Bible Reading for April 5 and 6
World English Bible
Apr.
5
Numbers
1, 2
Num
1:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of
Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year
after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Num
1:2 "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of
Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the
number of the names, every male, one by one;
Num
1:3 from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to
war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
Num
1:4 With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of
his fathers' house.
Num
1:5 These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of
Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num
1:6 Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Num
1:7 Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Num
1:8 Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Num
1:9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
Num
1:10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of
Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Num
1:11 Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num
1:12 Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num
1:13 Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Num
1:14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Num
1:15 Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan."
Num
1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the
princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the
thousands of Israel.
Num
1:17 Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
Num
1:18 They assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
Num
1:19 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
Num
1:20 The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations,
by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number
of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:21 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty-six thousand five hundred.
Num
1:22 Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it,
according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:23 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num
1:24 Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:25 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were
forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num
1:26 Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Num
1:27 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were
sixty-four thousand six hundred.
Num
1:28 Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:29 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty-four thousand four hundred.
Num
1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:31 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num
1:32 Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their
generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according
to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who
were able to go out to war;
Num
1:33 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were
forty thousand five hundred.
Num
1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:35 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were
thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num
1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out
to war;
Num
1:37 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were
thirty-five thousand four hundred.
Num
1:38 Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Num
1:39 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num
1:40 Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families,
by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
Num
1:41 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were
forty-one thousand five hundred.
Num
1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their
families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go
forth to war;
Num
1:43 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num
1:44 These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each
one for his fathers' house.
Num
1:45 So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by
their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were
able to go out to war in Israel;
Num
1:46 even all those who were numbered were six hundred three
thousand five hundred fifty.
Num
1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not
numbered among them.
Num
1:48 For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
1:49 "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither
shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
Num
1:50 but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony,
and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They
shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall
take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
Num
1:51 When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down;
and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
Num
1:52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by
his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their
divisions.
Num
1:53 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the
Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the
Tabernacle of the Testimony."
Num
1:54 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they did.
Num
2:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
2:2 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own
standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance
from the Tent of Meeting shall they encamp around it."
Num
2:3 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of
the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and
the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
Num
2:4 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
seventy-four thousand six hundred.
Num
2:5 Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and
the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of
Zuar.
Num
2:6 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four
thousand four hundred.
Num
2:7 The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun
shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
Num
2:8 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
Num
2:9 All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred
eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They
shall set out first.
Num
2:10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Num
2:11 His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six
thousand five hundred.
Num
2:12 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of
Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
Num
2:13 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
Num
2:14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad
shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Num
2:15 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
Num
2:16 "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one
hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their
armies. They shall set out second.
Num
2:17 "Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of
the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they
set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
Num
2:18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of
Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children
of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Num
2:19 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty
thousand five hundred.
Num
2:20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the
prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
Num
2:21 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
thirty-two thousand two hundred.
Num
2:22 "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of
Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Num
2:23 His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five
thousand four hundred.
Num
2:24 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one
hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions.
They shall set out third.
Num
2:25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of
Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of
Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Num
2:26 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
Num
2:27 "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher:
and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ochran.
Num
2:28 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
forty-one thousand and five hundred.
Num
2:29 "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
Num
2:30 His division, and those who were numbered of them, were
fifty-three thousand four hundred.
Num
2:31 "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred
fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their
standards."
Num
2:32 These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by
their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according
to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
Num
2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel;
as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Num
2:34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh
commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set
out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.
Apr.
6
Numbers
3, 4
Num
3:1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in
the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
Num
3:2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num
3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Num
3:4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange
fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no
children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in
the presence of Aaron their father.
Num
3:5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
3:6 "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron
the priest, that they may minister to him.
Num
3:7 They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the
whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of
the tabernacle.
Num
3:8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and
the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the
tabernacle.
Num
3:9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are
wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Num
3:10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their
priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
Num
3:11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
3:12 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children
of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the
children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
Num
3:13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am
Yahweh."
Num
3:14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Num
3:15 "Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by
their families. You shall count every male from a month old and
upward."
Num
3:16 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was
commanded.
Num
3:17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari.
Num
3:18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:
Libni and Shimei.
Num
3:19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
Num
3:20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These
are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Num
3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of
the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Num
3:22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered
of them were seven thousand five hundred.
Num
3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the
tabernacle westward.
