Old Testament

Genesis 13-15

^13:10Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. ^13:11So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. ^13:12Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ^13:13Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

^13:14Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, ^13:15for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever. ^13:16I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered. ^13:17Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you."

^13:18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

^14:1It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, ^14:2that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar). ^14:3All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea). ^14:4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled. ^14:5In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, ^14:6and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. ^14:7They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. ^14:8There went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim; ^14:9against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. ^14:10Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the mountain. ^14:11They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. ^14:12They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

^14:13One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram. ^14:14When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ^14:15He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ^14:16He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

^14:17The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley). ^14:18Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. ^14:19He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: ^14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."

Abram gave him a tenth of all.

^14:21The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

^14:22Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, ^14:23that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.' ^14:24Except only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their portion."

^15:1After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

^15:2Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" ^15:3Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

^15:4Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir." ^15:5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be." ^15:6He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. ^15:7He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

^15:8He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

^15:9He said to him, "Take me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon." ^15:10He took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds. ^15:11The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

^15:12When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him. ^15:13He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. ^15:14I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great substance. ^15:15But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age. ^15:16In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full." ^15:17It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. ^15:18In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: ^15:19the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, ^15:20the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ^15:21the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

New Testament

Matthew 9

^9:1He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. ^9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."

^9:3Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

^9:4Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? ^9:5For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?' ^9:6But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."

^9:7He arose and departed to his house. ^9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

^9:9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him. ^9:10It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. ^9:11When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

^9:12When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. ^9:13But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

^9:14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

^9:15Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ^9:16No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. ^9:17Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

^9:18While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

^9:19Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. ^9:20Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tassels of his garment; ^9:21for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

^9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

^9:23When Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd in noisy disorder, ^9:24he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping."

They were ridiculing him. ^9:25But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ^9:26The report of this went out into all that land. ^9:27As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"

^9:28When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?"

They told him, "Yes, Lord."

^9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." ^9:30Their eyes were opened. Jesus strictly charged them, saying, "See that no one knows about this." ^9:31But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.

^9:32As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was brought to him. ^9:33When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

^9:34But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."

^9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. ^9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, as sheep without a shepherd. ^9:37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ^9:38Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."