Alpet 2022
King James Version
41. So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob." 42. And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending to kill you. 43. "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran. 44. "And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away, 45. "until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in one day?" 46. And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
1. Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2. "Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. 3. "May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; 4. And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham." 5. So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. 6. Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan," 7. and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram. 8. Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. 9. So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. 10. Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. 12. Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13. And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14. "Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15. "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you." 16. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it ." 17. And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!" 18. Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. 19. And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. 20. Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21. "so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. 22. "And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."
1. On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, 2. because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3. So it was, when they had heard the Law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. 4. Now before this, Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with Tobiah. 5. And he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests. 6. But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty–second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Then after certain days I obtained leave from the king, 7. and I came to Jerusalem and discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God. 8. And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room. 9. Then I commanded them to cleanse the rooms; and I brought back into them the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense. 10. I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given them ; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to his field. 11. So I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them together and set them in their place. 12. Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse. 13. And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren. 14. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services! 15. In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions. 16. Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, "What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day? 18. "Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." 19. So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20. Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. 21. Then I warned them, and said to them, "Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!" From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath. 22. And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy! 23. In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24. And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people. 25. So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying , "You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. 26. "Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin. 27. "Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?" 28. And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son–in–law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me. 29. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. 30. Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service, 31. and to bringing the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for good!
31. Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32. "which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches." 33. Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened." 34. All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them, 35. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world." 36. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." 37. He answered and said to them: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38. "The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one . 39. "The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40. "Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41. "The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42. "and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43. "Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! 44. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46. "who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, 48. "which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49. "So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50. "and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth." 51. Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord." 52. Then He said to them, "Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old." 53. Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. 54. And when He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55. "Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56. "And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?" 57. So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." 58. Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.