Day 20 of 365

Gen 38:1–39:23

38:1 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

38:2 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

38:3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

38:4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

38:5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

38:6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

38:7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord. The Lord killed him.

38:8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

38:9 Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

38:10 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he killed him also.

38:11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

38:12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

38:13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

38:14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

38:16 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

38:17 He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

38:18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

38:19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

38:20 Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.

38:21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

38:22 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

38:23 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."

38:24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

38:26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

38:27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

38:28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

38:29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.

38:30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.

39:1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.

39:2 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

39:3 His master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did prosper in his hand.

39:4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

39:5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

39:6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He did not concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

39:7 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

39:8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

39:9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

39:10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he did not listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

39:11 About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

39:12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

39:13 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,

39:14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

39:15 It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

39:16 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

39:17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

39:18 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

39:19 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.

39:20 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

39:21 But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

39:22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.

39:23 The keeper of the prison did not look after anything that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him; and that which he did, the Lord made it prosper.

Matt 13:28–58

28 "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

29 "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he did not speak to them,

35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the beginning of the world. "

36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field."

37 And he answered them, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the Kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one,

39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of the age.

41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

51 "Have you understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

52 And he said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

53 And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

54 And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, Jacob and Joses and Simon and Judas?

56 And are not all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

57 And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

58 And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Ps 9:1–10:18

9:1 ALEPH I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

9:3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

9:4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

9:5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

9:6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

9:7 But the Lord reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

9:9 The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

9:10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

9:13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

9:14 that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

9:16 The Lord has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

9:17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

9:19 Arise, Lord! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

9:20 Put them in fear, Lord. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

10:1 Why do you stand far off, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

10:2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the Lord.

10:4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

10:5 His ways are prosperous at all times. Your judgments are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

10:6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

10:8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

10:10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

10:11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

10:12 Arise, Lord! God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the helpless.

10:13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

10:14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

10:15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

10:16 The Lord is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

10:17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

10:18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.