Day 60 of 365

Lev 19:1–20:27

19:1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

19:2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.

19:3 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

19:4 "'Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

19:5 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

19:6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.

19:7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

19:8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

19:9 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

19:10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.

19:11 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

19:12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

19:13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

19:14 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am the Lord.

19:15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

19:16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

19:17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

19:18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

19:19 "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon you a garment made of two kinds of material.

19:20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

19:21 He shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.

19:22 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

19:23 "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

19:24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to the Lord.

19:25 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the Lord your God.

19:26 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

19:27 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

19:28 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the Lord.

19:29 "'Do not profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

19:30 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the Lord.

19:31 "'Do not turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Do not seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am the Lord.

19:33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

19:34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

19:35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

19:36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

19:37 You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the Lord.'"

20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

20:2 "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

20:3 I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

20:4 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not put him to death;

20:5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

20:6 "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

20:7 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God.

20:8 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

20:9 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

20:10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

20:11 The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:12 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

20:13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:14 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

20:15 "'If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

20:16 "'If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:17 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

20:18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

20:19 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.

20:20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

20:21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

20:22 "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.

20:23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

20:24 But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

20:25 "'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.

20:26 You shall be holy to me: for I, the Lord, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

20:27 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'"

Mark 7:25–8:12

7:25 For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, immediately came and fell down at his feet.

7:26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

7:27 But he said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

7:28 But she answered him, "Yes, Sir. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

7:29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

7:30 And when she went away to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone out.

7:31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

7:32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

7:33 He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

7:34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

7:35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

7:36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

7:37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"

8:1 In those days, when there was a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

8:2 "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

8:3 If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come a long way."

8:4 His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"

8:5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

8:6 He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

8:7 They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.

8:8 They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

8:9 Now they were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

8:10 Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

8:11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

8:12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

Ps 27:1–14

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the Lord's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

6 Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me. I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

7 Hear, Lord, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

8 When you said, "Seek my face," my heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Lord."

9 Do not hide your face from me. Do not put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

11 Teach me your way, Lord. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

12 Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the Lord.