Matthew 25:1-13
[1]
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their
lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. [2] Five of them were foolish,
and five were wise. [3] For when the foolish took their lamps, they took
no oil with them, [4] but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
[5] As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
[6] But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out
to meet him.’ [7] Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
[8] And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our
lamps are going out.’ [9] But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there
will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy
for yourselves.’ [10] And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom
came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast,
and the door was shut. [11] Afterward the other virgins came also,
saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ [12] But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to
you, I do not know you.’ [13] Watch therefore, for you know neither the
day nor the hour.
Romans 8:1-17
[1]
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Jesus. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ
Jesus from the law of sin and death. [3] For God has done what the law,
weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, [4]
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
[5] For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the
things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set
their minds on the things of the Spirit. [6] For to set the mind on the
flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. [7]
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does
not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. [8] Those who are in the
flesh cannot please God.
[9]
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the
Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of
Christ does not belong to him. [10] But if Christ is in you, although
the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of
righteousness. [11] If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead
dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give
life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[12]
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according
to the flesh. [13] For if you live according to the flesh you will die,
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will
live. [14] For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
[15] For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into
fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we
cry, “Abba! Father!” [16] The Spirit himself bears witness with our
spirit that we are children of God, [17] and if children, then
heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with
him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Psalm 59
To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
[1] Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me;
[2] deliver me from those who work evil,
and save me from bloodthirsty men.
[3] For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
fierce men stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,
[4] for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Awake, come to meet me, and see!
[5] You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
[6] Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
[7] There they are, bellowing with their mouths
with swords in their lips—
for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”
[8] But you, O LORD, laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
[9] O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are my fortress.
[10] My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
[11] Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter by your power and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield!
[12] For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
[13] consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may know that God rules over Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah
[14] Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
[15] They wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
[16] But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress.
[17] O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.
Numbers 28
[1]
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, [2] “Command the people of Israel and
say to them, ‘My offering, my food for my food offerings, my pleasing
aroma, you shall be careful to offer to me at its appointed time.’ [3]
And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall
offer to the LORD: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by
day, as a regular offering. [4] The one lamb you shall offer in the
morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; [5] also a
tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a
quarter of a hin of beaten oil. [6] It is a regular burnt offering,
which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering
to the LORD. [7] Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each
lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong
drink to the LORD. [8] The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like
the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you
shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
[9]
“On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two
tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil,
and its drink offering: [10] this is the burnt offering of every
Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
[11]
“At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to
the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old
without blemish; [12] also three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a
grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of fine
flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; [13] and a
tenth of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for every lamb;
for a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
[14] Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, a
third of a hin for a ram, and a quarter of a hin for a lamb. This is the
burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. [15]
Also one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD; it shall be offered
besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
[16]
“On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover, [17]
and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten. [18] On the first day there shall be a holy
convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, [19] but offer a food
offering, a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one
ram, and seven male lambs a year old; see that they are without blemish;
[20] also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three
tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram;
[21] a tenth shall you offer for each of the seven lambs; [22] also one
male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. [23] You shall
offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a
regular burnt offering. [24] In the same way you shall offer daily, for
seven days, the food of a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the
LORD. It shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its
drink offering. [25] And on the seventh day you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.
[26]
“On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new
grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, [27] but offer a burnt
offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two bulls from the herd,
one ram, seven male lambs a year old; [28] also their grain offering of
fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two
tenths for one ram, [29] a tenth for each of the seven lambs; [30] with
one male goat, to make atonement for you. [31] Besides the regular burnt
offering and its grain offering, you shall offer them and their drink
offering. See that they are without blemish.
Numbers 29
[1]
“On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to
blow the trumpets, [2] and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a
pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male
lambs a year old without blemish; [3] also their grain offering of fine
flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths
for the ram, [4] and one tenth for each of the seven lambs; [5] with one
male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; [6] besides
the burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and the
regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering,
according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering
to the LORD.
[7]
“On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy
convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work, [8] but you
shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one bull
from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old: see that they are
without blemish. [9] And their grain offering shall be of fine flour
mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for
the one ram, [10] a tenth for each of the seven lambs: [11] also one
male goat for a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement, and
the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink
offerings.
[12]
“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a
feast to the LORD seven days. [13] And you shall offer a burnt offering,
a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD, thirteen bulls from
the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be
without blemish; [14] and their grain offering of fine flour mixed with
oil, three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths
for each of the two rams, [15] and a tenth for each of the fourteen
lambs; [16] also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular
burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.
[17]
“On the second day twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male
lambs a year old without blemish, [18] with the grain offering and the
drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the
prescribed quantities; [19] also one male goat for a sin offering,
besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their
drink offerings.
[20]
“On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year
old without blemish, [21] with the grain offering and the drink
offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the
prescribed quantities; [22] also one male goat for a sin offering,
besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink
offering.
[23]
“On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old
without blemish, [24] with the grain offering and the drink offerings
for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed
quantities; [25] also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the
regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.
[26]
“On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old
without blemish, [27] with the grain offering and the drink offerings
for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed
quantities; [28] also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.
[29]
“On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old
without blemish, [30] with the grain offering and the drink offerings
for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed
quantities; [31] also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the
regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offerings.
[32]
“On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year
old without blemish, [33] with the grain offering and the drink
offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the
prescribed quantities; [34] also one male goat for a sin offering;
besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink
offering.
[35]
“On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall not do
any ordinary work, [36] but you shall offer a burnt offering, a food
offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven
male lambs a year old without blemish, [37] and the grain offering and
the drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, in the
prescribed quantities; [38] also one male goat for a sin offering;
besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink
offering.
[39]
“These you shall offer to the LORD at your appointed feasts, in
addition to your vow offerings and your freewill offerings, for your
burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink
offerings, and for your peace offerings.”
[40] So Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Numbers 30
[1]
Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying,
“This is what the LORD has commanded. [2] If a man vows a vow to the
LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break
his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
[3]
“If a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, while
within her father’s house in her youth, [4] and her father hears of her
vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing
to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has
bound herself shall stand. [5] But if her father opposes her on the day
that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound
herself shall stand. And the LORD will forgive her, because her father
opposed her.
[6]
“If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless
utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself, [7] and her
husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day that he hears,
then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound
herself shall stand. [8] But if, on the day that her husband comes to
hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her,
and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself.
And the LORD will forgive her. [9] (But any vow of a widow or of a
divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand
against her.) [10] And if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound
herself by a pledge with an oath, [11] and her husband heard of it and
said nothing to her and did not oppose her, then all her vows shall
stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself shall stand. [12] But
if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them,
then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning
her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void,
and the LORD will forgive her. [13] Any vow and any binding oath to
afflict herself, her husband may establish, or her husband may make
void. [14] But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then
he establishes all her vows or all her pledges that are upon her. He has
established them, because he said nothing to her on the day that he
heard of them. [15] But if he makes them null and void after he has
heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”
[16]
These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses about a man and
his wife and about a father and his daughter while she is in her youth
within her father’s house.
