[20210824] Daily Bible Reading – Day 22

24
Aug

Luke 17; Genesis 29:1-30; Psalm 22

Luke 17

Listen to Luke 17

1 Then said he unto the disciples,It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 
2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 
3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 
6 And the Lord said,If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. 
7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 
8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? 
9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. 
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. 
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them,Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 
17 And Jesus answering said,Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 
19 And he said unto him,Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. 
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 
22 And he said unto the disciples,The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 
23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 
24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. 
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. 
32 Remember Lot’s wife. 
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them,Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Genesis 29:1-30

Listen to Genesis 29

1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. 
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth. 
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place. 
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. 
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep. 
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. 
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. 
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father. 
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? 
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. 
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. 
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. 
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. 
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. 
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. 
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. 
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Psalm 22

Listen to Psalm 22

1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. 
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. 
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. 
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. 
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. 
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. 
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. 
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. 
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. 
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. 
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations. 
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. 
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.