Saturday, 15 June

1.   These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb. 2.   Now Moses called all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land–– 3.   "the great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders. 4.   "Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day. 5.   "And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet. 6.   "You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or similar drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. 7.   "And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we conquered them. 8.   "We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh. 9.   "Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. 10.   "All of you stand today before the LORD your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11.   "your little ones and your wives––also the stranger who is in your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water–– 12.   "that you may enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into His oath, which the LORD your God makes with you today, 13.   "that He may establish you today as a people for Himself, and that He may be God to you, just as He has spoken to you, and just as He has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14.   "I make this covenant and this oath, not with you alone, 15.   "but with him who stands here with us today before the LORD our God, as well as with him who is not here with us today 16.   (for you know that we dwelt in the land of Egypt and that we came through the nations which you passed by, 17.   and you saw their abominations and their idols which were among them––wood and stone and silver and gold); 18.   "so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood; 19.   "and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’ ––as though the drunkard could be included with the sober. 20.   "The LORD would not spare him; for then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the LORD would blot out his name from under heaven. 21.   "And the LORD would separate him from all the tribes of Israel for adversity, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law, 22.   "so that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid on it: 23.   ‘The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’ 24.   "All nations would say, ‘Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’ 25.   "Then people would say: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt; 26.   ‘for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them. 27.   ‘Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against this land, to bring on it every curse that is written in this book. 28.   ‘And the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’ 29.   "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

28.   He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment. 29.   They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled. 30.   Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish––O poor Anathoth! 31.   Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge. 32.   As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem. 33.   Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled. 34.   He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

1.   There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2.   The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. 3.   His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; 4.   But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. 5.   Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. 6.   "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 7.   The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8.   The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. 9.   They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea. 10.   "And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious." 11.   It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. 12.   He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. 13.   Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart, And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, And Judah shall not harass Ephraim. 14.   But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; Together they shall plunder the people of the East; They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; And the people of Ammon shall obey them. 15.   The LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt; With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over the River, And strike it in the seven streams, And make men cross over dry–shod. 16.   There will be a highway for the remnant of His people Who will be left from Assyria, As it was for Israel In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt.

1.   And in that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me. 2.   Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’" 3.   Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation. 4.   And in that day you will say: "Praise the LORD, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted. 5.   Sing to the LORD, For He has done excellent things; This is known in all the earth. 6.   Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!"

28.   Then Peter began to say to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You." 29.   So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, 30.   "who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time––houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions––and in the age to come, eternal life. 31.   "But many who are first will be last, and the last first." 32.   Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed. And as they followed they were afraid. Then He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them the things that would happen to Him: 33.   "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and deliver Him to the Gentiles; 34.   "and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again." 35.   Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask." 36.   And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?" 37.   They said to Him, "Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory." 38.   But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 39.   They said to Him, "We are able." So Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized; 40.   "but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared." 41.   And when the ten heard it , they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. 42.   But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43.   "Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44.   "And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45.   "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." 46.   Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. 47.   And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 48.   Then many warned him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 49.   So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, "Be of good cheer. Rise, He is calling you." 50.   And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus. 51.   So Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" The blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight." 52.   Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.