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were
ended.
Deu
34:9 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for
Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened
to him, and did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Deu
34:10 There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses,
whom Yahweh knew face to face,
Deu
34:11 in all the signs and the wonders, which Yahweh sent him to do
in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all
his land,
Deu
34:12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which
Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
May
10
Joshua
1, 2
Jos
1:1 Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,
that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying,
Jos
1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this
Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them,
even to the children of Israel.
Jos
1:3 I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will
tread on, as I told Moses.
Jos
1:4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river,
the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great
sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
Jos
1:5 No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your
life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you
nor forsake you.
Jos
1:6 Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people
to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Jos
1:7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according
to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don't turn from
it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success
wherever you go.
Jos
1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you
shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make
your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
Jos
1:9 Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Don't be
afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever
you go.
Jos
1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Jos
1:11 "Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the
people, saying, 'Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass
over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God
gives you to possess it.' "
Jos
1:12 Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the
half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,
Jos
1:13 "Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded you, saying, 'Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give
you this land.
Jos
1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live in
the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass
over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and
shall help them
Jos
1:15 until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you,
and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives
them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and
possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrise.' "
Jos
1:16 They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded
us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
Jos
1:17 Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen
to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
Jos
1:18 Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to
your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death.
Only be strong and of good courage."
Jos
2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as
spies, saying, "Go, view the land, and Jericho." They went
and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and
slept there.
Jos
2:2 The king of Jericho was told, "Behold, men of the children
of Israel came in here tonight to spy out the land."
Jos
2:3 The king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring out the
men who have come to you, who have entered into your house; for they
have come to spy out all the land."
Jos
2:4 The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes,
the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
Jos
2:5 It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know.
Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."
Jos
2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the
stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
Jos
2:7 The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as
soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
Jos
2:8 Before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
Jos
2:9 and she said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you
the land, and that the fear of you has fallen on us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
Jos
2:10 For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea
before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two
kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to
Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
Jos
2:11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did
there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh
your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Jos
2:12 Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt
kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's
house, and give me a true token;
Jos
2:13 and that you will save alive my father, my mother, my brothers,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives
from death."
Jos
2:14 The men said to her, "Our life for yours, if you don't
talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives
us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you."
Jos
2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her
house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
Jos
2:16 She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers
find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers
have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."
Jos
2:17 The men said to her, "We will be guiltless of this your
oath which you have made us to swear.
Jos
2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by. You shall
gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your
brothers, and all your father's household.
Jos
2:19 It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house
into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be
guiltless. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on
our head, if any hand is on him.
Jos
2:20 But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be
guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear."
Jos
2:21 She said, "According to your words, so be it." She
sent them away, and they departed. She tied the scarlet line in the
window.
Jos
2:22 They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three
days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
Jos
2:23 Then the two men returned, descended from the mountain, passed
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that
had happened to them.
Jos
2:24 They said to Joshua, "Truly Yahweh has delivered into our
hands all the land. Moreover, all the inhabitants of the land melt
away before us."
May 8,
9
Luke 21
Luk
21:1 He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their
gifts into the treasury.
Luk
21:2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.
Luk
21:3 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more
than all of them,
Luk
21:4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but
she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."
Luk
21:5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated
with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
Luk
21:6 "As for these things which you see, the days will come, in
which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not
be thrown down."
Luk
21:7 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be?
What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
Luk
21:8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for
many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at
hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
Luk
21:9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for
these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."
Luk
21:10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom.
Luk
21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in
various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Luk
21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you
and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons,
bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
Luk
21:13 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
Luk
21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
how to answer,
Luk
21:15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your
adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
Luk
21:16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives,
and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
Luk
21:17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
Luk
21:18 And not a hair of your head will perish.
Luk
21:19 "By your endurance you will win your lives.
Luk
21:20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then
know that its desolation is at hand.
Luk
21:21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let
those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the
country not enter therein.
Luk
21:22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are
written may be fulfilled.
Luk
21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants
in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and
wrath to this people.
Luk
21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led
captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the
Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Luk
21:25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the
earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea
and the waves;
Luk
21:26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which
are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be
shaken.
Luk
21:27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.
