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Daily Readings for March 15
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Leviticus 23
1.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2."Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
3."'Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
4."'These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5.In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh's Passover. 6.On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7.In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. 8.But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"
9.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10."Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its the harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: 11.and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12.On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 13.The meal offering with it shall be two tenth parts of an ephah9 of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma; and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14.You shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15."'You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed: 16.even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. 17.You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. 18.You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. 19.You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20.The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. 21.You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22."'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap into the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.'"
23.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24."Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25.You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"
26.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 27."However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. 28.You shall do no kind of work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God. 29.For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people. 30.Whoever it is who does any kind of work in that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31.You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32.It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath."
33.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 34."Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh. 35.On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work. 36.Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
37."'These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day; 38.besides the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to Yahweh.
39."'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40.You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days. 41.You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month. 42.You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths, 43.that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'"
44.Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed feasts of Yahweh.
Psalm 128
1.Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. 2.For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 3.Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. 4.Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh. 5.May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 6.Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 129
1.Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, 2.many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3.The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. 4.Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. 5.Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. 6.Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; 7.with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. 8.Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
Psalm 130
1.Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 2.Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. 3.If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4.But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared. 5.I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 6.My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning. 7.Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption. 8.He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Luke 6
1.Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. 2.But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
3.Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him; 4.how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?" 5.He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
6.It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered. 7.The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him. 8.But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood. 9.Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" 10.He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other. 11.But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
12.It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. 13.When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: 14.Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew; 15.Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot; 16.Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor. 17.He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; 18.as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed. 19.All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
20.He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the Kingdom of God. 21.Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22.Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. 23.Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
24."But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. 25.Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26.Woe,13 when14 men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
27."But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28.bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. 29.To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also. 30.Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
31."As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them. 32.If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33.If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34.If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. 35.But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. 36.Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. 37.Don't judge, and you won't be judged. Don't condemn, and you won't be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.
38."Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you.15 For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
39.He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit? 40.A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. 41.Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? 42.Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye. 43.For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. 44.For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don't gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45.The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
46."Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say? 47.Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. 48.He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. 49.But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."