Num
3:24 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Num
3:25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be
the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the
door of the Tent of Meeting,
Num
3:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of
the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its
cords for all of its service.
Num
3:27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of
the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Num
3:28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and
upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the
requirements of the sanctuary.
Num
3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south
side of the tabernacle.
Num
3:30 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Num
3:31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the
altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and
the screen, and all its service.
Num
3:32 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the
princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the
requirements of the sanctuary.
Num
3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
Num
3:34 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two
hundred.
Num
3:35 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was
Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the
tabernacle.
Num
3:36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the
tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its
instruments, all its service,
Num
3:37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins,
and their cords.
Num
3:38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of
the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and
his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of
the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to
death.
Num
3:39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the
males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
Num
3:40 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of
the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the
number of their names.
Num
3:41 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of
all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of
the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the
children of Israel."
Num
3:42 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
Num
3:43 All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from
a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were
twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
Num
3:44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
3:45 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their
livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
Num
3:46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the
firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the
Levites,
Num
3:47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the
shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty
gerahs):
Num
3:48 and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them
is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
Num
3:49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the
number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
Num
3:50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money,
one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary:
Num
3:51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons,
according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Num
4:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
4:2 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Num
4:3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all
who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num
4:4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of
Meeting, the most holy things.
Num
4:5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons,
and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of
the Testimony with it,
Num
4:6 and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread
over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
Num
4:7 On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and
put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which
to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
Num
4:8 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same
with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
Num
4:9 They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the
light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all
its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
Num
4:10 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of
sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
Num
4:11 On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover
it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
Num
4:12 They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover
them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
Num
4:13 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth on it.
Num
4:14 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister
about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the
basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a
covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
Num
4:15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the
sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but
they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are
the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
Num
4:16 "The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be
the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal
offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the
tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its
furnishings."
Num
4:17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Num
4:18 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites
from among the Levites;
Num
4:19 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and
appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
Num
4:20 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a
moment, lest they die."
Num
4:21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Num
4:22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their
fathers' houses, by their families;
Num
4:23 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until
fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the
work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num
4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in
serving and in bearing burdens:
Num
4:25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent
of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above
on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
Num
4:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of
the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the
altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and
whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
Num
4:27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the
service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in
all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all
their responsibilities.
Num
4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the
Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Num
4:29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their
families, by their fathers' houses;
Num
4:30 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work
of the Tent of Meeting.
Num
4:31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their
service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars,
its pillars, its sockets,
Num
4:32 and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all
their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the
duty of their burden.
Num
4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
Num
4:34 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered
the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers'
houses,
Num
4:35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of
Meeting.
Num
4:36 Those who were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred fifty.
Num
4:37 These are those who were numbered of the families of the
Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and
Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
Num
4:38 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families,
and by their fathers' houses,
Num
4:39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of
Meeting,
Num
4:40 even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by
their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
Num
4:41 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and
Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.
Num
4:42 Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
by their families, by their fathers' houses,
Num
4:43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of
Meeting,
Num
4:44 even those who were numbered of them by their families, were
three thousand two hundred.
Num
4:45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons
of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment
of Yahweh by Moses.
Num
4:46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by
their fathers' houses,
Num
4:47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old,
everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of
bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,
Num
4:48 even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five
hundred eighty.
Num
4:49 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by
Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his
burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Apr.
5
Luke 4
Luk 4:1
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was
led by the Spirit into the wilderness
Luk 4:2
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those
days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Luk 4:3
The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this
stone to become bread."
Luk 4:4
Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every word of God.' "
Luk 4:5
The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luk 4:6
The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and
their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to
whomever I want.
Luk 4:7
If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."
Luk 4:8
Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written,
'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'
"
Luk 4:9
He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down
from here,
Luk
4:10 for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you, to
guard you;'
Luk
4:11 and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, lest perhaps you
dash your foot against a stone.' "
Luk
4:12 Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You
shall not tempt the Lord your God.' "
Luk
4:13 When the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from
him until another time.
Luk
4:14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and
news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
Luk
4:15 He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Luk
4:16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered,
as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood
up to read.
Luk
4:17 The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the
book, and found the place where it was written,
Luk
4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed
me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of
sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Luk
4:19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
Luk
4:20 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat
down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Luk
4:21 He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been
fulfilled in your hearing."
Luk
4:22 All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words
which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this
Joseph's son?"
