Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic^(A)

9 So He got into a boat, crossed over, ^(B)and came to His own city. ^2 (C)Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. ^(D)When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”

³ And at once some of the scribes said within themselves, “This Man blasphemes!”

⁴ But Jesus, ^(E)knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk’? ⁶ But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” ⁷ And he arose and departed to his house.

⁸ Now when the multitudes saw it, they ^(F)marveled^[a] and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

Matthew the Tax Collector^(G)

^9 (H)As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him.

^10 (I)Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. ¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with ^(J)tax collectors and ^(K)sinners?”

¹² When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ^(L)‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, ^(M)but sinners, ^[b]to repentance.”

Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles

13 Now ^(A)in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: ^(B)Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, ^(C)Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ^(D)“Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work ^(E)to which I have called them.” ³ Then, ^(F)having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

Preaching in Cyprus

⁴ So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to ^(G)Cyprus. ⁵ And when they arrived in Salamis, ^(H)they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had ^(I)John as their assistant.

⁶ Now when they had gone through ^[a]the island to Paphos, they found ^(J)a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, ⁷ who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. ⁸ But ^(K)Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) ^[b]withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. ⁹ Then Saul, who also is called Paul, ^(L)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him ¹⁰ and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, ^(M)you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? ¹¹ And now, indeed, ^(N)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”

And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹² Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

At Antioch in Pisidia

¹³ Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and ^(O)John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and ^(P)went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down. ¹⁵ And ^(Q)after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Men and brethren, if you have ^(R)any word of ^[c]exhortation for the people, say on.”

¹⁶ Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and ^(S)you who fear God, listen: ¹⁷ The God of this people ^[d]Israel ^(T)chose our fathers, and exalted the people ^(U)when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with ^[e]an uplifted arm He ^(V)brought them out of it. ¹⁸ Now ^(W)for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness. ¹⁹ And when He had destroyed ^(X)seven nations in the land of Canaan, ^(Y)He distributed their land to them by allotment.

²⁰ “After that ^(Z)He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, ^(AA)until Samuel the prophet. ^21 (AB)And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them ^(AC)Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. ²² And ^(AD)when He had removed him, ^(AE)He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ^(AF)‘I have found David the son of Jesse, ^(AG)a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’ ^23 (AH)From this man’s seed, according ^(AI)to the promise, God raised up for Israel ^(AJ)a^[f] Savior—Jesus— ^24 (AK)after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And as John was finishing his course, he said, ^(AL)‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, ^(AM)there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’

Joy in the Salvation of the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Jacob’s Journey to Egypt^(A)

46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to ^(B)Beersheba, and offered sacrifices ^(C)to the God of his father Isaac. ² Then God spoke to Israel ^(D)in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!”

And he said, “Here I am.”

³ So He said, “I am God, ^(E)the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will ^(F)make of you a great nation there. ^4 (G)I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely ^(H)bring you up again; and ^(I)Joseph ^[a]will put his hand on your eyes.”

⁵ Then ^(J)Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little ones, and their wives, in the ^[b]carts ^(K)which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶ So they took their livestock and their goods, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to Egypt, ^(L)Jacob and all his descendants with him. ⁷ His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt.

⁸ Now ^(M)these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: ^(N)Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn. ⁹ The ^(O)sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ^10 (P)The sons of Simeon were ^[c]Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, ^[d]Jachin, ^[e]Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. ¹¹ The sons of ^(Q)Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹² The sons of ^(R)Judah were ^(S)Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). ^(T)The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ¹³ The sons of Issachar were Tola, ^[f]Puvah, ^[g]Job, and Shimron. ¹⁴ The ^(U)sons of Zebulun were Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These were the ^(V)sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the persons, his sons and his daughters, were thirty-three.

¹⁶ The sons of Gad were ^[h]Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, ^[i]Ezbon, Eri, ^[j]Arodi, and Areli. ^17 (W)The sons of Asher were Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. ^18 (X)These were the sons of Zilpah, ^(Y)whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob: sixteen persons.

