Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. 2. Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you. 3. "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4. "And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5. "because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws." 6. So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7. And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She is my sister"; for he was afraid to say, " She is my wife," because he thought , "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold." 8. Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. 9. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’" 10. And Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us." 11. So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death." 12. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him. 13. The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14. for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him. 15. Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. 16. And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we." 17. Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18. And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them. 19. Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. 20. But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him. 21. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah. 22. And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land." 23. Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24. And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake." 25. So he built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well. 26. Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army. 27. And Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?" 28. But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you, 29. ‘that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.’" 30. So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31. Then they arose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32. It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." 33. So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. 34. When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35. And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
1. Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine–tenths were to dwell in other cities. 2. And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3. These are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities––Israelites, priests, Levites, Nethinim, and descendants of Solomon’s servants.) 4. Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; 5. and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col–Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6. All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty–eight valiant men. 7. And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; 8. and after him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty–eight. 9. Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 10. Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin; 11. Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God. 12. Their brethren who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty–two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13. and his brethren, heads of the fathers’ houses, were two hundred and forty–two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14. and their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty–eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men. 15. Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16. Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God; 17. Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty–four. 19. Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy–two. 20. And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. 21. But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim. 22. Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. 23. For it was the king’s command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day. 24. Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s deputy in all matters concerning the people. 25. And as for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages; 26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27. Hazar Shual, and Beersheba and its villages; 28. in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages; 29. in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30. Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 31. Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages; 32. in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah; 33. in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim; 34. in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat; 35. in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen. 36. Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.
22. Then one was brought to Him who was demon–possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23. And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?" 24. Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, "This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons." 25. But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26. "If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27. "And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28. "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29. "Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30. "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad. 31. "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32. "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. 33. "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34. "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35. "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36. "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37. "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." 38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." 39. But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40. "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41. "The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42. "The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here. 43. "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44. "Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45. "Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation." 46. While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47. Then one said to Him, "Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You." 48. But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" 49. And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, "Here are My mother and My brothers! 50. "For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother."