[20211106] Daily Bible Reading – Day 96

06
Nov

Matthew 27:1-31; Deuteronomy 5; Deuteronomy 6; Job 6

Matthew 27:1-31

Listen to Matthew 27

1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 
2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. 
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 
9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 
10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me. 
11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,Thou sayest. 
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 
14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. 
15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 
17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 
18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. 
19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. 
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 
21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 
24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 
25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. 
26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. 
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 
29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Deuteronomy 5

Listen to Deuteronomy 5

1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. 
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 
3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 
4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, 
5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, 
6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 
8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 
9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, 
10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 
11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. 
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 
17 Thou shalt not kill. 
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 
19 Neither shalt thou steal. 
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s. 
22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 
24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 
26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? 
27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 
28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 
29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. 
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 
33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Deuteronomy 6

Listen to Deuteronomy 6

1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 
2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 
3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 
10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 
15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. 
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 
18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, 
19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 
20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? 
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: 
22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: 
23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 
24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 
25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

Job 6

Listen to Job 6

1 But Job answered and said, 
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? 
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. 
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?