Luk
4:23 He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable,
'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum,
do also here in your hometown.' "
Luk
4:24 He said, "Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is
acceptable in his hometown.
Luk
4:25 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the
days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months,
when a great famine came over all the land.
Luk
4:26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the
land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Luk
4:27 There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the
prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the
Syrian."
Luk
4:28 They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard
these things.
Luk
4:29 They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the
brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw
him off the cliff.
Luk
4:30 But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.
Luk
4:31 He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching
them on the Sabbath day,
Luk
4:32 and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with
authority.
Luk
4:33 In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean
demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
Luk
4:34 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the
Holy One of God!"
Luk
4:35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of
him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came
out of him, having done him no harm.
Luk
4:36 Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with
another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and
power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
Luk
4:37 News about him went out into every place of the surrounding
region.
Luk
4:38 He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house.
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they
begged him for her.
Luk
4:39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her.
Immediately she rose up and served them.
Luk
4:40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with
various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every
one of them, and healed them.
Luk
4:41 Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You
are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow
them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
Luk
4:42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited
place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held
on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.
Luk
4:43 But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the
Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been
sent."
Luk
4:44 He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Apr. 6
Luke 5
Luk 5:1
Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the
word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
Luk 5:2
He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone
out of them, and were washing their nets.
Luk 5:3
He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him
to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the
multitudes from the boat.
Luk 5:4
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into
the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
Luk 5:5
Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took
nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."
Luk 5:6
When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and
their net was breaking.
Luk 5:7
They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should
come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they
began to sink.
Luk 5:8
But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying,
"Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
Luk 5:9
For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish
which they had caught;
Luk
5:10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were
partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From
now on you will be catching people alive."
Luk
5:11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left
everything, and followed him.
Luk
5:12 It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there
was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face,
and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me
clean."
Luk
5:13 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I
want to. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.
Luk
5:14 He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and
show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according
to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
Luk
5:15 But the report concerning him spread much more, and great
multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their
infirmities.
Luk
5:16 But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
Luk
5:17 It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and
there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come
out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of
the Lord was with him to heal them.
Luk
5:18 Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought
to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
Luk
5:19 Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude,
they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with
his cot into the midst before Jesus.
Luk
5:20 Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are
forgiven you."
Luk
5:21 The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who
is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God
alone?"
Luk
5:22 But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why
are you reasoning so in your hearts?
Luk
5:23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to
say, 'Arise and walk?'
Luk
5:24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I
tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
Luk
5:25 Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he
was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
Luk
5:26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were
filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
Luk
5:27 After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named
Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
Luk
5:28 He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
Luk
5:29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great
crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
Luk
5:30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples,
saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and
sinners?"
Luk
5:31 Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need
for a physician, but those who are sick do.
Luk
5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance."
Luk
5:33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and
pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and
drink?"
Luk
5:34 He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the
bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luk
5:35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away
from them. Then they will fast in those days."
Luk
5:36 He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from
a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and
also the piece from the new will not match the old.
Luk
5:37 No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine
will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be
destroyed.
Luk
5:38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved.
Luk
5:39 No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he
says, 'The old is better.' "
Recently, Huffington Post writer Antonia Blumberg penned an article titled “Anti-Atheist Prejudice Is Entrenched Around the Globe, Even Among Atheists.”1 In the article, she commented on research that appeared in Nature magazine.2 The summary paragraph on the Nature
Web site describing the research stated that “people in most—but not
all—of these countries viewed extreme moral violations as representative
of atheists. Notably, anti-atheist prejudice was even evident among
atheist participants around the world.”3 The researchers wrote,
One
of the first steps to becoming a good student in school is to learn the
basics: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Students spend hours trying
to master the basics of arithmetic. But it seems that students in grade
school are not the only math masters. A new study indicates that plants
may be exceptional at math as well. Allison Smith and Martin Howard of
the John Innes Center in Norwich suggest that plants perform basic
arithmetic in order to preserve the correct amount of starch during the
night (Ledford, 2013). Heidi Ledford, writing for Nature News,
explained that scientists once thought plants broke down starch at night
time at a fairly constant rate. Experimental results, however, have
shown that plants can vary their rate of starch consumption based on the
number of hours of darkness they experience. Regardless of how many
hours plants sit in darkness, they can regulate their starch use so that
virtually no starch remains when the light returns (2013).
