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Listen to today's reading by Tom Dooley Š MasterMedia Ministries/Tyndale.
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Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, âLord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people. You have not rescued your people at all!â
Yahweh said to Moses, âNow you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land.â
God spoke to Moses, and said to him, âI am Yahweh. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them. I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their travels, in which they lived as aliens. Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant. Therefore tell the children of Israel, âI am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments. I will take you to myself for a people. I will be your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am Yahweh.ââ
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didnât listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, âGo in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.â
Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, âBehold, the children of Israel havenât listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, when I have uncircumcised lips?â Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
These are the heads of their fathersâ houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years. The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred thirty-three years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. Amram took Jochebed his fatherâs sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses. The years of the life of Amram were one hundred thirty-seven years. The sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. Eleazar Aaronâs son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathersâ houses of the Levites according to their families. These are that Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, âBring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.â These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron.
On the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, Yahweh said to Moses, âI am Yahweh. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I tell you.â
Moses said before Yahweh, âBehold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?â
Yahweh said to Moses, âBehold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. I will harden Pharaohâs heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh when I stretch out my hand on Egypt, and bring the children of Israel out from among them.â
Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did. Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, âWhen Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, âPerform a miracle !â then you shall tell Aaron, âTake your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.ââ
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments. For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaronâs rod swallowed up their rods. Pharaohâs heart was hardened, and he didnât listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
Yahweh said to Moses, âPharaohâs heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the riverâs bank to meet him. You shall take the rod which was turned to a serpent in your hand. You shall tell him, âYahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, âLet my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness. Behold, until now you havenât listened.â Yahweh says, âIn this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. The fish that are in the river will die and the river will become foul. The Egyptians will loathe to drink water from the river .âââ Yahweh said to Moses, âTell Aaron, âTake your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.ââ
Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldnât drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. The magicians of Egypt did the same thing with their enchantments. So Pharaohâs heart was hardened, and he didnât listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he didnât even take this to heart. All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they couldnât drink the river water. Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river. (WEB)
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Then Peter came up, and said to Jesus, âMaster, how often am I to forgive someone who wrongs me? As many as seven times?â But Jesus answered, âNot seven times, but seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he had begun to do so, one of them was brought to him who owed him ten thousand bags of gold; and, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had. The servant threw himself down on the ground before him and said âHave patience with me, and I will pay you all.â The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt. But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. Seizing him by the throat, he said âPay what you owe me.â His fellow servant threw himself on the ground and begged for mercy. âHave patience with me,â he said, âand I will pay you.â But the other would not, but went and put him in prison until he should pay his debt. When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and went to their master and laid the whole matter before him. So the master sent for the servant, and said to him âYou wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt. Shouldnât you, also, to have shown mercy to your fellow servant, just as I showed mercy to you?â Then his master, in anger, handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay the whole of his debt. So, also, will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each one of you forgives his brother or sister from your heart.â
At the conclusion of this teaching, Jesus withdrew from Galilee, and went into that district of Judea which is on the other side of the Jordan. Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there. Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said, âHas a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?â
âHavenât you read,â replied Jesus, âthat at the beginning the Creator âmade them male and female,â and said â âFor this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife will become oneâ? So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together people must not separate.â âWhy, then,â they said, âdid Moses direct that a man should serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her?â
âMoses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,â answered Jesus, âpermitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery.â âIf that,â said the disciples, âis the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry.â
âIt is not everyone,â replied Jesus, âwho can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so. Some men are incapable of marriage because they were born that way, or have been made so by other people, while there are others who stay single for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. Accept this if you can.â
(OEB)
Matthew 18:20: Where Two Or Three
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The Lá´Ęá´ is my shepherd: I am never in need.
He lays me down in green pastures.
He gently leads me to waters of rest,
he refreshes my life.
He guides me along paths that are straight,
true to his name.
And when my way lies through a valley of gloom,
I fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff comfort me.
You spread a table for me
in face of my foes;
with oil you anoint my head,
and my cup runs over.
Surely goodness and love will pursue me â
all the days of my life.
In the house of the Lá´Ęá´ I will live
through the length of the days.
(OEB)
Psalm 23: B26. Psalm 23 (the folk version)
Psalm 23: The Lordâs my Shepherd (And I will trust in you alone)
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The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. He will die because there was no discipline;because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
(NET)