Bible Reading
June 5
The World English Bible
June
5
1
Samuel 3, 4
1Sa
3:1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of
Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
1Sa
3:2 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place
(now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
1Sa
3:3 and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid
down to sleep,
in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;
1Sa
3:4 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.
1Sa
3:5 He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He said,
I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down.
1Sa
3:6 Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli,
and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered, I didn't call,
my son; lie down again.
1Sa
3:7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of
Yahweh yet revealed to him.
1Sa
3:8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. Eli perceived that
Yahweh had called the child.
1Sa
3:9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if
he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant
hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1Sa
3:10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
1Sa
3:11 Yahweh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at
which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.
1Sa
3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken
concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
1Sa
3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for
the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on
themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
1Sa
3:14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering
forever.
1Sa
3:15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house
of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
1Sa
3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He said, Here
am I.
1Sa
3:17 He said, "What is the thing that Yahweh
has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you,
and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he
spoke to you."
1Sa
3:18 Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. He said,
It is Yahweh: let him do what seems him good.
1Sa
3:19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground.
1Sa
3:20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
1Sa
3:21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to
Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
1Sa
4:1 The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and
the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
1Sa
4:2 The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when
they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and
they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.
1Sa
4:3 When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel
said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us
get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it
may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1Sa
4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above
the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were
there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1Sa
4:5 When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all
Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
1Sa
4:6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said,
What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews?
They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come into the camp.
1Sa
4:7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the
camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing
heretofore.
1Sa
4:8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
gods? these are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of
plagues in the wilderness.
1Sa
4:9 Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not
be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen
yourselves like men, and fight!
1Sa
4:10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled
every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for
there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
1Sa
4:11 The ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
1Sa
4:12 There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
1Sa
4:13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road
watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man
came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
1Sa
4:14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the
noise of this tumult? The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
1Sa
4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so
that he could not see.
1Sa
4:16 The man said to Eli, I am he who came out of the army, and I
fled today out of the army. He said, How went the matter, my son?
1Sa
4:17 He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the
people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and
the ark of God is taken.
1Sa
4:18 It happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli
fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck
broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged
Israel forty years.
1Sa
4:19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken,
and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed
herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.
1Sa
4:20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to
her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she
didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
1Sa
4:21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her
father-in-law and her husband.
1Sa
4:22 She said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God
is taken.
Jun.
5, 6
John
11
Joh
11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the
village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
Joh
11:2 It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and
wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
Joh
11:3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold,
he for whom you have great affection is sick."
Joh
11:4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to
death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by
it."
Joh
11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
Joh
11:6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in
the place where he was.
Joh
11:7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into
Judea again."
Joh
11:8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying
to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Joh
11:9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If
a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light
of this world.
Joh
11:10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the
light isn't in him."
Joh
11:11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our
friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may
awake him out of sleep."
Joh
11:12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen
asleep, he will recover."
Joh
11:13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he
spoke of taking rest in sleep.
Joh
11:14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
Joh
11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may
believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him."
Joh
11:16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow
disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."
Joh
11:17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four
days already.
Joh
11:18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
Joh
11:19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary,
to console them concerning their brother.
Joh
11:20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met
him, but Mary stayed in the house.
Joh
11:21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have
been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
Joh
11:22 Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give
you."
Joh
11:23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
Joh
11:24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in
the resurrection at the last day."
Joh
11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.
He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
Joh
11:26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you
believe this?"
Joh
11:27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that
you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
Joh
11:28 When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her
sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling
you."
Joh
11:29 When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.
Joh
11:30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the
place where Martha met him.
Joh
11:31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were
consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went
out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep
there."
Joh
11:32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have
been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
Joh
11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who
came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Joh
11:34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him,
"Lord, come and see."
Joh
11:35 Jesus wept.
Joh
11:36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had
for him!"
Joh
11:37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the
eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
Joh
11:38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb.
Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Joh
11:39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the
sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time
there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
Joh
11:40 Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you
believed, you would see God's glory?"
Joh
11:41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man
was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank
you that you listened to me.
Joh
11:42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the
multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that
you sent me."
Joh
11:43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus,
come out!"
Joh
11:44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings,
and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them,
"Free him, and let him go."
Joh
11:45 Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what
Jesus did, believed in him.
Joh
11:46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the
things which Jesus had done.
Joh
11:47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a
council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many
signs.
Joh
11:48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him,
and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our
nation."
Joh
11:49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that
year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
Joh
11:50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish."
Joh
11:51 Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that
year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
Joh
11:52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather
together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
Joh
11:53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put
him to death.
Joh
11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but
departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city
called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
Joh
11:55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from
the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Joh
11:56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they
stood in the temple, "What do you think-that he isn't coming to
the feast at all?"
Joh
11:57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if
anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize
him.
