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Genesis 39

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

   Now Joseph was^(I) handsome in form and appearance. ⁷And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me." ⁸But he refused and said to his master’s wife, "Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and^(J) he has put everything that he has in my charge. ⁹He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and^(K) sin against God?" ¹⁰And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he^(L) would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

 ¹¹But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, ^12(M) she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. ¹³And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house, ¹⁴she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice. ¹⁵And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house." ¹⁶Then she laid up his garment by her until his master came home, ¹⁷and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. ¹⁸But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house."

 ¹⁹As soon as his master heard the words that his wife spoke to him, "This is the way your servant treated me," his anger was kindled. ²⁰And Joseph’s master took him and^(N) put him into the^(O) prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined, and he was there in prison. ²¹But^(P) the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love^(Q) and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²²And the keeper of the prison^(R) put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. ²³The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph’s charge, because^(S) the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed.

Genesis 40

Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams

 ⁵And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation. ⁶When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. ⁷So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house,^(V) "Why are your faces downcast today?" ⁸They said to him,^(W) "We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them." And Joseph said to them,^(X) "Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me."

 ⁹So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph and said to him, "In my dream there was a vine before me, ¹⁰and on the vine there were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and the clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand." ¹²Then Joseph said to him,^(Y) "This is its interpretation:^(Z) the three branches are three days. ¹³In three days Pharaoh will^(AA) lift up your head and restore you to your office, and you shall place Pharaoh’s cup in his hand as formerly, when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house. ¹⁵For^(AB) I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and^(AC) here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit."

 ¹⁶When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also had a dream: there were three cake baskets on my head, ¹⁷and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of the basket on my head." ¹⁸And Joseph answered and said,^(AD) "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days. ^19(AE) In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and^(AF) hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you."

 ²⁰On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s^(AG) birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and^(AH) lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. ^21(AI) He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, and^(AJ) he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand. ²²But he^(AK) hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. ²³Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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Matthew 11

Messengers from John the Baptist

 ^2(A) Now when John heard^(B) in prison about the deeds of^(C) the Christ, he sent word by^(D) his disciples ³and said to him, "Are you^(E) the one who is to come, or shall we^(F) look for another?" ⁴And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: ^5(G) the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers^[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and^(H) the poor have good news preached to them. ⁶And blessed is the one who^(I) is not offended by me."

 ⁷As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out^(J) into the wilderness to see?^(K) A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸What then did you go out to see? A man^[b] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. ⁹What then did you go out to see?^(L) A prophet?^[c] Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is he of whom it is written,

   ^(M) "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
   who will prepare your way before you.'

 ¹¹Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ^12(N) From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,^[d] and the violent take it by force. ^13(O) For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, ¹⁴and if you are willing to accept it, he is^(P) Elijah who is to come. ^15(Q) He who has ears to hear,^[e] let him hear.

 ¹⁶"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
 ¹⁷"'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
   we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'

 ¹⁸For John came^(R) neither eating^(S) nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.' ¹⁹The Son of Man came^(T) eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard,^(U) a friend of^(V) tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."^[f]

Woe to Unrepentant Cities

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest