Old Testament

Genesis 7-8

^7:1Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation. ^7:2You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female. ^7:3Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. ^7:4In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."

^7:5Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

^7:6Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth. ^7:7Noah went into the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood. ^7:8Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground ^7:9went by pairs to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. ^7:10It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth. ^7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened. ^7:12The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

^7:13In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ark; ^7:14they, and every animal after its kind, all the cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. ^7:15They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them. ^7:16Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in. ^7:17The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. ^7:18The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. ^7:19The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered. ^7:20The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. ^7:21All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. ^7:22All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. ^7:23Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. ^7:24The waters prevailed on the earth one hundred fifty days.

^8:1God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided. ^8:2The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained. ^8:3The waters receded from off the earth continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased. ^8:4The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on Ararat's mountains. ^8:5The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

^8:6It happened at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made, ^8:7and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. ^8:8He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the surface of the ground, ^8:9but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark. ^8:10He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. ^8:11The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. ^8:12He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.

^8:13It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried. ^8:14In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

^8:15God spoke to Noah, saying, ^8:16"Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. ^8:17Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."

^8:18Noah went forth, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him. ^8:19Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

^8:20Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. ^8:21Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done. ^8:22While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

New Testament

Matthew 6

^6:1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. ^6:2Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward. ^6:3But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does, ^6:4so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

^6:5"When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward. ^6:6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. ^6:7In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. ^6:8Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. ^6:9Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. ^6:10Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. ^6:11Give us today our daily bread. ^6:12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. ^6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'

^6:14"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ^6:15But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

^6:16"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward. ^6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; ^6:18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

^6:19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; ^6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through and steal; ^6:21for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

^6:22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. ^6:23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

^6:24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon. ^6:25Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ^6:26See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

^6:27"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? ^6:28Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, ^6:29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. ^6:30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

^6:31"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' ^6:32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ^6:33But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. ^6:34Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is sufficient.