Get the Flash Player to see this player.
Daily Readings for January 21
Click the arrow above to the left of the audio strip to start audio for today
Genesis 36
1.Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2.Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite; 3.and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 4.Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel. 5.Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. 6.Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 7.For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn't bear them because of their livestock. 8.Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom.
9.This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir: 10.these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau. 11.The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12.Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13.These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 14.These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15.These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, 16.chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 17.These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 18.These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19.These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.
20.These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, 21.Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 22.The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister was Timna. 23.These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24.These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. 25.These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. 26.These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 27.These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. 28.These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 29.These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 30.chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan: these are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
31.These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel. 32.Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah. 33.Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place. 34.Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35.Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. 36.Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37.Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place. 38.Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 39.Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
40.These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 41.chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 42.chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 43.chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
Psalm 38
1.Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2.For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. 3.There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4.For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. 5.My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. 6.I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. 7.For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. 8.I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. 9.Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. 10.My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. 11.My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. 12.They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. 13.But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth. 14.Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15.For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. 16.For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." 17.For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. 18.For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. 19.But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. 20.They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. 21.Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me. 22.Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Matthew 23
1.Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2.saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses' seat. 3.All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do. 4.For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. 5.But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries107 broad, enlarge the fringes108 of their garments, 6.and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7.the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men. 8.But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 9.Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. 10.Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. 11.But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. 12.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
14."But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.109 15.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna110 as yourselves.
16."Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' 17.You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18.'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?' 19.You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20.He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. 21.He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living111 in it. 22.He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,112 and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 24.You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.113 26.You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28.Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29."Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 30.and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 31.Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. 32.Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33.You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna114? 34.Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35.that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 36.Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37."Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! 38.Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 39.For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"[115]