the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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January 25 - Old & New Testament
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Job 41,42
1 [a]Can you pull in Leviathan(a) with a hook(b)
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
2 Can you put a cord[b] through his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?(c)
3 Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?
4 Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?(d)
5 Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash[c] for your girls?
6 Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?
7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
or his head with fishing spears?
8 Lay a[d] hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!
9 [e]Any hope of capturing him proves false.
Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
10 No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;(e)
who then can stand against Me?
11 Who confronted Me, that I should repay him?
Everything under heaven belongs to Me.(f)
12 I cannot be silent about his limbs,
his power, and his graceful proportions.
13 Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?[f](g)
14 Who can open his jaws,[g]
surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
closely sealed together.
16 One scale is so close to another[h]
that no air can pass between them.
17 They are joined to one another,
so closely connected[i] they cannot be separated.
18 His snorting[j] flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays[k] of dawn.
19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!
20 Smoke billows from his nostrils(h)
as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames pour out of his mouth.
22 Strength resides in his neck,
and dismay dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
solid as metal[l] and immovable.
24 His heart is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty[m] are terrified;
they withdraw because of his thrashing.
26 The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
27 He regards iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
28 No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like stubble to him.
29 A club is regarded as stubble,
and he laughs(i) at the sound of a javelin.
30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.(j)
31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;[n]
one would think the deep had gray hair!
33 He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!
34 He surveys everything that is haughty;
he is king over all the proud beasts.[o]
Job Replies to the Lord
1 Then Job replied to the Lord :
2 I[a] know that You can do anything
and no plan of Yours can be thwarted.(a)
3 You asked, "Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?"(b)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to[b] know.(c)
4 You said, "Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question(d) you, you will inform Me."
5 I had heard rumors about You,
but now my eyes(e) have seen You.
6 Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.[c]
7 After the Lord had finished speaking[d] to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has. 8 Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you.(f) I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has." 9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.
God Restores Job
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.(g) 11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances(h) came to his house and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a qesitah[e](i) and a gold earring.(j)
12 So the Lord blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.(k) 15 No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
16 Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 Then Job died, old and full of days.(l)
Matthew 16
Chapter 16
The Yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees approached,(a) and as a test, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.(b)
2 He answered them: "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.' 3 And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.' You[a] know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can't read the signs of the times.[b] 4 An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of[c] Jonah." (c) Then He left them and went away.
5 The disciples reached the other shore,[d] and they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus told them, "Watch out and beware of the yeast[e] of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (d)
7 And they discussed among themselves, "We didn't bring any bread."
8 Aware of this, Jesus said, "You of little faith!(e) Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread? 9 Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected? 10 Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected?(f) 11 Why is it you don't understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,' it wasn't about bread?"(g) 12 Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the yeast in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.(h)
Peter's Confession of the Messiah
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi,[f](i) He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" [g]
14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."(j)
15 "But you," He asked them, "who do you say that I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!"(k)
17 And Jesus responded, "Simon son of Jonah, [h](l) you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.(m) 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter,[i] and on this rock[j] I will build My church,(n) and the forces[k] of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,(o) and whatever you bind on earth is already bound[l] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed[m] in heaven."
20 And He gave the disciples orders to tell no one that He was[n] the Messiah.(p)
His Death and Resurrection Predicted
21 From(q) then on Jesus began to point out to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.(r) 22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, "Oh no,[o] Lord! This will never happen to You!"
23 But He turned and told Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me because you're not thinking about God's concerns,[p] but man's." (s)
Take Up Your Cross
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.(t) 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.(u) 26 What will it benefit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? (v) 27 For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father,(w) and then He will reward each according to what he has done. 28 I assure you: There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." (x)
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