The One Year Bible KJV (23 page)

Matthew 13:47–14:12

47
 
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48
 
which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49
 
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50
 
and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51
 Jesus saith unto them,
Have ye understood all these things?

They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

52
 Then said he unto them,
Therefore every scribe
which is
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is
an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure
things
new and old.

53
 And it came to pass,
that
when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
54
 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this
man
this wisdom, and
these
mighty works?
55
 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56
 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this
man
all these things?
57
 And they were offended in him.

But Jesus said unto them,
A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58
 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

14:
1
 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2
 and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

3
 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put
him
in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4
 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5
 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

6
 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7
 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
8
 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
9
 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded
it
to be given
her.
10
 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11
 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought
it
to her mother.
12
 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Psalm 18:16-36

16
 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

17
 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18
 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the L
ORD
was my stay.

19
 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

20
 The L
ORD
rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

21
 For I have kept the ways of the L
ORD
, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

22
 For all his judgments
were
before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

23
 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24
 Therefore hath the L
ORD
recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25
 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

26
 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

27
 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

28
 For thou wilt light my candle: the L
ORD
my God will enlighten my darkness.

29
 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

30
 
As for
God, his way
is
perfect: the word of the L
ORD
is tried: he
is
a buckler to all those that trust in him.

31
 For who
is
God save the L
ORD
? or who
is
a rock save our God?

32
 
It is
God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

33
 He maketh my feet like hinds'
feet,
and setteth me upon my high places.

34
 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

35
 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

36
 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

Proverbs 4:7-10

7
 Wisdom
is
the principal thing;
therefore
get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

8
 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

9
 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10
 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

January 22

Genesis 44:1–45:28

Matthew 14:13-36

Psalm 18:37-50

Proverbs 4:11-13

Genesis 44:1–45:28

1
 And he [Joseph] commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks
with
food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
2
 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
3
 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4
 
And
when they were gone out of the city,
and
not
yet
far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5
 
Is
not this
it
in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in
so
doing.

6
 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7
 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
8
 behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9
 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

10
 And he said, Now also
let
it
be
according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11
 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
12
 And he searched,
and
began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13
 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

14
 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he
was
yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15
 And Joseph said unto them, What deed
is
this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

16
 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we
are
my lord's servants, both we, and
he
also with whom the cup is found.

17
 And he said, God forbid that I should do so:
but
the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

18
 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou
art
even as Pharaoh.
19
 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20
 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
21
 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22
 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for
if
he should leave his father,
his father
would die.
23
 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

24
 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25
 And our father said, Go again,
and
buy us a little food.
26
 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother
be
with us.
27
 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two
sons:
28
 and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
29
 and if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

30
 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad
be
not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31
 it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad
is
not
with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32
 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33
 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34
 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad
be
not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

45:
1
 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
2
 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3
 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I
am
Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4
 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I
am
Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5
 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
6
 For these two years
hath
the famine
been
in the land: and yet
there are
five years, in the which
there shall
neither
be
earing nor harvest.
7
 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8
 So now
it was
not you
that
sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

9
 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10
 and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11
 and there will I nourish thee; for yet
there are
five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

12
 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that
it is
my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13
 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

14
 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15
 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

16
 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
17
 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18
 and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19
 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20
 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt
is
yours.

21
 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22
 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred
pieces
of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23
 And to his father he sent after this
manner;
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24
 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

25
 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26
 and told him, saying, Joseph
is
yet alive, and he
is
governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27
 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28
 and Israel said,
It is
enough; Joseph my son
is
yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.