Today's Bible Reading!
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On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and
preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders
confronted Him,
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and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority You are doing
these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?"
3 Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me:
4 "Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?"
5 They reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'
6 "But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."
7 So they answered that they did not know where it came from.
8 And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
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And He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard
and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long
time.
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"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they
would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers
beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11 "And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.
12 "And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out.
13 "The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'
14 "But when the vine-growers saw
him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us
kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.'
15 "So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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"He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard
to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"
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But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written:
'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER
stone'?
18 "Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."
19
The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very
hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this
parable against them.
20 So they watched Him, and sent
spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him
in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the
authority of the governor.
21
They questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach
correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in
truth.
22 "Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
23 But He detected their trickery and said to them,
24 "Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's."
25 And He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
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And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the
people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
1
Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and
make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your
brother Esau."
2
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away
the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change
your garments;
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and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to
God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me
wherever I have gone."
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So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings
which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was
near Shechem.
5 As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel ), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7
He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there
God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth.
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.
10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called
Jacob, But Israel shall be your name." Thus He called him Israel.
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God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A
nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall
come forth from you.
12 "The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."
13 Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.
14
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a
pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also
poured oil on it.
15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.
16 Then they journeyed from
Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel
began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.
17 When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son."
18 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died ), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem ).
20 Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
21 Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22
It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went
and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now
there were twelve sons of Jacob -
23 the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
24 the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
25 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;
26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron ), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.
28 Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.
29 Isaac breathed his last and
died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his
sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom ).
2 Esau took his wives from the
daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the
Hivite;
3 also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,
5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
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Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his
household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his goods which
he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away
from his brother Jacob.
7 For their property had become
too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned
could not sustain them because of their livestock.
8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.
9 These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.
10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau's wife Adah, Reuel the son of Esau's wife Basemath.
11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz.
12 Timna was a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah.
13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.
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These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and
the granddaughter of Zibeon: she bore to Esau, Jeush and Jalam and
Korah.
15
These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the
firstborn of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief
Kenaz,
16 chief Korah, chief Gatam,
chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of
Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
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These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah,
chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs descended from Reuel
in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.
18 These are the sons of Esau's
wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the
chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom ), and these are their chiefs.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
24
These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah -he is the Anah who found
the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of
his father Zibeon.
25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.
27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.
28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29 These are the chiefs descended from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
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chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs descended
from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir.
31 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.
32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
34 Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
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Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in
the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city
was Avith.
36 Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.
37 Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.
38 Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.
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Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his
place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
40
Now these are the names of the chiefs descended from Esau, according to
their families and their localities, by their names: chief Timna, chief
Alvah, chief Jetheth,
41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
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chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau,
the father of the Edomites ), according to their habitations in the
land of their possession.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
2 When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident.
4
One thing I have asked from the LORD , that I shall seek: That I may
dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the
beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.
5 For in the day of trouble He
will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He
will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
6 And now my head will be lifted
up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices
with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD .
7 Hear, O LORD , when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.
8 When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD , I shall seek."
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Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my
salvation!
10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD , And lead me in a level path Because of my foes.
12 Do not deliver me over to the
desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And
such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD ; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD .
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