Mark 14:12-31
[12]
And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the
Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and
prepare for you to eat the Passover?” [13] And he sent two of his
disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar
of water will meet you. Follow him, [14] and wherever he enters, say to
the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ [15] And he will show
you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” [16]
And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he
had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
[17]
And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. [18] And as they were
reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of
you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” [19] They began to be
sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” [20] He said
to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the
dish with me. [21] For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but
woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been
better for that man if he had not been born.”
[22]
And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it
and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” [23] And he took
a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all
drank of it. [24] And he said to them, “This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many. [25] Truly, I say to you, I will
not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it
new in the kingdom of God.”
[26]
And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
[27] And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,
‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ [28] But
after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” [29] Peter said
to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” [30] And Jesus
said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster
crows twice, you will deny me three times.” [31] But he said
emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they
all said the same.
2 Corinthians 13
[1]
This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be
established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. [2] I warned
those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while
absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I
will not spare them—[3] since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in
me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. [4]
For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we
also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by
the power of God.
[5]
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test
yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus
Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! [6] I hope
you will find out that we have not failed the test. [7] But we pray to
God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the
test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have
failed. [8] For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for
the truth. [9] For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your
restoration is what we pray for. [10] For this reason I write these
things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be
severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for
building up and not for tearing down.
[11]
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another,
agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace
will be with you. [12] Greet one another with a holy kiss. [13] All the
saints greet you.
[14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Psalm 109
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
[1] Be not silent, O God of my praise!
[2] For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,
speaking against me with lying tongues.
[3] They encircle me with words of hate,
and attack me without cause.
[4] In return for my love they accuse me,
but I give myself to prayer.
[5] So they reward me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
[6] Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.
[7] When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin!
[8] May his days be few;
may another take his office!
[9] May his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow!
[10] May his children wander about and beg,
seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
[11] May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
[12] Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
nor any to pity his fatherless children!
[13] May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!
[14] May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD,
and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out!
[15] Let them be before the LORD continually,
that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
[16] For he did not remember to show kindness,
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
[17] He loved to curse; let curses come upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
[18] He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!
[19] May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
like a belt that he puts on every day!
[20] May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD,
of those who speak evil against my life!
[21] But you, O GOD my Lord,
deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
[22] For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is stricken within me.
[23] I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.
[24] My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
[25] I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they wag their heads.
[26] Help me, O LORD my God!
Save me according to your steadfast love!
[27] Let them know that this is your hand;
you, O LORD, have done it!
[28] Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
[29] May my accusers be clothed with dishonor;
may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
[30] With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.
[31] For he stands at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
2 Samuel 5
[1]
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said,
“Behold, we are your bone and flesh. [2] In times past, when Saul was
king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD
said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
be prince over Israel.’” [3] So all the elders of Israel came to the
king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron
before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel. [4] David was
thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
[5] At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at
Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
[6]
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here,
but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot
come in here.” [7] Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that
is, the city of David. [8] And David said on that day, “Whoever would
strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame
and the blind,’ who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore it is said,
“The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.” [9] And David
lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built
the city all around from the Millo inward. [10] And David became
greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.
[11]
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also
carpenters and masons who built David a house. [12] And David knew that
the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted
his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
[13]
And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came
from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. [14] And
these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua,
Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, [15] Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, [16]
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
[17]
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over
Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard
of it and went down to the stronghold. [18] Now the Philistines had
come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. [19] And David inquired of
the LORD, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them
into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly
give the Philistines into your hand.” [20] And David came to
Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The LORD has
broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” Therefore
the name of that place is called Baal-perazim. [21] And the Philistines
left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
[22]
And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of
Rephaim. [23] And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall
not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the
balsam trees. [24] And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops
of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, for then the LORD has gone out
before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” [25] And David
did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba
to Gezer.
2 Samuel 6
[1]
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. [2]
And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from
Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by
the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. [3]
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons
of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, [4] with the ark of God, and
Ahio went before the ark.
[5]
And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD,
with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and
cymbals. [6] And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah
put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen
stumbled. [7] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and
God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside
the ark of God. [8] And David was angry because the LORD had broken out
against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. [9]
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark
of the LORD come to me?” [10] So David was not willing to take the ark
of the LORD into the city of David. But David took it aside to the house
of Obed-edom the Gittite. [11] And the ark of the LORD remained in the
house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed
Obed-edom and all his household.
[12]
And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed the household of
Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So
David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to
the city of David with rejoicing. [13] And when those who bore the ark
of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened
animal. [14] And David danced before the LORD with all his might. And
David was wearing a linen ephod. [15] So David and all the house of
Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound
of the horn.
[16]
As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter
of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing
before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. [17] And they
brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place, inside the tent
that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and
peace offerings before the LORD. [18] And when David had finished
offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the
people in the name of the LORD of hosts [19] and distributed among all
the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of
bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all
the people departed, each to his house.
[20]
And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of
Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel honored
himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’
female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers
himself!” [21] And David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who
chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as
prince over Israel, the people of the LORD—and I will celebrate before
the LORD. [22] I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I
will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you
have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.” [23] And Michal the
daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
2 Samuel 7
[1]
Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest
from all his surrounding enemies, [2] the king said to Nathan the
prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God
dwells in a tent.” [3] And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is
in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
[4]
But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, [5] “Go and
tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Would you build me a house
to dwell in? [6] I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up
the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving
about in a tent for my dwelling. [7] In all places where I have moved
with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges
of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, “Why
have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ [8] Now, therefore, thus you
shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you
from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince
over my people Israel. [9] And I have been with you wherever you went
and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for
you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. [10] And
I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so
that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And
violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, [11] from the time
that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest
from all your enemies. Moreover, the LORD declares to you that the LORD
will make you a house. [12] When your days are fulfilled and you lie
down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who
shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. [13] He
shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his
kingdom forever. [14] I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a
son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of
men, with the stripes of the sons of men, [15] but my steadfast love
will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from
before you. [16] And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure
forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’” [17] In
accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision,
Nathan spoke to David.
[18]
Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O
Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? [19]
And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. You have spoken
also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is
instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD! [20] And what more can David say to
you? For you know your servant, O Lord GOD! [21] Because of your
promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all
this greatness, to make your servant know it. [22] Therefore you are
great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God
besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. [23] And
who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went
to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them
great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you
redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods? [24] And you
established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever.
And you, O LORD, became their God. [25] And now, O LORD God, confirm
forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and
concerning his house, and do as you have spoken. [26] And your name will
be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,’
and the house of your servant David will be established before you. [27]
For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation
to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your
servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. [28] And now, O
Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised
this good thing to your servant. [29] Now therefore may it please you to
bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before
you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the
house of your servant be blessed forever.”
