Genesis 1-3

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Hebrews
Chapter 11

32 What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions,

34 put out raging fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders.

35 Women received back their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection.

36 Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword's point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy, afflicted, tormented.

38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth.

39 Yet all these, though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised.

40 God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect. ¹

Psalms
Chapter 31

19 Strike dumb their lying lips, proud lips that attack the just in contempt and scorn.

20 How great is your goodness, Lord, stored up for those who fear you. You display it for those who trust you, in the sight of all the people.

21 You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from scheming enemies. You keep them in your abode, safe from plotting tongues.

22 Blessed be the LORD, who has shown me wondrous love, and been for me a city most secure.

23 Once I said in my anguish, "I am shut out from your sight." Yet you heard my plea, when I cried out to you.

Mark
Chapter 5

1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes.

2 When he got out of the boat, at once a man ² from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him.

3 The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain.

4 In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.

6 Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,

7 crying out in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, ³ Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!"

8 (He had been saying to him, "Unclean spirit, come out of the man!")

9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "Legion is my name. There are many of us."

10 And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory.

11 Now a large herd of swine ⁵ was feeding there on the hillside.

12 And they pleaded with him, "Send us into the swine. Let us enter them."

13 And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned.

14 The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened.

15 As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear.

16 Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine.

17 Then they began to beg him to leave their district.

18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him.

19 But he would not permit him but told him instead, "Go home ⁶ to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you."

20 Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.

Sunday - Romans 1-2

Matthew Ch. 1-2

Isaiah 1-6

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Hebrews
Chapter 10

32 Remember the days past when, after you had been enlightened, ¹ you endured a great contest of suffering.

33 At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and affliction; at other times you associated yourselves with those so treated.

34 You even joined in the sufferings of those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you had a better and lasting possession.

35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence; it will have great recompense.

36 You need endurance to do the will of God and receive what he has promised.

37 "For, after just a brief moment, ² he who is to come shall come; he shall not delay.

38 But my just one shall live by faith, and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him."

39 We are not among those who draw back and perish, but among those who have faith and will possess life.

Psalms
Chapter 37

2 Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.

3 Trust in the LORD and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure.

4 Find your delight in the LORD who will give you your heart's desire.

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust that God will act

22 For those blessed by the Lord will possess the land, but those accursed will be cut off.

23 Those whose steps are guided by the LORD; whose way God approves,

38 But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

39 The salvation of the just is from the LORD, their refuge in time of distress.

Mark
Chapter 4

26 He said,"This is how it is with the kingdom of God; ¹ it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land

27 and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

28 Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come."

30 He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it?

31 It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.

32 But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade."

33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.

34 Without parables he did not speak to them, but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.

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Job ; Chapters 1-2

Hebrews
Chapter 10

19 Therefore, brothers, since through the blood of Jesus we have confidence of entrance into the sanctuary

20 by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,

21 and since we have "a great priest over the house of God,"

22 let us approach with a sincere heart and in absolute trust, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ⁴ and our bodies washed in pure water.

23 Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy.

24 We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works.

25 We should not stay away from our assembly, ⁵ as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Psalms
Chapter 24

1 A psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S and all it holds, the world and those who live there.

2 For God founded it on the seas, established it over the rivers.

3 Who may go up the mountain of the LORD? Who can stand in his holy place?

4 "The clean of hand and pure of heart, who are not devoted to idols, who have not sworn falsely.

5 They will receive blessings from the LORD, and justice from their saving God.

6 Such are the people that love the LORD, that seek the face of the God of Jacob." Selah

Mark
Chapter 4

21 He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?

22 For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light.

23 Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear."

24 He also told them, "Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you.

25 To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."

Hebrews
Chapter 10

11 Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

12 But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God;

13 now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.

14 For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.

15 The holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying:

16 "This is the covenant I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord: 'I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them upon their minds,'"

17 he also says: ⁴ "Their sins and their evildoing I will remember no more."

18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.

Psalms
Chapter 110

1 A psalm of David. ² The LORD says to you, my lord: "Take your throne at my righthand, while I make your enemies your footstool."

2 The scepter of your sovereign might the LORD will extend from Zion. The LORD says: "Rule over your enemies!

3 Yours is princely power from the day of your birth. In holy splendor before the daystar, like the dew I begot you."

4 The LORD has sworn and will not waver: "Like Melchizedek you are a priest forever."

Mark
Chapter 4

1 On another occasion he began to teach by the sea. ² A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land.

2 And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,

3 "Hear this! A sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

6 And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots.

7 Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.

8 And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

9 He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."

10 And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.

11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables,

12 so that 'they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.'"

