Genesis 49:1-13
New King James Version
Jacob’s Last Words to His Sons
49 And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may (A)tell you what shall befall you (B)in the last days:
2 “Gather together and hear, you sons of Jacob,
And listen to Israel your father.
3 “Reuben, you are (C)my firstborn,
My might and the beginning of my strength,
The excellency of dignity and the excellency of power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you (D)went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.
5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Instruments of [a]cruelty are in their dwelling place.
6 (E)Let not my soul enter their council;
Let not my honor be united (F)to their assembly;
(G)For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they [b]hamstrung an ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;
And their wrath, for it is cruel!
(H)I will divide them in Jacob
And scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah,(I) you are he whom your brothers shall praise;
(J)Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
(K)Your father’s children shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is (L)a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(M)He [c]bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
10 (N)The [d]scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor (O)a lawgiver from between his feet,
(P)Until Shiloh comes;
(Q)And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
11 Binding his donkey to the vine,
And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
He washed his garments in wine,
And his clothes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes are darker than wine,
And his teeth whiter than milk.
13 “Zebulun(R) shall dwell by the haven of the sea;
He shall become a haven for ships,
And his border shall (S)adjoin Sidon.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:5 violence
- Genesis 49:6 lamed
- Genesis 49:9 couches
- Genesis 49:10 A symbol of kingship
Genesis 49:22-27
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22 “Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a well;
His branches run over the wall.
23 The archers have (A)bitterly grieved him,
Shot at him and hated him.
24 But his (B)bow remained in strength,
And the arms of his hands were [a]made strong
By the hands of (C)the Mighty God of Jacob
(D)(From there (E)is the Shepherd, (F)the Stone of Israel),
25 (G)By the God of your father who will help you,
(H)And by the Almighty (I)who will bless you
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,
Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
26 The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
(J)Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
(K)They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
27 “Benjamin is a (L)ravenous wolf;
In the morning he shall devour the prey,
(M)And at night he shall divide the spoil.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:24 Or supple
Zechariah 3:7-4
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7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘If you will walk in My ways,
And if you will (A)keep My command,
Then you shall also (B)judge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who (C)stand here.
8 ‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are (D)a[a] wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth (E)My Servant the (F)BRANCH.
9 For behold, the stone
That I have laid before Joshua:
(G)Upon the stone are (H)seven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘And (I)I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10 (J)In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts,
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor
(K)Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”
Vision of the Lampstand and Olive Trees
4 Now (L)the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, (M)as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?”
So I said, “I am looking, and there is (N)a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, (O)and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 3 (P)Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left.” 4 So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, “What are these, my lord?”
5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?”
And I said, “No, my lord.”
6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to (Q)Zerubbabel:
(R)‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
7 ‘Who are you, (S)O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!
And he shall bring forth (T)the capstone
(U)With shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” ’ ”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 3:8 Lit. men of a sign or wonder
Zechariah 7:9-11
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)‘Execute true justice,
Show [a]mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
10 (B)Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
(C)Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
11 “But they refused to heed, (D)shrugged[b] their shoulders, and (E)stopped[c] their ears so that they could not hear.
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- Zechariah 7:9 Or lovingkindness
- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. gave a stubborn or rebellious shoulder
- Zechariah 7:11 Lit. made their ears heavy
Zechariah 8:4-6
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4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of [a]great age.
5 The streets of the city
Shall be (B)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
6 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘If it is [b]marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days,
(C)Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?’
Says the Lord of hosts.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:4 Lit. many days
- Zechariah 8:6 Or wonderful
Zechariah 8:12
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12 ‘For(A) the [a]seed shall be prosperous,
The vine shall give its fruit,
(B)The ground shall give her increase,
And (C)the heavens shall give their dew—
I will cause the remnant of this people
To possess all these.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:12 Lit. seed of peace
Zechariah 8:16-20
New King James Version
16 These are the things you shall (A)do:
(B)Speak each man the truth to his neighbor;
Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
17 (C)Let none of you think evil in [a]your heart against your neighbor;
And do not love a false oath.
For all these are things that I hate,’
Says the Lord.”
18 Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 19 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(D)‘The fast of the fourth month,
(E)The fast of the fifth,
(F)The fast of the seventh,
(G)And the fast of the tenth,
Shall be (H)joy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
(I)Therefore love truth and peace.’
20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Peoples shall yet come,
Inhabitants of many cities;
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:17 Lit. his
Zechariah 9:9-13
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The Coming King(A)
9 “Rejoice (B)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, (C)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I (D)will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The (E)battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be (F)‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.’
God Will Save His People
11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (G)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold,
(H)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore (I)double to you.
13 For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”
Romans 11:13-25
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13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (A)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (B)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (C)but life from the dead?
16 For if (D)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (E)some of the branches were broken off, (F)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [a]fatness of the olive tree, 18 (G)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of (H)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [b]goodness, (I)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise (J)you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, (K)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be (L)wise in your own [c]opinion, that (M)blindness in part has happened to Israel (N)until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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- Romans 11:17 richness
- Romans 11:22 NU adds of God
- Romans 11:25 estimation
Matthew 20:29-21:23
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Two Blind Men Receive Their Sight(A)
29 (B)Now as they went out of Jericho, a great multitude followed Him. 30 And behold, (C)two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, (D)Son of David!”
31 Then the multitude (E)warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!”
32 So Jesus stood still and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.” 34 So Jesus had (F)compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
The Triumphal Entry(G)
21 Now (H)when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to [a]Bethphage, at (I)the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. 3 And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 [b]All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 “Tell(J) the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6 (K)So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, (L)laid their clothes on them, [c]and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; (M)others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
(N)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”
10 (O)And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, (P)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Jesus Cleanses the Temple(Q)
12 (R)Then Jesus went into the temple [d]of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the (S)money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, (T)‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a (U)‘den of thieves.’ ”
14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the (V)Son of David!” they were [e]indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?”
And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read,
(W)‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have perfected praise’?”
17 Then He left them and (X)went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
The Fig Tree Withered(Y)
18 (Z)Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry. 19 (AA)And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
The Lesson of the Withered Fig Tree(AB)
20 (AC)And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither away so soon?”
21 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, (AD)if you have faith and (AE)do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, (AF)but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. 22 And (AG)whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Jesus’ Authority Questioned(AH)
23 (AI)Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and (AJ)said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:1 M Bethsphage
- Matthew 21:4 NU omits All
- Matthew 21:7 NU and He sat
- Matthew 21:12 NU omits of God
- Matthew 21:15 angry
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