Alpet 2022
King James Version
1. And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, 2. that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). 3. All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). 4. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5. In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6. and the Horites in their mountain of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7. Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is , Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar. 8. And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is , Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim 9. against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar––four kings against five. 10. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled; some fell there, and the remainder fled to the mountains. 11. Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. 12. They also took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. 13. Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram. 14. Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. 15. He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. 16. So he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods, as well as the women and the people. 17. And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is , the King’s Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. 18. Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19. And he blessed him and said: "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20. And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave him a tithe of all. 21. Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." 22. But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23. "that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’ –– 24. "except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."
1. After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." 2. But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3. Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!" 4. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir." 5. Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." 6. And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. 7. Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it." 8. And he said, "Lord GOD, how shall I know that I will inherit it?" 9. So He said to him, "Bring Me a three–year–old heifer, a three–year–old female goat, a three–year–old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 10. Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11. And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12. Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13. Then He said to Abram: "Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14. "And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15. "Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16. "But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." 17. And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18. On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates–– 19. "the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20. "the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21. "the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
1. Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly. 2. And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, "We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this. 3. "Now therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and those who have been born to them, according to the advice of my master and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 4. "Arise, for this matter is your responsibility . We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it ." 5. Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath. 6. Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity. 7. And they issued a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the descendants of the captivity, that they must gather at Jerusalem, 8. and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the instructions of the leaders and elders, all his property would be confiscated, and he himself would be separated from the assembly of those from the captivity. 9. So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of heavy rain. 10. Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. 11. "Now therefore, make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do His will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the pagan wives." 12. Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, "Yes! As you have said, so we must do. 13. "But there are many people; it is the season for heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for there are many of us who have transgressed in this matter. 14. "Please, let the leaders of our entire assembly stand; and let all those in our cities who have taken pagan wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of their cities, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned away from us in this matter." 15. Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite gave them support. 16. Then the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of the fathers’ households , were set apart by the fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17. By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives. 18. And among the sons of the priests who had taken pagan wives the following were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19. And they gave their promise that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock as their trespass offering. 20. Also of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah; 21. of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah; 22. of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 23. Also of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24. Also of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. 25. And others of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah; 26. of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah; 27. of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza; 28. of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai; 29. of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth; 30. of the sons of Pahath–Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh; 31. of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32. Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah; 33. of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei; 34. of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, 35. Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluh, 36. Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37. Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasai, 38. Bani, Binnui, Shimei, 39. Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, 40. Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41. Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42. Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph; 43. of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. 44. All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
1. "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2. "For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3. "And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4. "Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5. "Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. 6. "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. 7. "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8. "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9. "Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10. "Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11. "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12. "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13. "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14. "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. 15. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16. "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17. "Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18. "A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19. "Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20. "Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 21. "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22. "Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23. "And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ 24. "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25. "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26. "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27. "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." 28. And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, 29. for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.