June
3
Ruth
3
Rth
3:1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not
seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
Rth
3:2 Now isn't Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold,
he winnows barley tonight in the threshing floor.
Rth
3:3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put your
clothing on yourself, and go down to the threshing floor, but don't
make yourself known to the man, until he has finished eating and
drinking.
Rth
3:4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place
where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and
lay down; then he will tell you what you shall do.
Rth
3:5 She said to her, All that you say I will do.
Rth
3:6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all
that her mother-in-law told her.
Rth
3:7 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went
to lie down at the end of the heap of grain: and she came softly, and
uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Rth
3:8 It happened at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Rth
3:9 He said, Who are you? She answered, I am Ruth your handmaid:
spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near
kinsman.
Rth
3:10 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown
more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as
you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.
Rth
3:11 Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that
you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a
worthy woman.
Rth
3:12 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
Rth
3:13 Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he
will perform for you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you,
then will I do the part of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives: lie
down until the morning.
Rth
3:14 She lay at his feet until the morning. She rose up before one
could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the
woman came to the threshing floor.
Rth
3:15 He said, Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it; and she
held it; and he measured six measures
of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
Rth
3:16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my
daughter? She told her all that the man had done to her.
Rth
3:17 She said, These six measures
of barley gave he me; for he said, "Don't go empty to your
mother-in-law."
Rth
3:18 Then she said, "Sit still, my daughter, until you know how
the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has
finished the thing this day."
Rth
4:1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and
behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said,
Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. He turned aside, and sat
down.
Rth
4:2 He took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down
here. They sat down.
Rth
4:3 He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out of the
country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother
Elimelech's:
Rth
4:4 I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before those who
sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it,
redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may
know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.
He said, I will redeem it.
Rth
4:5 Then said Boaz, On the day you buy the field from the hand of
Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the
dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.
Rth
4:6 The near kinsman said, I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar
my own inheritance: take my right of redemption on you; for I can't
redeem it.
Rth
4:7 Now this was the custom
in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning
exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave
it to his neighbor; and this was the manner
of attestation in Israel.
Rth
4:8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. He drew
off his shoe.
Rth
4:9 Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are
witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and
all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Rth
4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his
inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his
brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
Rth
4:11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house
like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and
treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
Rth
4:12 and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore
to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young
woman.
Rth
4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to
her, and Yahweh gave her conception, and she bore a son.
Rth
4:14 The women said to Naomi, Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left
you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in
Israel.
Rth
4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your
old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to
you than seven sons, has borne him.
Rth
4:16 Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became
nurse to it.
Rth
4:17 The women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they named him Obed: he is the father of Jesse,
the father of David.
Rth
4:18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez
became the father of Hezron,
Rth
4:19 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father
of Amminadab,
Rth
4:20 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became
the father of Salmon,
Rth
4:21 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the
father of Obed,
Rth
4:22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the
father of David.
June
4
1
Samuel 1, 2
1Sa
1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill
country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the
son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
1Sa
1:2 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the
name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
1Sa
1:3 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship
and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
1Sa
1:4 When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah
his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
1Sa
1:5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but
Yahweh had shut up her womb.
1Sa
1:6 Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Yahweh
had shut up her womb.
1Sa
1:7 as he
did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she
provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
1Sa
1:8 Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? and
why don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to
you than ten sons?
1Sa
1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they
had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost
of the temple of Yahweh.
1Sa
1:10 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept
sore.
1Sa
1:11 She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed
look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not
forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I
will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no
razor come on his head.
1Sa
1:12 It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli
marked her mouth.
1Sa
1:13 Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but
her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
1Sa
1:14 Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your
wine from you.
1Sa
1:15 Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful
spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out
my soul before Yahweh.
1Sa
1:16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the
abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.
1Sa
1:17 Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant
your petition that you have asked of him.
1Sa
1:18 She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the
woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any
more.
1Sa
1:19 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh,
and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew
Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
1Sa
1:20 It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah
conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of Yahweh.
1Sa
1:21 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1Sa
1:22 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, I
will not go up until the child be
weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh,
and there abide forever.
1Sa
1:23 Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you;
wait until you have weaned him; only Yahweh establish his word. So
the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
1Sa
1:24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him
to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh: and the child was young.
