25 October - John 10:22-42 And Luke 10-11

Jude Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:36 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

JOHN 10:22-42

22At that time the Ḥanukkah came to be in Yerushalayim, and it was winter.

23And יהושע was walking in the Set-apart Place, in the porch of Shelomoh.

24So the Yehuḏim surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, say to us plainly.”

25יהושע answered them, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s Name, they bear witness concerning Me.

26“But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

27“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.a

28“And I give them everlasting life, and they shall by no means ever perish, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.

29“My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

30“I and My Father are one.”a

31Again the Yehuḏim picked up stones to stone Him.

32יהושע answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. Because of which of these works do you stone Me?”

33The Yehuḏim answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself Elohim.”

34יהושע answered them, “Is it not written in your own Torah, ‘I said, “You are elohim” ’?

35“If He called them elohim, to whom the word of Elohim came – and it is impossible for the Scripture to be broken –

36do you say of Him whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of Elohim’?

37“If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

38but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

39Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He went forth out of their hand,

40and went once more to the other side of the Yardĕn to the place where Yoḥanan was immersing at first, and there He stayed.

41And many came to Him and said, “Yoḥanan indeed did no sign,a yet all that Yoḥanan said about this Man was true.”

42And many believed in Him there.

LUKE 10

1And after this the Master appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of Him into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.

2Then He said to them, “The harvest indeed is great, but the workers are few, therefore pray the Master of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.

3“Go! See, I send you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.

4“Do not take a purse, nor a bag, nor sandals. And greet no one along the way.

5“And whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

6“And if indeed a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest on it; and if not, it shall return to you.

7“And stay in the same house, eating and drinking whatever with them, for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

8“And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat whatever is placed before you,

9and heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The reign of Elohim has come near to you.’

10“And into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,

11‘Even the dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you, but know this, that the reign of Elohim has come near to you.’

12“And I say to you that it shall be more bearable for Seḏom in that Day, than for that city.

13“Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bĕyth Tsaiḏa! For if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tsor and Tsiḏon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

14“But it shall be more bearable for Tsor and Tsiḏon at the judgment than for you.

15“And you, Kephar Naḥum, who are exalted to the heaven, shall be brought down to the grave.

16“He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

17And the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name.”

18And He said to them, “I saw Satan falling out of the heaven as lightning.

19“See, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and none at all shall hurt you.

20“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

21In that hour יהושע exulted in the Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Master of the heaven and of the earth, that You have hidden these matters from clever and learned ones, and did reveal them to babes. Yea, Father, because thus it was well-pleasing in Your sight.

22“All has been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.”

23And turning to His taught ones He said, separately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see,

24for I say to you that many prophets and sovereigns have wished to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

25And see, a certain one learned in the Torah stood up, trying Him, and saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?”

26And He said to him, “What has been written in the Torah? How do you read it?”

27And he answering, said, “ ‘You shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbour as yourself.’ ”

28And He said to him, “You have answered rightly. Do this and you shall live.”a

29But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”

30And replying, יהושע said, “A certain man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yeriḥo, and fell among robbers, who, both stripping and beating him, went away, leaving him half dead.

31“And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down that way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

32“And likewise a Lĕwite also, when he came to the place, and seeing, passed by on the other side.

33“But a certain Shomeronite, journeying, came upon him. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him,

34and he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And having placed him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and looked after him.

35“And going out on the next day, he took out two pieces of silver, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Look after him, and whatever more you spend I shall repay you when I return.’

36“Who, then, of these three, do you think, was neighboura to him who fell among the robbers?”

37And he said, “He who showed compassion on him.” Then יהושע said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

38And it came to be as they went that He entered into a certain village. And a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house.

39And she had a sister called Miryam, who also sat at the feet of יהושע and heard His word.

40But Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, “Master, are You not concerned that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her then, to help me.”

41And יהושע answering, said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many matters,

42but one only is necessary, and Miryam has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”

LUKE 11

1And it came to be while He was praying in a certain place, as He ceased, one of His taught ones said to Him, “Master, teach us to pray, as Yoḥanan also taught his taught ones.”

2And He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in the heavens, let Your Name be set-apart, let Your reign come, let Your desire be done on earth as it is in heaven.

3“Give us day by day our daily bread.

4“And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into trial, but rescue us from the wicked one.”

5And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,

6since a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I do not have food to set before him,’

7then the one inside answering, says, ‘Do not trouble me, the door is already locked, and my children with me are in bed. I am unable to get up and give to you’?

8“I say to you, if he does not get up and give to him because he is his friend, he shall get up and give him as many as he needs because of his persistence.

9“And I say to you: ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.

10“For everyone asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

11“And what father among you whose son asks for bread shall give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish shall give him a snake instead of a fish,

12or if he asks for an egg shall give him a scorpion?

13“If you then, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father from heaven give the Set-apart Spirit to those asking Him!”

14And He was casting out a demon, and it was dumb. And it came to be, when the demon had gone out, that the dumb spoke. And the crowds marvelled.

15But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Be‛elzebul, the ruler of the demons,”

16and others, trying Him, were seeking from Him a sign from heaven.

17And He, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every reign divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against a house falls.

18“So if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his reign stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Be‛elzebul.

19“Now if I cast out demons by Be‛elzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they shall be your judges.

20“But if I cast out demons by the finger of Elohim, then the reign of Elohim has come upon you.

21“When a strong man, having been well armed, watches over his own court, his possessions are in peace.

22“But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armour in which he trusted, and divides his booty.

23“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

24“When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest. And finding none, he says, ‘I shall return to my house from which I came.’

25“And when he comes, he finds it swept and decorated,

26then 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 becomes worse than the first.”

27And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You sucked!”

28But He said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of Elohim and watching over it!”a

29And while the crowds were thronging, He began to say, “This generation is wicked. It seeks a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Yonah the prophet.

30“For as Yonah became a sign to the Ninewites, so also the Son of Aḏam shall be to this generation.

31“The sovereigness of the South shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and shall condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Shelomoh, and look, a greater than Shelomoh is here.

32“The men of Ninewĕh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Yonah, and look, a greater than Yonah is here.

33“And no one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in shall see the light.

34“The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, all your body also is enlightened. But when your eye is evil, your body also is darkened.a

35“See to it therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

36“If then all your body is enlightened, having no part dark, all shall be enlightened, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.”

37And as He spoke, a certain Pharisee asked Him to dine with him, so He went in and sat down to eat.

38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that He did not first wash before dinner.

39And the Master said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is filled with greed and wickedness.

40“Mindless ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

41“But give in kindness of that which is within, and see, all are clean to you.

42“But woe to you Pharisees, because you tithe the mint and the rue and every plant, and pass by the right-ruling and the love of Elohim. These you should have done, without leaving the others undone.

43“Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the congregations and the greetings in the market-places.

44“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like the unseen tombs, and the men walking over them do not know.”

45And one of those learned in the Torah, answering, said to Him, “Teacher, when You say this You insult us too.”

46And He said, “Woe to you also, you learned in the Torah, because you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

47“Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

48“So you bear witness that you approve of the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

49“And because of this the wisdom of Elohim said, ‘I shall send them prophets and emissaries, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,’

50so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world shall be required of this generation,

51from the blood of Heḇel to the blood of Zeḵaryah who perished between the altar and the Dwelling Place. Yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

52“Woe to you learned in the Torah, because you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

53And as He was saying this to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely, and to draw Him out on many subjects,

54watching Him, and seeking to catch Him in whatever He says, so as to accuse Him.