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Genesis 11
Chapter 11
The Tower of Babylon
1 At one time the whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.[a] 2 As people[b] migrated from the east,[c] they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.(a) 3 They said to each other, "Come, let us make oven-fired bricks." They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.(b) 4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky.(c) Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
5 Then the Lord came down(d) to look over the city and the tower that the men were building. 6 The Lord said, "If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let Us go down there and confuse[d] their language[e] so that they will not understand one another's speech."[f] 8 So from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth,(e) and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name is called Babylon,[g](f) for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
From Shem to Abram
10 These are the family records(g) of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived 500 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 12 Arpachshad lived 35 years[h] and fathered Shelah. 13 After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 14 Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber. 15 After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 16 Eber lived 34 years and fathered Peleg. 17 After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 18 Peleg lived 30 years and fathered Reu. 19 After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 20 Reu lived 32 years and fathered Serug. 21 After he fathered Serug, Reu lived 207 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 22 Serug lived 30 years and fathered Nahor. 23 After he fathered Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 24 Nahor lived 29 years and fathered Terah.(h) 25 After he fathered Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and fathered other sons and daughters. 26 Terah lived 70 years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah's lifetime. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram's wife was named Sarai,(i) and Nahor's wife was named Milcah.(j) She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was unable to conceive;(k) she did not have a child.
31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans(l) to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.
Psalms 5
Chapter 5
Psalm 5
The Refuge of the Righteous
For the choir director: with the flutes. A Davidic psalm.
1 Listen to my words,
Lord
;
consider my sighing.(a)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(b)
my King and my God,(c)
for I pray to You.
3 At daybreak,(d)
Lord
, You hear my voice;
at daybreak I plead my case to You(e) and watch expectantly.
4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.(f)
5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;(g)
You hate all evildoers.(h)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(i)
the
Lord
abhors a man of bloodshed and treachery.(j)
7 But I enter Your house
by the abundance of Your faithful love;(k)
I bow down toward Your holy temple
in reverential awe of You.(l)
8
Lord
, lead me in Your righteousness(m)
because of my adversaries;[a]
make Your way straight before me.(n)
9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;[b](o)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(p)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(q)
Drive them out(r) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.(s)
11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;(t)
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,(u)
and may those who love Your name boast about You.(v)
12 For You,
Lord
, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.(w)
Luke 7:18-50
Chapter 7
18 Then John's disciples told him about all these things.(l) So John summoned two of his disciples 19 and sent them to the Lord, asking, "Are You the One(m) who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"
20 When the men reached Him, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?'"
21 At that time Jesus healed many people of diseases,(n) plagues, and evil spirits,(o) and He granted sight to many blind people.(p) 22 He replied to them, "Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed,[g] the deaf hear,(q) the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news. (r) 23 And anyone who is not offended because of Me is blessed." 24 After John's messengers left, He began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind? 25 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft robes? Look, those who are splendidly dressed[h] and live in luxury are in royal palaces. 26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet?(s) Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet. 27 This is the one it is written about:
Look, I am sending My messenger
ahead of You;
[i]
he will prepare Your way before You.
(t)[j]
28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John,[k] but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
29 (And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God's way of righteousness,[l] because they had been baptized with John's baptism.(u) 30 But since the Pharisees and experts in the law(v) had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.(w))
An Unresponsive Generation
31 "To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other:
We played the flute for you,
but you didn't dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn't weep!
33 For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine,(x) and you say, ‘He has a demon!' 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'(y) 35 Yet wisdom is vindicated[m] by all her children."
Much Forgiveness, Much Love
36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.(z) 37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house.(aa) She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil 38 and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.(ab)
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, "This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she's a sinner!"(ac)
40 Jesus replied to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you."
"Teacher," he said, "say it."
41 "A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii,(ad) and the other 50. 42 Since they could not pay it back,(ae) he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?"
43 Simon answered, "I suppose the one he forgave more."
"You have judged correctly," He told him. 44 Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet,(af) but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave Me no kiss,(ag) but she hasn't stopped kissing My feet since I came in. 46 You didn't anoint My head with olive oil,(ah) but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. 47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that's why[n] she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little." 48 Then He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." (ai)
49 Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?"(aj)
50 And He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you.(ak) Go in peace." (al)
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