CIL Daily Bible Readings

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  • Matthew 23
    Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
    Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
    All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
    For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
    But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
    And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
    And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
    But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
    And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
    Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
    But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
    And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
    Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
    And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
    Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
    And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
    And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
    Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
    Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
    Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
    Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
    Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
    Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
    Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
    That upon you may come all the ri
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  • Matthew 22
    And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
    The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
    And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
    Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
    But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
    But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
    Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
    Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
    So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
    And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
    And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
    Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
    For many are called, but few are chosen.
    Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
    And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
    Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
    But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
    Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
    And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
    They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
    When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
    The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
    Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
    Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
    Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
    And last of all the woman died also.
    Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
    For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
    But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
    And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
    But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
    Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
    Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
    This is the first and great commandment.
    And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
    On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
    While the P
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  • Genesis 34,35
    And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
    And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
    And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
    And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
    And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
    And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
    And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
    And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
    And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
    And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
    And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
    But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
    Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
    But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
    And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
    And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
    And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
    These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
    Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
    Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
    And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
    And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
    And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
    The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
    They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
    And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and
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  • Psalms 37
    Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
    For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
    Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
    Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
    Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
    And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
    Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
    Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
    For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
    For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
    But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
    The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
    The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
    Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
    A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
    The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
    They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
    But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
    The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
    For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
    The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
    I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
    He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
    Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
    The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
    The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
    The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
    The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
    The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
    Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
    I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
    Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
    But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
    But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
    And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
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  • Matthew 21
    And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
    Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
    And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
    All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
    Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
    And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
    And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
    And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
    And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
    And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
    And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
    And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
    And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
    And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
    And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
    Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
    And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
    And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
    And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
    And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
    And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
    The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
    But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
    And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
    But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
    He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
    And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
    Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God befor
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  • Psalms 36
    The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
    For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
    The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
    He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
    Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
    Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
    How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
    They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
    For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
    O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
    Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
    There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
    2 min
  • Genesis 32,33
    And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
    And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
    And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
    And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
    And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
    And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
    Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
    And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
    And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
    Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
    And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
    And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
    Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
    Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
    And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
    And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
    Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
    And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
    And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
    So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
    And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
    And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
    And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
    And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
    And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
    And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
    And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
    And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
    Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank
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  • Psalms 35
    Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
    Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
    Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
    Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
    Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
    Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
    For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
    And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
    All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
    False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
    They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
    But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
    I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
    But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
    With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
    Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
    I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
    Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
    For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
    Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
    This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
    Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
    Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
    Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
    Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
    Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
    And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
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  • Genesis 31
    And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
    And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
    And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
    And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
    And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
    And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
    And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
    If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
    Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
    And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
    And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
    And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
    I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
    And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
    Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
    For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
    Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
    And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
    And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
    And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
    So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
    And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
    And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
    And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
    Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
    And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
    Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
    And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
    It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
    And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
    And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
    With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, a
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  • Matthew 20
    For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
    And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
    And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
    And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
    Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
    And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
    They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
    So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
    And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
    But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
    And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
    Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
    But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
    Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
    Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
    So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
    And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
    Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
    And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
    Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
    And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
    But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
    And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
    And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
    But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
    But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
    And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
    Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
    And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
    And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
    And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
    And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
    They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
    So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes
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