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Daily Readings for March 16
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Leviticus 24
1.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2."Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 3.Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 4.He shall keep in order the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before Yahweh continually.
5."You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah10 shall be in one cake. 6.You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh. 7.You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 8.Every Sabbath day he shall set it in order before Yahweh continually. It is on the behalf of the children of Israel an everlasting covenant. 9.It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
10.The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp. 11.The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12.They put him in custody, until the will of Yahweh should be declared to them.
13.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 14."Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15.You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. 16.He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
17."'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. 18.He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life. 19.If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20.fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him. 21.He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death. 22.You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"
23.Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought out him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Psalm 131
1.Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. 2.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3.Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 132
1.Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, 2.how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3."Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; 4.I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids; 5.until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." 6.Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar: 7."We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool. 8.Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength. 9.Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!" 10.For your servant David's sake, don't turn away the face of your anointed one. 11.Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. 12.If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forevermore." 13.For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. 14."This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it. 15.I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16.Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy. 17.There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. 18.I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent."
Psalm 133
1.See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2.It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes; 3.like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forevermore.
Psalm 134
1.Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, who stand by night in Yahweh's house! 2.Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh! 3.May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
Luke 7
1.After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2.A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death. 3.When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant. 4.When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him, 5.for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us." 6.Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. 7.Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8.For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
9.When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel." 10.Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
11.It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him. 12.Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her. 13.When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry." 14.He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" 15.He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
16.Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!" 17.This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.
18.The disciples of John told him about all these things. 19.John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?" 20.When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"
21.In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight. 22.Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. 23.Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
24.When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 25.But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. 26.But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 27.This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'16
28."For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
29.When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism. 30.But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
31.17"To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like? 32.They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.' 33.For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34.The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' 35.Wisdom is justified by all her children."
36.One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. 37.Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38.Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39.Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
40.Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
He said, "Teacher, say on."
41."A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42.When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
43.Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most."
He said to him, "You have judged correctly." 44.Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45.You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46.You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47.Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." 48.He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
49.Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
50.He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."