1Sa
1:25 They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
1Sa
1:26 She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the
woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
1Sa
1:27 For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition
which I asked of him:
1Sa
1:28 therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh; as long as he
lives he is granted to Yahweh. He worshiped Yahweh there.
1Sa
2:1 Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is
exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I
rejoice in your salvation.
1Sa
2:2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides
you, nor is there any rock like our God.
1Sa
2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don't let arrogance come out
of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are
weighed.
1Sa
2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are
girded with strength.
1Sa
2:5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those
who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children
languishes.
1Sa
2:6 Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and
brings up.
1Sa
2:7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts
up.
1Sa
2:8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy
from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the
throne of glory, for the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has
set the world on them.
1Sa
2:9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be
put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
1Sa
2:10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will
thunder against them in the sky. Yahweh will judge the ends of the
earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his
anointed.
1Sa
2:11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to
Yahweh before Eli the priest.
1Sa
2:12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.
1Sa
2:13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was
boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
1Sa
2:14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did
in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
1Sa
2:15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and
said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest;
for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw.
1Sa
2:16 If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first,
and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No,
but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
1Sa
2:17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the
men despised the offering of Yahweh.
1Sa
2:18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, girded with
a linen ephod.
1Sa
2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to
him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the
yearly sacrifice.
1Sa
2:20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Yahweh give you
seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh. They
went to their own home.
1Sa
2:21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons
and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
1Sa
2:22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all
Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door
of the Tent of Meeting.
1Sa
2:23 He said to them, Why do you do such things? for I hear of your
evil dealings from all this people.
1Sa
2:24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make
Yahweh's people disobey.
1Sa
2:25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a
man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding,
they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was
minded to kill them.
1Sa
2:26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with
Yahweh, and also with men.
1Sa
2:27 There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says
Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they
were in Egypt in bondage
to Pharaoh's house?
1Sa
2:28 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my
priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod
before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the
offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
1Sa
2:29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I
have commanded in my
habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with
the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?
1Sa
2:30 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that
your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me
forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor
me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1Sa
2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the
arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in
your house.
1Sa
2:32 You shall see the affliction of my
habitation, in all the wealth which God
shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in your house
forever.
1Sa
2:33 The man of yours, whom
I shall not cut off from my altar, shall
be to consume your eyes, and to grieve
your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the
flower of their age.
1Sa
2:34 This shall be the sign to you, that shall come on your two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.
1Sa
2:35 I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according
to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
1Sa
2:36 It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall
come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread,
and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I
may eat a morsel of bread.
Jun. 3,
4
John 10
Joh
10:1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the
door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a
thief and a robber.
Joh
10:2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Joh
10:3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to
his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
Joh
10:4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and
the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Joh
10:5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from
him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."
Joh
10:6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand
what he was telling them.
Joh
10:7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I
tell you, I am the sheep's door.
Joh
10:8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
didn't listen to them.
Joh
10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and
will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
Joh
10:10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that
they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Joh
10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life
for the sheep.
Joh
10:12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own
the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The
wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
Joh
10:13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't
care for the sheep.
Joh
10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my
own;
Joh
10:15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down
my life for the sheep.
Joh
10:16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring
them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock
with one shepherd.
Joh
10:17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life,
that I may take it again.
Joh
10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I
received this commandment from my Father."
Joh
10:19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of
these words.
Joh
10:20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do
you listen to him?"
Joh
10:21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed
by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the
blind, is it?"
Joh
10:22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
Joh
10:23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in
Solomon's porch.
Joh
10:24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How
long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us
plainly."
Joh
10:25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe.
The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
Joh
10:26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I
told you.
Joh
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Joh
10:28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no
one will snatch them out of my hand.
Joh
10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No
one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
Joh
10:30 I and the Father are one."
Joh
10:31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.
Joh
10:32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works
from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
Joh
10:33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good
work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself
God."
Joh
10:34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I
said, you are gods?'
Joh
10:35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the
Scripture can't be broken),
Joh
10:36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the
world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
Joh
10:37 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.
Joh
10:38 But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the
works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I
in the Father."
Joh
10:39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
Joh
10:40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John
was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
Joh
10:41 Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign,
but everything that John said about this man is true."
Joh
10:42 Many believed in him there.
