The One Year Bible KJV (17 page)

Matthew 10:24–11:6

24
 
The disciple is not above
his
master, nor the servant above his lord.
25
 
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more
shall they call
them of his household?
26
 
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27
 
What I tell you in darkness,
that
speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear,
that
preach ye upon the housetops.

28
 
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29
 
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30
 
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31
 
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

32
 
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33
 
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

34
 
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35
 
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36
 
And a man's foes
shall be
they of his own household.
37
 
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38
 
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39
 
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

40
 
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41
 
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42
 
And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold
water
only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

11:
1
 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

2
 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3
 and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

4
 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
5
 
the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6
 
And blessed is
he,
whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Psalm 13:1-6

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1
 How long wilt thou forget me, O L
ORD
? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2
 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3
 Consider
and
hear me, O L
ORD
my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the
sleep of
death;

4
 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
and
those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

5
 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6
 I will sing unto the L
ORD
, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Proverbs 3:16-18

16
 Length of days
is
in her [Wisdom's] right hand;
and
in her left hand riches and honour.

17
 Her ways
are
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are
peace.

18
 She
is
a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
is every one
that retaineth her.

January 16

Genesis 32:13–34:31

Matthew 11:7-30

Psalm 14:1-7

Proverbs 3:19-20

Genesis 32:13–34:31

13
 And he [Jacob] lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14
 two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15
 thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16
 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.
17
 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?
18
 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.
19
 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.
20
 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.
21
 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

22
 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.
23
 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24
 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25
 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.
26
 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.

And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27
 And he said unto him, What
is
thy name?

And he said, Jacob.

28
 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.

29
 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.

30
 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31
 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32
 Therefore the children of Israel eat not
of
the sinew which shrank, which
is
upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

33:
1
 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2
 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3
 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4
 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5
 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who
are
those with thee?

And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6
 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7
 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8
 And he said, What
meanest
thou by all this drove which I met?

And he said,
These are
to find grace in the sight of my lord.

9
 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

10
 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11
 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took
it.

12
 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

13
 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children
are
tender, and the flocks and herds with young
are
with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
14
 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

15
 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee
some
of the folk that
are
with me.

And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16
 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17
 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18
 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which
is
in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19
 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20
 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.

34:
1
 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2
 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.
3
 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4
 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

5
 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.
6
 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7
 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.
8
 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9
 And make ye marriages with us,
and
give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10
 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

11
 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.
12
 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.

13
 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14
 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:
15
 but in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we
be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
16
 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.
17
 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

18
 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19
 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.

20
 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21
 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.
22
 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.
23
 
Shall
not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be
ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24
 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.

25
 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.
26
 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.
27
 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28
 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which
was
in the city, and that which
was
in the field,
29
 and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that
was
in the house.

30
 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 slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

31
 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?