CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • 1st Chronicles 1
    Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
    Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
    Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
    And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
    The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
    And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
    And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
    And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
    And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
    And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
    The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
    And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
    And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
    The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
    And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
    And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
    And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
    Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
    And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
    Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
    Eber, Peleg, Reu,
    Serug, Nahor, Terah,
    Abram; the same is Abraham.
    The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
    These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
    Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
    Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
    Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
    And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
    And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
    The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
    And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
    And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
    The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
    The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
    The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
    Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
    And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
    And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
    And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
    And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
    And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
    And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
    Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
    Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
    Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
    Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
    6 min
  • Luke 10
    After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
    Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
    Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
    Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
    And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
    And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
    And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
    And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
    And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
    But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
    Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
    But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
    But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
    And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
    And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
    Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
    Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
    In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
    All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
    And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
    For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
    And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
    He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
    And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
    And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
    But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
    And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
    And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
    And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
    But a certain Samaritan
    6 min
  • Ezekiel 14
    Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
    Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
    That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
    Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
    For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
    And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
    And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
    That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
    The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
    Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
    If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
    Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
    Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
    Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
    Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
    For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
    Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
    And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
    6 min
  • Ezekiel 13
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
    O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
    Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
    They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
    Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
    Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:
    Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
    Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
    Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
    So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
    To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
    Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
    And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
    And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
    Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
    Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
    Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    5 min
  • Luke 9
    Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
    And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
    And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
    And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
    And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
    And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
    Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
    And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
    And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
    And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
    And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
    And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
    But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
    For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
    And they did so, and made them all sit down.
    Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
    And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
    And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
    They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
    He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
    And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
    Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
    And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
    For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
    For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
    For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
    But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
    And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
    And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
    And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
    Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
    But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
    And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good fo
    9 min
  • 2nd Kings 24,25
    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
    And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
    Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
    Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
    So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
    And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
    And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
    And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
    And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
    Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
    For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
    And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
    And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
    And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
    11 min
  • Luke 8
    And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
    And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
    And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
    And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
    A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
    And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
    And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
    And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
    And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
    Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
    Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
    They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
    And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
    But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
    No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
    For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
    Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
    Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
    And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
    And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
    Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
    But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.
    And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
    And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
    And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
    And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
    When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
    (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fette
    9 min
  • Ezekiel 12
    The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
    Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
    Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
    Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
    And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
    And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
    Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
    Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
    Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
    And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
    My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
    And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
    And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
    But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
    Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
    Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
    And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
    And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
    Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
    For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
    For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
    Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
    Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my wo
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  • 2nd Kings 22,23
    Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
    And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
    And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
    And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
    Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
    Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
    And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
    And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
    And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
    And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
    And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
    Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
    So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
    And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
    Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
    Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
    But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
    Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
    Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
    And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
    And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all
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  • Luke 7
    Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
    And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
    And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
    And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
    For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
    Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
    Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
    For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
    When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
    And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
    And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
    Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
    And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
    And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
    And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
    And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.
    And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
    And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
    And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
    When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
    And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
    Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
    And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
    And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
    But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
    But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
    This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
    For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
    And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
    But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
    And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
    They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and cal
    8 min

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