¹⁹ The ^(Z)sons of Rachel, ^(AA)Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin. ^20 (AB)And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. ^21 (AC)The sons of Benjamin were Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, ^(AD)Ehi, Rosh, ^(AE)Muppim, ^[k]Huppim, and Ard. ²² These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: fourteen persons in all.

²³ The son of Dan was ^[l]Hushim. ^24 (AF)The sons of Naphtali were ^[m]Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and ^[n]Shillem. ^25 (AG)These were the sons of Bilhah, ^(AH)whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: seven persons in all.

^26 (AI)All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, ^(AJ)besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. ^(AK)All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

Jacob Settles in Goshen

²⁸ Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, ^(AL)to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came ^(AM)to the land of Goshen. ²⁹ So Joseph made ready his ^(AN)chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and ^(AO)fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, ^(AP)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

³¹ Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, ^(AQ)“I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. ³² And the men are ^(AR)shepherds, for their occupation has been to feed livestock; and they have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.’ ³³ So it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, ^(AS)‘What is your occupation?’ ³⁴ that you shall say, ‘Your servants’ ^(AT)occupation has been with livestock ^(AU)from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is ^(AV)an^[o] abomination to the Egyptians.”

Joseph Is Governor of Egypt

47 Then Joseph ^(AW)went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in ^(AX)the land of Goshen.” ² And he took five men from among his brothers and ^(AY)presented them to Pharaoh. ³ Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, ^(AZ)“What is your occupation?”

And they said to Pharaoh, ^(BA)“Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.” ⁴ And they said to Pharaoh, ^(BB)“We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, ^(BC)for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants ^(BD)dwell in the land of Goshen.”

⁵ Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you. ^6 (BE)The land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell ^(BF)in the land of Goshen. And if you know any competent men among them, then make them chief herdsmen over my livestock.”

⁷ Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob ^(BG)blessed Pharaoh. ⁸ Pharaoh said to Jacob, “How old are you?”

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ^(BH)“The days of the years of my ^[p]pilgrimage are ^(BI)one hundred and thirty years; ^(BJ)few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and ^(BK)they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.” ¹⁰ So Jacob ^(BL)blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.

¹¹ And Joseph situated his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of ^(BM)Rameses, ^(BN)as Pharaoh had commanded. ¹² Then Joseph provided ^(BO)his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.

Joseph Deals with the Famine

¹³ Now there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very severe, ^(BP)so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. ^14 (BQ)And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.

¹⁵ So when the money failed in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread, for ^(BR)why should we die in your presence? For the money has failed.”

¹⁶ Then Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if the money is gone.” ¹⁷ So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the cattle of the herds, and for the donkeys. Thus he ^[q]fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock that year.

¹⁸ When that year had ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord that our money is gone; my lord also has our herds of livestock. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands. ¹⁹ Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants of Pharaoh; give us seed, that we may ^(BS)live and not die, that the land may not be desolate.”

²⁰ Then Joseph ^(BT)bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every man of the Egyptians sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. So the land became Pharaoh’s. ²¹ And as for the people, he ^[r]moved them into the cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other end. ^22 (BU)Only the land of the ^(BV)priests he did not buy; for the priests had rations allotted to them by Pharaoh, and they ate their rations which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their lands.

²³ Then Joseph said to the people, “Indeed I have bought you and your land this day for Pharaoh. Look, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. ²⁴ And it shall come to pass in the harvest that you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh. Four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and for your food, for those of your households and as food for your little ones.”

²⁵ So they said, “You have saved ^(BW)our lives; let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.” ²⁶ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, ^(BX)except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh’s.

Joseph’s Vow to Jacob

²⁷ So Israel ^(BY)dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions there and ^(BZ)grew and multiplied exceedingly. ²⁸ And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. So the length of Jacob’s life was one hundred and forty-seven years. ²⁹ When the time ^(CA)drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Now if I have found favor in your sight, please ^(CB)put your hand under my thigh, and ^(CC)deal kindly and truly with me. ^(CD)Please do not bury me in Egypt, ³⁰ but ^(CE)let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and ^(CF)bury me in their burial place.”

And he said, “I will do as you have said.”

³¹ Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. So ^(CG)Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.