Luk
21:28 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up
your heads, because your redemption is near."
Luk
21:29 He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the
trees.
Luk
21:30 When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own
selves that the summer is already near.
Luk
21:31 Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know
that the Kingdom of God is near.
Luk
21:32 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away
until all things are accomplished.
Luk
21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means
pass away.
Luk
21:34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with
carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will
come on you suddenly.
Luk
21:35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the
surface of all the earth.
Luk
21:36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be
counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to
stand before the Son of Man."
Luk
21:37 Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he
would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called
Olivet.
Luk
21:38 All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple
to hear him.
May 10
Luke 22
Luk
22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the
Passover, drew near.
Luk
22:2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him
to death, for they feared the people.
Luk
22:3 Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, who was
numbered with the twelve.
Luk
22:4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains
about how he might deliver him to them.
Luk
22:5 They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
Luk
22:6 He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them
in the absence of the multitude.
Luk
22:7 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover must be
sacrificed.
Luk
22:8 He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the
Passover for us, that we may eat."
Luk
22:9 They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
Luk
22:10 He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the
city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him
into the house which he enters.
Luk
22:11 Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where
is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"
'
Luk
22:12 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make
preparations there."
Luk
22:13 They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared
the Passover.
Luk
22:14 When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.
Luk
22:15 He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this
Passover with you before I suffer,
Luk
22:16 for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until
it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
Luk
22:17 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said,
"Take this, and share it among yourselves,
Luk
22:18 for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit
of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
Luk
22:19 He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and
gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you.
Do this in memory of me."
Luk
22:20 Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup
is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Luk
22:21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the
table.
Luk
22:22 The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe
to that man through whom he is betrayed!"
Luk
22:23 They began to question among themselves, which of them it was
who would do this thing.
Luk
22:24 There arose also a contention among them, which of them was
considered to be greatest.
Luk
22:25 He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over
them, and those who have authority over them are called
'benefactors.'
Luk
22:26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let
him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who
serves.
Luk
22:27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who
serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of
you as one who serves.
Luk
22:28 But you are those who have continued with me in my trials.
Luk
22:29 I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,
Luk
22:30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will
sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
Luk
22:31 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have
you, that he might sift you as wheat,
Luk
22:32 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You, when
once you have turned again, establish your brothers."
Luk
22:33 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to
prison and to death!"
Luk
22:34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means
crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
Luk
22:35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and
wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."
Luk
22:36 Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let
him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell
his cloak, and buy a sword.
Luk
22:37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be
fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which
concerns me has an end."
Luk
22:38 They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He
said to them, "That is enough."
Luk
22:39 He came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of
Olives. His disciples also followed him.
Luk
22:40 When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you
don't enter into temptation."
Luk
22:41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and he knelt
down and prayed,
Luk
22:42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from
me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
Luk
22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
Luk
22:44 Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like
great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
Luk
22:45 When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and
found them sleeping because of grief,
Luk
22:46 and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that
you may not enter into temptation."
Luk
22:47 While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who
was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near
to Jesus to kiss him.
Luk
22:48 But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of
Man with a kiss?"
Luk
22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about to happen,
they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"
Luk
22:50 A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest,
and cut off his right ear.
Luk
22:51 But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this" -and
he touched his ear, and healed him.
Luk
22:52 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and
elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against
a robber, with swords and clubs?
Luk
22:53 When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch
out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of
darkness."
Luk
22:54 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the
high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.
Luk
22:55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard,
and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
Luk
22:56 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and
looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
Luk
22:57 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
Luk
22:58 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You
also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
Luk
22:59 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed,
saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a
Galilean!"
Luk
22:60 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking
about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster
crowed.
Luk
22:61 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered
the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows
you will deny me three times."
Luk
22:62 He went out, and wept bitterly.
Luk
22:63 The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.
Luk
22:64 Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked
him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
Luk
22:65 They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
Luk
22:66 As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the
people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and
they led him away into their council, saying,
Luk
22:67 "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to
them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,
Luk
22:68 and if I ask, you will in no way answer me or let me go.
Luk
22:69 From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand
of the power of God."
Luk
22:70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He
said to them, "You say it, because I am."
Luk
22:71 They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we
ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"
