Bible Reading
February 26
The World English Bible
Feb.
26
Exodus
7
Exo
7:1 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to
Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
Exo
7:2 You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother
shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of
his land.
Exo
7:3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exo
7:4 But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on
Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Exo
7:5 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth
my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among
them."
Exo
7:6 Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
Exo
7:7 Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old,
when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Exo
7:8 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Exo
7:9 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!'
then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before
Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' "
Exo
7:10 Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh
had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before
his servants, and it became a serpent.
Exo
7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers.
They also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their
enchantments.
Exo
7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents:
but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Exo
7:13 Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as
Yahweh had spoken.
Exo
7:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He
refuses to let the people go.
Exo
7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he goes out to the water;
and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod
which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
Exo
7:16 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent
me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in
the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.
Exo
7:17 Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am
Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the
waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Exo
7:18 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall
become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the
river." ' "
Exo
7:19 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and
stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers,
over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of
water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood
throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in
vessels of stone.' "
Exo
7:20 Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that
were in the river were turned to blood.
Exo
7:21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became
foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the
blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exo
7:22 The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their
enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen
to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
Exo
7:23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even
this to heart.
Exo
7:24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for
they couldn't drink of the water of the river.
Exo
7:25 Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
Feb. 26, 27
Mark 1
Mar 1:1 The beginning
of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mar 1:2 As it is
written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before
your face, who will prepare your way before you.
Mar 1:3 The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make
his paths straight!' "
Mar 1:4 John came
baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance
for forgiveness of sins.
Mar 1:5 All the country
of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were
baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.
Mar 1:6 John was
clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate
locusts and wild honey.
Mar 1:7 He preached,
saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of
whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
Mar 1:8 I baptized you
in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."
Mar 1:9 It happened in
those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was
baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mar 1:10 Immediately
coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit
descending on him like a dove.
Mar 1:11 A voice came
out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased."
Mar 1:12 Immediately
the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
Mar 1:13 He was there
in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild
animals; and the angels were serving him.
Mar 1:14 Now after John
was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good
News of the Kingdom of God,
Mar 1:15 and saying,
"The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand!
Repent, and believe in the Good News."
Mar 1:16 Passing along
by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Mar 1:17 Jesus said to
them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."
Mar 1:18 Immediately
they left their nets, and followed him.
Mar 1:19 Going on a
little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John,
his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.
Mar 1:20 Immediately he
called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with
the hired servants, and went after him.
Mar 1:21 They went into
Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the
synagogue and taught.
Mar 1:22 They were
astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority,
and not as the scribes.
Mar 1:23 Immediately
there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he
cried out,
Mar 1:24 saying, "Ha!
What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to
destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
Mar 1:25 Jesus rebuked
him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"
Mar 1:26 The unclean
spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Mar 1:27 They were all
amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What
is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the
unclean spirits, and they obey him!"
Mar 1:28 The report of
him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee
and its surrounding area.
Mar 1:29 Immediately,
when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of
Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Mar 1:30 Now Simon's
wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him
about her.
Mar 1:31 He came and
took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she
served them.
Mar 1:32 At evening,
when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and
those who were possessed by demons.
Mar 1:33 All the city
was gathered together at the door.
Mar 1:34 He healed many
who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He
didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
Mar 1:35 Early in the
morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and
departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
Mar 1:36 Simon and
those who were with him followed after him;
Mar 1:37 and they found
him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."
Mar 1:38 He said to
them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach
there also, because I came out for this reason."
Mar 1:39 He went into
their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out
demons.
Mar 1:40 A leper came
to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If
you want to, you can make me clean."
Mar 1:41 Being moved
with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said
to him, "I want to. Be made clean."
Mar 1:42 When he had
said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made
clean.
Mar 1:43 He strictly
warned him, and immediately sent him out,
Mar 1:44 and said to
him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to
the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them."
Mar 1:45 But he went
out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter,
so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside
in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
