January 8, 2040
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Genesis 15:1–16:16
1And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great. 2And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir]. 3And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me. 4And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir. 5And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be. 6And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. 7And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit. 8And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? 9And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon. 10So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide. 11And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them. 12And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him. 13And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years. 14And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property. 15But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age. 16And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now. 17And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces. 18In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. 19The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans, 20and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim, 21and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. Chapter 161And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar. 2And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara. 3So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him. 4And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her. 5And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee. 6And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face. 7And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur. 8And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara. 9And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. 11And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ismael, for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation. 12He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 13And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me. 14Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad. 15And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael. 16And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 5:1–7
1For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits. 2Hearken to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. 3Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 4In the morning thou shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up. 5For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee. 6Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 7Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 2:6–9
6For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding, 7and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way; 8that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him. 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; and shalt direct all thy course aright.
New TestamentKing James Version
Matthew 6:19–34
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! 24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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