Bible Reading for March 3 and 4
World English Bible
Mar.
3
Exodus
13
Exo
13:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo
13:2 "Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the
womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is
mine."
Exo
13:3 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you
came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of
hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall
be eaten.
Exo
13:4 This day you go forth in the month Abib.
Exo
13:5 It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the
Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing
with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
Exo
13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh
day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
Exo
13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and
no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be
yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
Exo
13:8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of
that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
Exo
13:9 It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial
between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for
with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
Exo
13:10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from
year to year.
Exo
13:11 "It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land
of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall
give it you,
Exo
13:12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb,
and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The
males shall be Yahweh's.
Exo
13:13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and
if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you
shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.
Exo
13:14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying,
'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Exo
13:15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that
Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the
firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice
to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn
of my sons I redeem.'
Exo
13:16 It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between
your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of
Egypt."
Exo
13:17 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change
their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
Exo
13:18 but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by
the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land
of Egypt.
Exo
13:19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the
children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
Exo
13:20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
in the edge of the wilderness.
Exo
13:21 Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead
them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light, that they might go by day and by night:
Exo
13:22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
didn't depart from before the people.
Mar.
4
Exodus
14
Exo
14:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Exo
14:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and
encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal
Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
Exo
14:3 Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled
in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'
Exo
14:4 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will follow after them;
and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies; and the
Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh." They did so.
Exo
14:5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the
heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people,
and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let
Israel go from serving us?"
Exo
14:6 He made ready his chariot, and took his army with him;
Exo
14:7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots
of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
Exo
14:8 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he
pursued after the children of Israel; for the children of Israel went
out with a high hand.
Exo
14:9 The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots
of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping
by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
Exo
14:10 When Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they
were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
Exo
14:11 They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in
Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you
treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
Exo
14:12 Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying,
'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better
for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the
wilderness."
Exo
14:13 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still,
and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today:
for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them
again.
Exo
14:14 Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still."
Exo
14:15 Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the
children of Israel, that they go forward.
Exo
14:16 Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and
divide it: and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the
sea on dry ground.
Exo
14:17 I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and
over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
Exo
14:18 The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten
myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen."
Exo
14:19 The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved
and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
Exo
14:20 It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and
there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and
the one didn't come near the other all the night.
Exo
14:21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the
sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Exo
14:22 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the
dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand,
and on their left.
Exo
14:23 The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst
of the sea: all of Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Exo
14:24 It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on
the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and
confused the Egyptian army.
Exo
14:25 He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel,
for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"
Exo
14:26 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the
sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their
chariots, and on their horsemen."
Exo
14:27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians
fled against it. Yahweh overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the
sea.
Exo
14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the
horsemen, even all Pharaoh's army that went in after them into the
sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
Exo
14:29 But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of
the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and
on their left.
Exo
14:30 Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Exo
14:31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his
servant Moses.
Mar. 3,
4
Mark 4
Mar 4:1
Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was
gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat
down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
Mar 4:2
He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his
teaching,
Mar 4:3
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
Mar 4:4
and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the
birds came and devoured it.
Mar 4:5
Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Mar 4:6
When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away.
Mar 4:7
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it,
and it yielded no fruit.
Mar 4:8
Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and
increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and
some one hundred times as much."
Mar 4:9
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mar
4:10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve
asked him about the parables.
Mar
4:11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the
Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in
parables,
Mar
4:12 that 'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they
may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again,
and their sins should be forgiven them.' "
Mar
4:13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How
will you understand all of the parables?
Mar
4:14 The farmer sows the word.
Mar
4:15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and
when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the
word which has been sown in them.
Mar
4:16 These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky
places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it
with joy.
Mar
4:17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When
oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately
they stumble.
Mar
4:18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those
who have heard the word,
Mar
4:19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and
the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes
unfruitful.
Mar
4:20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the
word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty
times, and some one hundred times."
Mar
4:21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a
basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?
Mar
4:22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made
known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to
light.
Mar
4:23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."
Mar
4:24 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever
measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be
given to you who hear.
Mar
4:25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't
have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
Mar
4:26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast
seed on the earth,
Mar
4:27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should
spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
Mar
4:28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then
the full grain in the ear.
Mar
4:29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the
sickle, because the harvest has come."
Mar
4:30 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with
what parable will we illustrate it?
Mar
4:31 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in
the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the
earth,
Mar
4:32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the
herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can
lodge under its shadow."
Mar
4:33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were
able to hear it.
Mar
4:34 Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his
own disciples he explained everything.
Mar
4:35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's
go over to the other side."
Mar
4:36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was,
in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
Mar
4:37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so
much that the boat was already filled.
Mar
4:38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they
woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are
dying?"
Mar
4:39 He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace!
Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mar
4:40 He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that
you have no faith?"
Mar
4:41 They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who
then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
[Editor’s
Note: The following article was written by A.P. scientist Dr. May, who
holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Angelo State University, as well as
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Astrophysics from the University of Alabama.]
[EDITOR’S NOTE:
A.P. auxiliary writer Robert Veil, Jr. formerly served as a district
attorney for the Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office, and
previously maintained an active private law practice. He currently
preaches in Martinsburg, West Virginia.]
