CIL Daily Bible Readings

CIL Daily Bible Readings

By Christadelphian Isolation LeagueReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
Download on the App Store

CIL Daily Bible Readings episodes

  • Exodus 21
    Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
    If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
    If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
    If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
    And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
    Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
    And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
    If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
    And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
    If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
    And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
    He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
    And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
    But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
    And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
    And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
    And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
    And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
    If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
    And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
    Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
    If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
    And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
    Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
    Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
    And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
    And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
    If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
    But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
    If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
    Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
    If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
    And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
    The owner of the pit shall make
    5 min
  • Psalms 74
    O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
    Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
    Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
    Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
    A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
    But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
    They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
    They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
    We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
    O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
    Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
    For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
    Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
    Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
    The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
    Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
    O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
    Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
    O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
    Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
    Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
    3 min
  • Mark 6
    And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
    And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
    But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
    And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
    And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
    And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
    And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
    But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
    And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
    And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
    And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
    And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
    Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
    But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
    For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
    For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
    Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
    For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
    And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
    And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
    And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
    And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
    And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
    And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
    And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
    And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
    And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
    And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
    9 min
  • Exodus 19,20
    In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
    For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
    And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
    Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
    And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
    And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
    And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
    And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
    There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
    And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
    And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
    And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
    And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
    And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
    And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
    And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
    And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
    And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
    So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
    And God spake all these words, saying,
    I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
    Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
    Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the
    9 min
  • Psalms 73
    Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
    But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
    For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
    For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
    They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
    Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
    Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
    They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
    They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
    Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
    And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
    Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
    Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
    For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
    If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
    When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
    Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
    As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
    Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
    So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
    Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
    Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
    Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
    For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
    But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
    4 min
  • Mark 5
    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
    And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
    Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
    Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
    And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
    But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
    And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
    For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
    And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
    And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
    Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
    And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
    And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
    And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
    And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
    And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
    And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
    And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
    Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
    And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
    And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
    And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
    And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
    And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
    And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
    When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
    For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
    And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
    And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
    And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
    And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
    But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
    And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
    While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
    As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoke
    6 min
  • Exodus 17,18
    And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
    Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
    And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
    And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
    Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
    And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
    And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
    And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
    But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
    And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
    And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
    For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
    When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
    Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
    And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
    And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
    And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
    And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
    And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
    And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
    And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
    And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
    And
    8 min
  • Psalms 72
    Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
    He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
    The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
    He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
    They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
    He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
    In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
    He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
    Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
    For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
    He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
    He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
    And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
    His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
    Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
    And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
    3 min
  • Mark 4
    And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
    Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
    And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
    But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
    That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
    And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
    The sower soweth the word.
    And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
    And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
    And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
    And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
    And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
    And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
    For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
    If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
    And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
    For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
    And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
    And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
    For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
    But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
    And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
    It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
    But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
    And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
    And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pas
    7 min
  • Psalms 70,71
    MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
    Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
    Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
    Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
    But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
    In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
    Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
    Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
    Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
    For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
    By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
    I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
    Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
    Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
    For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
    Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
    O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
    But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
    My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
    I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
    O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
    Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
    Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
    Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
    Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
    I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
    My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
    My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
    5 min

About CIL Daily Bible Readings

From the publisher's feed

The Bible Companion is a simple method by which you can be sure that by the end of a year, you have read the whole of the Bible, Old Testament once and New Testament twice. The plan starts on January…