Bible Reading
February 24
The World English Bible
Feb.
24
Exodus
5
Exo
5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This
is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they
may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.' "
Exo
5:2 Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his
voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not
let Israel go."
Exo
5:3 They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please
let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to
Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the
sword."
Exo
5:4 The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and
Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
Exo
5:5 Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many,
and you make them rest from their burdens."
Exo
5:6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people,
and their officers, saying,
Exo
5:7 "You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick,
as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exo
5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require
from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle;
therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
Exo
5:9 Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor
therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."
Exo
5:10 The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I
will not give you straw.
Exo
5:11 Go yourselves, get straw where you can find it, for nothing of
your work shall be diminished."
Exo
5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Exo
5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work
quota daily, as when there was straw!"
Exo
5:14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why
haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making
brick as before?"
Exo
5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to
Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
Exo
5:16 No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make
brick!' and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in
your own people."
Exo
5:17 But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you
say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
Exo
5:18 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you,
yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!"
Exo
5:19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in
trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from
your daily quota of bricks!"
Exo
5:20 They met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came
forth from Pharaoh:
Exo
5:21 and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge,
because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their
hand to kill us."
Exo
5:22 Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you
brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
Exo
5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has
brought trouble on this people; neither have you delivered your
people at all."
Feb. 24, 25
Matthew 28
Mat 28:1 Now after the
Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
Mat 28:2 Behold, there
was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the
sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
Mat 28:3 His appearance
was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
Mat 28:4 For fear of
him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
Mat 28:5 The angel
answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek
Jesus, who has been crucified.
Mat 28:6 He is not
here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord was lying.
Mat 28:7 Go quickly and
tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes
before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told
you."
Mat 28:8 They departed
quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his
disciples word.
Mat 28:9 As they went
to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!"
They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
Mat 28:10 Then Jesus
said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they
should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
Mat 28:11 Now while
they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and
told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
Mat 28:12 When they
were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a
large amount of silver to the soldiers,
Mat 28:13 saying, "Say
that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
Mat 28:14 If this comes
to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of
worry."
Mat 28:15 So they took
the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad
among the Jews, and continues until this day.
Mat 28:16 But the
eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had
sent them.
Mat 28:17 When they saw
him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted.
Mat 28:18 Jesus came to
them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to
me in heaven and on earth.
Mat 28:19 Therefore go,
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mat 28:20 teaching them
to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
true
to our God and to His religion, are exclusivists. We cannot be obedient
to the Master who revealed Himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life
if we deny His claim that "no one comes to the Father but by Me" (John
14:6). Jesus' claims are exclusive, and His earliest followers
understood this clearly. Peter, Paul, and John all agree that their
Master is the only salvation available (Acts 4:12, 1 Timothy 2:5-6; and 1
John 2:2).
