Mark 6:45-56
[45]
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him
to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. [46] And
after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.
[47] And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was
alone on the land. [48] And he saw that they were making headway
painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of
the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
[49] but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a
ghost, and cried out, [50] for they all saw him and were terrified. But
immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be
afraid.” [51] And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased.
And they were utterly astounded, [52] for they did not understand about
the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
[53]
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored
to the shore. [54] And when they got out of the boat, the people
immediately recognized him [55] and ran about the whole region and began
to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was.
[56] And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they
laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch
even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made
well.
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
[17]
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when
you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. [18] For,
in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that
there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, [19] for there
must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you
may be recognized. [20] When you come together, it is not the Lord’s
supper that you eat. [21] For in eating, each one goes ahead with his
own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. [22] What! Do you not
have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and
humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I
commend you in this? No, I will not.
[23]
For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the
Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, [24] and when
he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is
for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” [25] In the same way also he
took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my
blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” [26]
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
Lord’s death until he comes.
[27]
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an
unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the
Lord. [28] Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread
and drink of the cup. [29] For anyone who eats and drinks without
discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. [30] That is
why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. [31] But if we
judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. [32] But when we are
judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned
along with the world.
[33]
So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one
another—[34] if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you
come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will
give directions when I come.
Psalm 87
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
[1] On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
[2] the LORD loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
[3] Glorious things of you are spoken,
O city of God. Selah
[4] Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush—
“This one was born there,” they say.
[5] And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in her”;
for the Most High himself will establish her.
[6] The LORD records as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.” Selah
[7] Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”
Judges 10
[1]
After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, son of
Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of
Ephraim. [2] And he judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and
was buried at Shamir.
[3]
After him arose Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
[4] And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had
thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of
Gilead. [5] And Jair died and was buried in Kamon.
[6]
The people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD
and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of
Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the
Philistines. And they forsook the LORD and did not serve him. [7] So the
anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the
hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites, [8] and
they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen
years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan
in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. [9] And the Ammonites
crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah and against Benjamin and
against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was severely distressed.
[10]
And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned
against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the
Baals.” [11] And the LORD said to the people of Israel, “Did I not save
you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites, from the Ammonites and
from the Philistines? [12] The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and
the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you out
of their hand. [13] Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods;
therefore I will save you no more. [14] Go and cry out to the gods whom
you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” [15]
And the people of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned; do to us
whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” [16] So
they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and
he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
[17]
Then the Ammonites were called to arms, and they encamped in Gilead.
And the people of Israel came together, and they encamped at Mizpah.
[18] And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is
the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head
over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Judges 11
[1]
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a
prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah. [2] And Gilead’s wife
also bore him sons. And when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove
Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our
father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.” [3] Then Jephthah
fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob, and worthless
fellows collected around Jephthah and went out with him.
[4]
After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel. [5] And when the
Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring
Jephthah from the land of Tob. [6] And they said to Jephthah, “Come and
be our leader, that we may fight against the Ammonites.” [7] But
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and drive me
out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in
distress?” [8] And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That is why
we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the
Ammonites and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.” [9]
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to
fight against the Ammonites, and the LORD gives them over to me, I will
be your head.” [10] And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD
will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.” [11] So
Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head
and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD
at Mizpah.
[12]
Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said,
“What do you have against me, that you have come to me to fight against
my land?” [13] And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of
Jephthah, “Because Israel on coming up from Egypt took away my land,
from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it
peaceably.” [14] Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the
Ammonites [15] and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take
away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites, [16] but when they
came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea
and came to Kadesh. [17] Israel then sent messengers to the king of
Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of
Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he
would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
[18]
“Then they journeyed through the wilderness and went around the land of
Edom and the land of Moab and arrived on the east side of the land of
Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter
the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab. [19]
Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of
Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land
to our country,’ [20] but Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his
territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at
Jahaz and fought with Israel. [21] And the LORD, the God of Israel, gave
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated
them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who
inhabited that country. [22] And they took possession of all the
territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the
wilderness to the Jordan. [23] So then the LORD, the God of Israel,
dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to
take possession of them? [24] Will you not possess what Chemosh your god
gives you to possess? And all that the LORD our God has dispossessed
before us, we will possess. [25] Now are you any better than Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did
he ever go to war with them? [26] While Israel lived in Heshbon and its
villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are
on the banks of the Arnon, 300 years, why did you not deliver them
within that time? [27] I therefore have not sinned against you, and you
do me wrong by making war on me. The LORD, the Judge, decide this day
between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon.” [28] But the king
of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent
to him.
[29]
Then the Spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah, and he passed through
Gilead and Manasseh and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah
of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. [30] And Jephthah made a vow to
the LORD and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, [31]
then whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I
return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the LORD’s, and I will offer
it up for a burnt offering.” [32] So Jephthah crossed over to the
Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD gave them into his hand.
[33] And he struck them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith,
twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a great blow. So the
Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.
[34]
Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter came
out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only
child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. [35] And as soon as
he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have
brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to
me. For I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my
vow.” [36] And she said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth
to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now
that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites.” [37]
So she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: leave me
alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep
for my virginity, I and my companions.” [38] So he said, “Go.” Then he
sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions,
and wept for her virginity on the mountains. [39] And at the end of two
months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his
vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom
in Israel [40] that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
Judges 12
[1]
The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and
said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites
and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you
with fire.” [2] And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people had a great
dispute with the Ammonites, and when I called you, you did not save me
from their hand. [3] And when I saw that you would not save me, I took
my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD
gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to
fight against me?” [4] Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and
fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they
said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of
Ephraim and Manasseh.” [5] And the Gileadites captured the fords of the
Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim
said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an
Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” [6] they said to him, “Then say
Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it
right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the
Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.
[7] Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.
[8]
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. [9] He had thirty sons, and
thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty
daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel
seven years. [10] Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem.
[11]
After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten
years. [12] Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in
the land of Zebulun.
[13]
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. [14]
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and
he judged Israel eight years. [15] Then Abdon the son of Hillel the
Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in
the hill country of the Amalekites.
