Old Testament

Genesis 45-46

^45:1Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" There stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. ^45:2He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. ^45:3Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?"

His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence. ^45:4Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please."

They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. ^45:5Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. ^45:6For these two years has the famine been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. ^45:7God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. ^45:8So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ^45:9Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait. ^45:10You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. ^45:11There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."' ^45:12Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. ^45:13You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here." ^45:14He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. ^45:15He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

^45:16The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. ^45:17Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan. ^45:18Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.' ^45:19Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. ^45:20Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

^45:21The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. ^45:22To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. ^45:23To his father, he sent after this manner: ten donkeys laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. ^45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."

^45:25They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father. ^45:26They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them. ^45:27They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived. ^45:28Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."

^46:1Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. ^46:2God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!"

He said, "Here I am."

^46:3He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation. ^46:4I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."

^46:5Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ^46:6They took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt - Jacob, and all his seed with him, ^46:7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

^46:8These are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. ^46:9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ^46:10The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. ^46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ^46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ^46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. ^46:14The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ^46:15These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three. ^46:16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. ^46:17The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. ^46:18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. ^46:19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ^46:20To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. ^46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. ^46:22These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. ^46:23The sons of Dan: Hushim. ^46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ^46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls were seven. ^46:26All the souls who came with Jacob into Egypt, who were his direct descendants, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were sixty-six. ^46:27The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.

^46:28He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. ^46:29Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. ^46:30Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." ^46:31Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ^46:32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.' ^46:33It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?' ^46:34that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."

New Testament

Mark 1

^1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ^1:2As it is written in the prophets,

 "Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
      Who will prepare your way before you.

 ^1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
      'Make ready the way of the Lord!
      Make his paths straight!'"

^1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. ^1:5All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins. ^1:6John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey. ^1:7He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen. ^1:8I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

^1:9It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. ^1:10Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ^1:11A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

^1:12Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. ^1:13He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels ministered to him.

^1:14Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God, ^1:15and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the gospel."

^1:16Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen. ^1:17Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."

^1:18Immediately they left their nets, and followed him. ^1:19Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. ^1:20Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him. ^1:21They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. ^1:22They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. ^1:23Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ^1:24saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"

^1:25Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!"

^1:26The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. ^1:27They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!" ^1:28The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

^1:29Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ^1:30Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. ^1:31He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them. ^1:32At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons. ^1:33All the city was gathered together at the door. ^1:34He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

^1:35Early in the night, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there. ^1:36Simon and those who were with him followed after him; ^1:37and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

^1:38He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this reason I came forth." ^1:39He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

^1:40There came to him a leper, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."

^1:41Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean." ^1:42When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. ^1:43He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out, ^1:44and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."

^1:45But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.