Alpet 2022
King James Version
9. Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom. 10. "But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?" 11. So King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his very house? 12. ‘You are my brethren, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?’ 13. "And say to Amasa, ‘ Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.’" 14. So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah, just as the heart of one man, so that they sent this word to the king: "Return, you and all your servants!" 15. Then the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to escort the king across the Jordan. 16. And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hastened and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David. 17. There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king. 18. Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan. 19. Then he said to the king, "Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart. 20. "For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king." 21. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’S anointed?" 22. And David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?" 23. Therefore the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king swore to him. 24. Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace. 25. So it was, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" 26. And he answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king,’ because your servant is lame. 27. "And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes. 28. "For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out anymore to the king?" 29. So the king said to him, "Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, ‘You and Ziba divide the land.’" 30. Then Mephibosheth said to the king, "Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house." 31. And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to escort him across the Jordan. 32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man. 33. And the king said to Barzillai, "Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem." 34. But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 35. "I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king? 36. "Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward? 37. "Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you." 38. And the king answered, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what seems good to you. Now whatever you request of me, I will do for you." 39. Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place. 40. Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah escorted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41. Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all David’s men with him across the Jordan?" 42. So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative of ours. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense ? Or has he given us any gift?" 43. And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, "We have ten shares in the king; therefore we also have more right to David than you. Why then do you despise us––were we not the first to advise bringing back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
1. Against Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Woe to Nebo! For it is plundered, Kirjathaim is shamed and taken; The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed–– 2. No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.’ You also shall be cut down, O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you; 3. A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: ‘Plundering and great destruction!’ 4. "Moab is destroyed; Her little ones have caused a cry to be heard; 5. For in the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with continual weeping; For in the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. 6. "Flee, save your lives! And be like the juniper in the wilderness. 7. For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures, You also shall be taken. And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, His priests and his princes together. 8. And the plunderer shall come against every city; No one shall escape. The valley also shall perish, And the plain shall be destroyed, As the LORD has spoken. 9. "Give wings to Moab, That she may flee and get away; For her cities shall be desolate, Without any to dwell in them. 10. Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD deceitfully, And cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood. 11. "Moab has been at ease from his youth; He has settled on his dregs, And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remained in him, And his scent has not changed. 12. "Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I shall send him wine–workers Who will tip him over And empty his vessels And break the bottles. 13. Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, As the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. 14. "How can you say, ‘We are mighty And strong men for the war’? 15. Moab is plundered and gone up from her cities; Her chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter," says the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts. 16. "The calamity of Moab is near at hand, And his affliction comes quickly. 17. Bemoan him, all you who are around him; And all you who know his name, Say, ‘How the strong staff is broken, The beautiful rod!’ 18. "O daughter inhabiting Dibon, Come down from your glory, And sit in thirst; For the plunderer of Moab has come against you, He has destroyed your strongholds. 19. O inhabitant of Aroer, Stand by the way and watch; Ask him who flees And her who escapes; Say, ‘What has happened?’ 20. Moab is shamed, for he is broken down. Wail and cry! Tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered. 21. "And judgment has come on the plain country: On Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath, 22. On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim, 23. On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon, 24. On Kerioth and Bozrah, On all the cities of the land of Moab, Far or near. 25. The horn of Moab is cut off, And his arm is broken," says the LORD. 26. "Make him drunk, Because he exalted himself against the LORD. Moab shall wallow in his vomit, And he shall also be in derision. 27. For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him, You shake your head in scorn .
1. Now it happened on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him 2. and spoke to Him, saying, "Tell us, by what authority are You doing these things? Or who is he who gave You this authority?" 3. But He answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing, and answer Me: 4. "The baptism of John––was it from heaven or from men?" 5. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 6. "But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet." 7. So they answered that they did not know where it was from. 8. And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." 9. Then He began to tell the people this parable: "A certain man planted a vineyard, leased it to vinedressers, and went into a far country for a long time. 10. "Now at vintage–time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty–handed. 11. "Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty–handed. 12. "And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out. 13. "Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ 14. "But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15. "So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him . Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16. "He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." And when they heard it they said, "Certainly not!" 17. Then He looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? 18. "Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder." 19. And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people––for they knew He had spoken this parable against them. 20. So they watched Him , and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor. 21. Then they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God in truth: 22. "Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" 23. But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test Me? 24. "Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" They answered and said, "Caesar’s." 25. And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s." 26. But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.