God Promises Action

6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for ^[a](A)under compulsion he will let them go, and ^[b]under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.”

² God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am ^(B)the Lord; ³ and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as ^[c](C)God Almighty, but by ^(D)My name, ^[d]Lord, I did not make Myself known to them. ⁴ I also established ^(E)My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the ^[e]land in which they sojourned. ⁵ Furthermore I have ^(F)heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. ⁶ Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘^(G)I am the Lord, and ^(H)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also ^(I)redeem you with ^(J)an outstretched arm and with great judgments. ⁷ Then I will take you ^[f](K)for My people, and ^(L)I will be ^[g]your God; and ^(M)you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸ I will bring you to the land which ^(N)I ^[h]swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and ^(O)I will give it to you for a possession; ^(P)I am the Lord.’” ⁹ So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on ^(Q)account of their ^[i]despondency and cruel bondage.

¹⁰ Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹¹ “^(R)Go, ^[j]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt ^[k]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.” ¹² But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; ^(S)how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am ^[l](T)unskilled in speech?” ¹³ Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

The Heads of Israel

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers’ households. ^(U)The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. ¹⁵ The ^(V)sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. ¹⁶ These are the names of ^(W)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the ^[m]length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. ^17 (X)The sons of Gershon: ^[n]Libni and Shimei, according to their families. ^18 (Y)The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the ^[o]length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years. ^19 (Z)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. ^20 (AA)Amram ^[p]married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the ^[q]length of Amram’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. ^21 (AB)The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. ^22 (AC)The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and ^[r]Elzaphan and Sithri. ²³ Aaron ^[s]married Elisheba, the daughter of ^(AD)Amminadab, the sister of ^(AE)Nahshon, and she bore him ^(AF)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴ The ^(AG)sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and ^[t]Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. ²⁵ Aaron’s son ^(AH)Eleazar ^[u]married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him ^(AI)Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites according to their families. ²⁶ It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “^(AJ)Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their ^(AK)hosts.” ²⁷ They were the ones ^(AL)who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt ^[v]about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ Now it came about on the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, ²⁹ that the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “^(AM)I am the Lord; ^(AN)speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.” ³⁰ But Moses said before the Lord, “Behold, I am ^[w](AO)unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?”

^25 (A)And a ^[a](B)lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶ And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? ^[b]How does it read to you?” ²⁷ And he answered, “^(C)You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; ^(D)do this and you will live.” ²⁹ But wishing ^(E)to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

The Good Samaritan

³⁰ Jesus replied and said, “A man was ^(F)going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and ^[c]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. ³¹ And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a ^(G)Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, ³⁴ and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. ³⁵ On the next day he took out two ^[d]denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ ³⁶ Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?” ³⁷ And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do ^[e]the same.”

Martha and Mary

³⁸ Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named ^(H)Martha welcomed Him into her home. ³⁹ She had a sister called ^(I)Mary, who was ^(J)seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. ⁴⁰ But ^(K)Martha was distracted with ^[f]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” ⁴¹ But the Lord answered and said to her, “^(L)Martha, Martha, you are ^(M)worried and bothered about so many things; ^42 (N)but only one thing is necessary, for ^(O)Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”