13 Jesus said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

14 The sower sows the word.

15 These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them.

16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy.

17 But they have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

18 Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word,

19 but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.

20 But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."

Acts
Chapter 9

1 Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way, ² he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.

3 On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.

4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"

5 He said, "Who are you, sir?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

6 Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do."

7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they heard the voice but could see no one.

8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing; ³ so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.

9 For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.

10 There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He answered, "Here I am, Lord."

11 The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying,

12 and (in a vision) he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay (his) hands on him, that he may regain his sight."

13 But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones ⁴ in Jerusalem.

14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name."

15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and Israelites,

16 and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name."

17 So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, "Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

18 Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized,

19 and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength. ⁵ He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus,

20 and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. ⁶

21 All who heard him were astounded and said, "Is not this the man who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call upon this name, and came here expressly to take them back in chains to the chief priests?"

22 But Saul grew all the stronger and confounded (the) Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.

Chapter 22

3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated strictly in our ancestral law and was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

4 I persecuted this Way to death, binding both men and women and delivering them to prison.

5 Even the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify on my behalf. For from them I even received letters to the brothers and set out for Damascus to bring back to Jerusalem in chains for punishment those there as well.

6 "On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me.

7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

8 I replied, 'Who are you, sir?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazorean whom you are persecuting.'

9 My companions saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who spoke to me.

10 I asked, 'What shall I do, sir?' The Lord answered me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything appointed for you to do.'

11 Since I could see nothing because of the brightness of that light, I was led by hand by my companions and entered Damascus.

12 "A certain Ananias, a devout observer of the law, and highly spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

13 came to me and stood there and said, 'Saul, my brother, regain your sight.' And at that very moment I regained my sight and saw him.

14 Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice;

15 for you will be his witness ¹ before all to what you have seen and heard.

16 Now, why delay? Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away, calling upon his name.'

Psalms
Chapter 117

1 ¹ Praise the LORD, all you nations! Give glory, all you peoples!

2 The LORD'S love for us is strong; the LORD is faithful forever. Hallelujah!

Mark
Chapter 16

15 He said to them, "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature.

16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.

17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages.

18 They will pick up serpents (with their hands), and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

Hebrews
Chapter 9

15 For this reason he is mediator of a new covenant: since a death has taken place for deliverance from transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance.

24 For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a copy of the true one, but heaven itself, that he might now appear before God on our behalf.

25 Not that he might offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters each year into the sanctuary with blood that is not his own;

26 if that were so, he would have had to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world. But now once for all he has appeared at the end of the ages ² to take away sin by his sacrifice.

27 Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment,

28 so also Christ, offered once to take away the sins of many, ³ will appear a second time, not

to take away sin but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await him.

Psalms
Chapter 98

1 A psalm. ² Sing a new song to the LORD, who has done marvelous deeds, Whose right hand and holy arm have won the victory.

2 The LORD has made his victory known; has revealed his triumph for the nations to see,

3 Has remembered faithful love toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

4 Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth; break into song; sing praise.

5 Sing praise to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and melodious song.

6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy to the King, the LORD.

Mark
Chapter 3

22 The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," ¹ and "By the prince of demons he drives out demons."

23 Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan drive out Satan?

24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him.

27 But no one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

28 Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them.

29 But whoever blasphemes against the holy Spirit ² will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin."

30 For they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

Sunday's Readings

Isaiah
Chapter 8

23 First he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; ¹ but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land West of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness; for there is no gloom where but now there was distress.

Chapter 9

1 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.

2 You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, As they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as men make merry when dividing spoils.

3 For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, And the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.

Psalms
Chapter 27

1 Of David ¹ The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom do I fear? The LORD is my life's refuge; of whom am I afraid?

4 One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the LORD'S house all the days of my life, To gaze on the LORD'S beauty, to visit his temple.

13 ² But I believe I shall enjoy the LORD'S goodness in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the LORD, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the LORD!

1 Corinthians
Chapter 1

10 ¹ I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.

11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are rivalries among you.

12 I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to ² Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Kephas," or "I belong to Christ."

13 ³ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

17 ^{4 5} For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.

Matthew
Chapter 4

12 ¹ When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.

13 He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

14 that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:

15 "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

16 the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen."

17 ² From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

18 ³ As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.

19 He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."

20 ⁴ At once they left their nets and followed him.

21 He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them,

22 and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.

23 ⁵ He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, ⁶ proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.

Hebrews
Chapter 8

6 Now he has obtained so much more excellent a ministry as he is mediator of a better covenant, enacted on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second one.

8 But he finds fault with them and says: ² "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them forth from the land of Egypt; for they did not stand by my covenant and I ignored them, says the Lord.

10 But this is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and I will write them upon their hearts. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

11 And they shall not teach, each one his fellow citizen and kinsman, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know me, from least to greatest.

12 For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more."

13 When he speaks of a "new" covenant, he declares the first one obsolete. And what has become obsolete and has grown old is close to disappearing.

Psalms
Chapter 85

7 Please give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you.

9 I will listen for the word of God; surely the LORD will proclaim peace To his people, to the faithful, to those who trust in him.

10 Near indeed is salvation for the loyal; prosperity will fill our land.

11 Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss.

12 Truth will spring from the earth; justice will look down from heaven.

13 The LORD will surely grant abundance; our land will yield its increase.

Mark
Chapter 3

13 He went up the mountain ¹ and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him.

14 He appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) that they might be with him ² and he might send them forth to preach

15 and to have authority to drive out demons:

16 (he appointed the twelve:) Simon, whom he named Peter;

17 James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;

18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean,

19 and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Hebrews
Chapter 7

25 Therefore, he is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them.

26 It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: ² holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens. ³

27 He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, ⁴ first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.

28 For the law appoints men subject to weakness to be high priests, but the word of the oath, which was taken after the law, appoints a son, who has been made perfect forever.

Chapter 8

1 The main point of what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

2 a minister of the sanctuary ⁶ and of the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

3 Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer.

4 If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are those who offer gifts according to the law.

5 They worship in a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tabernacle. For he says, "See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

6 Now he has obtained so much more excellent a ministry as he is mediator of a better covenant, enacted on better promises.

Psalms
Chapter 40

6 How numerous, O LORD, my God, you have made your wondrous deeds! And in your plans for us there is none to equal you. Should I wish to declare or tell them, too many are they to recount.

7 sacrifice and offering you do not want; but ears open to obedience you gave me. Holocausts and sin-offerings you do not require;

8 so I said, "Here I am; your commands for me are written in the scroll.

9 To do your will is my delight; my God, your law is in my heart!"

16 Let those who say "Aha!" know dismay and shame.

Mark
Chapter 3

7 Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people (followed) from Galilee and from Judea.

8 Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.

9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him.

10 He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him.

11 And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, "You are the Son of God."

12 He warned them sternly not to make him known.

Hebrews
Chapter 7
1 This "Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High," 2 "met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings" and "blessed him."
2 And Abraham apportioned to him "a tenth of everything." His name first means righteous king, and he was also "king of Salem," that is, king of peace.
3 Without father, mother, or ancestry, without beginning of days or end of life, 4 thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
15 It is even more obvious if another priest is raised up after the likeness of Melchizedek,
16 who has become so, not by a law expressed in a commandment concerning physical descent but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. 6
17 For it is testified: "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."


Psalms
Chapter 110
1 A psalm of David. 2 The LORD says to you, my lord: "Take your throne at my righthand, while I make your enemies your footstool."
2 The scepter of your sovereign might the LORD will extend from Zion. The LORD says: "Rule over your enemies!
3 Yours is princely power from the day of your birth. In holy splendor before the daystar, like the dew I begot you."
4 The LORD has sworn and will not waver: "Like Melchizedek you are a priest forever."


Mark
Chapter 3
1 Again he entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand.
2 They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.
3 He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us."
4 Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent.
5 Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
6 The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

Hebrews
Chapter 6

10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name by having served and continuing to serve the holy ones.

11 We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end,

12 so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises. ¹

13 When God made the promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, "he swore by himself,"

14 and said, "I will indeed bless you and multiply" you.

15 And so, after patient waiting, he obtained the promise. ³

16 Human beings swear by someone greater than themselves; for them an oath serves as a guarantee and puts an end to all argument.

17 So when God wanted to give the heirs of his promise an even clearer demonstration of the immutability of his purpose, he intervened with an oath,

18 so that by two immutable things, ⁴ in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.

19 This we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil, ⁵

20 where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Psalms
Chapter 111

1 Hallelujah. ² I will praise the LORD with all my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright.

2 Great are the works of the LORD, to be treasured for all their delights.

4 You won renown for your wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the LORD.

5 You gave food to those who fear you, mindful of your covenant forever.

9 You sent deliverance to your people, ratified your covenant forever; holy and awesome is your name.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who live by it. Your praise endures forever.

Mark
Chapter 2

23 As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.

24 At this the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?"

25 He said to them, "Have you never read what David did ² when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?

26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?"

27 Then he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, ³ not man for the sabbath.

28 That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."

In a week the blog will be back in working order. Didn;t want to deal with dial-up. Hope to see you all Fri. and Sun. MILK