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Daily Readings for March 19
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Leviticus 27
1.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2."Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'When a man makes a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your valuation. 3.Your valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4.If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. 5.If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 6.If the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver. 7.If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8.But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him.
9."'If it is an animal, of which men offer an offering to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh becomes holy. 10.He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change animal for animal, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. 11.If it is any unclean animal, of which they do not offer as an offering to Yahweh, then he shall set the animal before the priest; 12.and the priest shall value it, whether it is good or bad. As you the priest values it, so shall it be. 13.But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
14."'When a man dedicates his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest shall evaluate it, so shall it stand. 15.If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
16."'If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer11 of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17.If he dedicates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18.But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation. 19.If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his. 20.If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more; 21.but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy to Yahweh, as a field devoted; it shall be owned by the priests.
22."'If he dedicates to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, 23.then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation up to the Year of Jubilee; and he shall give your valuation on that day, as a holy thing to Yahweh. 24.In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongs. 25.All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26."'Only the firstborn among animals, which is made a firstborn to Yahweh, no man may dedicate it; whether an ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's. 27.If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
28."'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Yahweh.
29."'No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30."'All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh. 31.If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it. 32.All the tithe of the herds or the flocks, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Yahweh. 33.He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
34.These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Psalm 140
1.Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man; 2.those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. 3.They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah. 4.Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. 5.The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. 6.I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh. 7.Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. 8.Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. 9.As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10.Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. 11.An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12.I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. 13.Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.
Psalm 141
1.Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. 2.Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. 3.Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. 4.Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies. 5.Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. 6.Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. 7."As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol47." 8.For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute. 9.Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. 10.Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.
Psalm 142
1.I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. 2.I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. 3.When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. 4.Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. 5.I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." 6.Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me. 7.Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
Luke 10
1.Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him25 into every city and place, where he was about to come. 2.Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest. 3.Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. 4.Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way. 5.Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' 6.If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7.Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house. 8.Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you. 9.Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 10.But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say, 11.'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.' 12.I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
13."Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14.But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 15.You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.26 16.Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me."
17.The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
18.He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven. 19.Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you. 20.Nevertheless, don't rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
21.In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
22.Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
23.Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see, 24.for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
25.Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
26.He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
27.He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind;27 and your neighbor as yourself."28
28.He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
29.But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
30.Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31.By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32.In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33.But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34.came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35.On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' 36.Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?"
37.He said, "He who showed mercy on him."
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
38.It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39.She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40.But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
41.Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42.but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."