Luke 7:36-50
[36]
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the
Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. [37] And behold, a woman of the
city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table
in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, [38]
and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet
with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his
feet and anointed them with the ointment. [39] Now when the Pharisee who
had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a
prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is
touching him, for she is a sinner.” [40] And Jesus answering said to
him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it,
Teacher.”
[41]
“A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii,
and the other fifty. [42] When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt
of both. Now which of them will love him more?” [43] Simon answered,
“The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said
to him, “You have judged rightly.” [44] Then turning toward the woman
he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave
me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and
wiped them with her hair. [45] You gave me no kiss, but from the time I
came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. [46] You did not anoint my
head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. [47]
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she
loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” [48] And he
said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” [49] Then those who were at table
with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives
sins?” [50] And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in
peace.”
Colossians 2:1-7
[1]
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for
those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, [2]
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to
reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the
knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, [3] in whom are hidden all
the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. [4] I say this in order that no
one may delude you with plausible arguments. [5] For though I am absent
in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order
and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
[6]
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, [7]
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you
were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
Psalm 126
A Song of Ascents.
[1] When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
[2] Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”
[3] The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad.
[4] Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like streams in the Negeb!
[5] Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
[6] He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.
1 Chronicles 5
[1]
The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn,
but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to
the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled
as the oldest son; [2] though Judah became strong among his brothers and
a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph), [3] the
sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi. [4] The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
son, [5] Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, [6] Beerah his
son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he
was a chief of the Reubenites. [7] And his kinsmen by their clans, when
the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and
Zechariah, [8] and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who
lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. [9] He also lived to the
east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates,
because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. [10] And
in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into
their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east
of Gilead.
[11]
The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as
Salecah: [12] Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in
Bashan. [13] And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven. [14] These
were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead,
son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. [15] Ahi
the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ houses, [16]
and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the
pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. [17] All of these were recorded
in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam king of Israel.
[18]
The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant
men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war,
44,760, able to go to war. [19] They waged war against the Hagrites,
Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. [20] And when they prevailed over them, the
Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for
they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea
because they trusted in him. [21] They carried off their livestock:
50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men
alive. [22] For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in
their place until the exile.
[23]
The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were
very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. [24]
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel,
Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men,
heads of their fathers’ houses. [25] But they broke faith with the God
of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land,
whom God had destroyed before them. [26] So the God of Israel stirred up
the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king
of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the
Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah,
Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
1 Chronicles 6
[1]
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. [2] The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. [3] The children of Amram: Aaron,
Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. [4] Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, [5]
Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, [6] Uzzi fathered Zerahiah,
Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, [7] Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah
fathered Ahitub, [8] Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, [9]
Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, [10] and Johanan
fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that
Solomon built in Jerusalem). [11] Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah
fathered Ahitub, [12] Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,
[13] Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, [14] Azariah
fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; [15] and Jehozadak went
into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
[16]
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. [17] And these are the
names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. [18] The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. [19] The sons of Merari: Mahli and
Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
[20] Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, [21]
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. [22] The
sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, [23]
Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, [24] Tahath his son,
Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. [25] The sons of
Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, [26] Elkanah his son, Zophai his son,
Nahath his son, [27] Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
[28] The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah. [29] The
sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
[30] Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
[31]
These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in
the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. [32] They ministered
with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon
built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their
service according to their order. [33] These are the men who served and
their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of
Joel, son of Samuel, [34] son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel,
son of Toah, [35] son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of
Amasai, [36] son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of
Zephaniah, [37] son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of
Korah, [38] son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;
[39] and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph
the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, [40] son of Michael, son of
Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, [41] son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of
Adaiah, [42] son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, [43] son of
Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. [44] On the left hand were their
brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son
of Malluch, [45] son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, [46]
son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, [47] son of Mahli, son of
Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. [48] And their brothers the Levites
were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of
God.
[49]
But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering
and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and
to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant
of God had commanded. [50] These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, [51] Bukki his son, Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son, [52] Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his
son, [53] Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
[54]
These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within
their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for
theirs was the first lot, [55] to them they gave Hebron in the land of
Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, [56] but the fields of the city
and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. [57] To the
sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its
pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, [58] Hilen with
its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, [59] Ashan with its
pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; [60] and from the
tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its
pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities
throughout their clans were thirteen.
[61]
To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the
tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. [62] To
the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities
out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.
[63] To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve
cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. [64] So the people
of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. [65]
They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these
cities that are mentioned by name.
[66]
And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. [67] They were given the cities
of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim,
Gezer with its pasturelands, [68] Jokmeam with its pasturelands,
Beth-horon with its pasturelands, [69] Aijalon with its pasturelands,
Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, [70] and out of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands,
for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
[71]
To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of
Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its
pasturelands; [72] and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its
pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, [73] Ramoth with its
pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; [74] out of the tribe of
Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
[75]
Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; [76] and
out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands,
Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. [77]
To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun:
Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, [78] and
beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the
tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah
with its pasturelands, [79] Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath
with its pasturelands; [80] and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in
Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, [81]
Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
