Old/New Testament
The Plague on the Egyptian Cattle
9 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God of the Hebrews says: “Let my people go so they may serve[a] me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them, 3 then the hand of the Lord will come[b] with a very severe plague on your livestock in the fields, on horses, on donkeys, on camels, on cattle, and on sheep. 4 The Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians, so that nothing that belongs to the Israelis will die.”’”
5 The Lord set the time: “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” 6 The Lord did this thing the next day, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died. But not one of the livestock died that belonged to the Israelis. 7 Then Pharaoh inquired and discovered[c] that not a single one of the livestock of Israel had died, but Pharaoh’s heart was stubborn[d] and he would not let the people go.
The Plague of Boils
8 Then the Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it into the air[e] in front of Pharaoh. 9 The soot[f] will become dust over the entire land of Egypt, and it will become boils erupting into sores on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”
10 So they took soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Then Moses threw it into the air,[g] and it became boils producing running sores on people and animals. 11 The magicians were not able to stand before Moses because of the boils, because the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. 12 The Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn[h] so that he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had told Moses.
The Plague of Hail
13 Then the Lord told Moses, “Get up early in the morning, present yourself to Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God of the Hebrews says: “Let my people go so they may serve[i] me. 14 Indeed, this time I’m sending all my plagues against you[j], your officials,[k] and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15 Indeed, by now I could have sent forth my hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth. 16 However, I’ve kept you standing[l] in order to show you my power and to declare my name in all the earth. 17 You are still acting arrogantly against my people by not letting them go. 18 Look! About this time tomorrow, I’ll send a severe hail storm, such as has not happened in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 So send for your livestock and everything that belongs to you that’s out in the field, because[m] every person and animal found in the field that has not been brought inside to shelters will die when the hail comes down on them.”’”
20 Whoever feared the message from the Lord among Pharaoh’s officials[n] made his servants and livestock flee into shelters. 21 But whoever did not pay attention[o] to the message from the Lord left his servants and his livestock outside in the fields.
22 Then the Lord told Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people, animals, and all the vegetation of the field throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24 There was very heavy hail, and lightning was flashing continuously in the midst of the hail. There had not been anything like it in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 The hail struck everything, including people and animals, outside in the fields throughout the land of Egypt. The hail struck all the vegetation of the fields and shattered all the trees in the orchards. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelis were, was there no hail.
27 Pharaoh sent word[p] and called for Moses and Aaron. “I’ve sinned this time,” he told them. “The Lord is righteous, but I and my people are wicked. 28 Pray to the Lord! There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail! I’ll let you go, and you need not stay any longer.”
29 Moses told him, “When I leave the city I’ll spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease and the hail won’t continue, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord. 30 But as for you and your officials,[q] I know that you don’t yet fear the Lord God.” 31 (Now the flax and the barley were ruined because the barley was in ear and the flax was in bud. 32 The wheat and the wild grain[r] were not ruined because they were late crops.)
33 Then Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured out on the land. 34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he continued to sin. He, along with his officials,[s] hardened his heart. 35 Pharaoh’s heart was stubborn,[t] and he did not let the Israelis go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.
The Plague of Locusts
10 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I’ve hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials[u] in order to perform[v] these signs of mine among them,[w] 2 so you may tell[x] your children and your grandchildren how I toyed with the Egyptians and about my miraculous signs that I performed among them, so all of you[y] may know that I am the Lord.
3 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord God of the Hebrews says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so they may serve[z] me. 4 But if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I’m going to bring locusts into your territory. 5 They’ll cover the surface of the land so a person[aa] cannot see the ground, and they’ll eat what is left for you of the residue from the hail. They’ll also eat all your trees that grow in the orchards. 6 Your houses will be filled, along with the houses of all your officials[ab] and the houses of all the Egyptians—something that neither your fathers nor your ancestors ever saw from the time they were on earth until now.’” Then Moses[ac] turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
7 Then the officials[ad] of Pharaoh told him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go so they may serve the Lord their God! Don’t you realize yet that Egypt is about to be destroyed?”
8 Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh and he told them, “Go, serve[ae] the Lord your God. But exactly who[af] will go?”
9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and with our old. We will go with our sons and our daughters, with our sheep and our cattle, because it’s a festival to the Lord for us.”
10 Then Pharaoh[ag] told them, “The Lord will certainly[ah] be with you if I let you and your little ones go. I know[ai] some evil plan is in your mind.[aj] 11 No! Let the men go and serve[ak] the Lord, for that is what you were seeking.” Then they were driven out from the presence of Pharaoh.
12 The Lord told Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt to bring[al] the locusts, and they’ll come up over the land of Egypt and eat all the vegetation of the land, everything that the hail left.” 13 Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind into the land all that day and throughout[am] the night. When morning came, the east wind brought the locusts.
14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on all the territory of Egypt in great swarms.[an] There had never been locusts like this before nor would there ever be again. 15 They covered the surface of the entire land so that it[ao] was dark. They ate all the vegetation of the land and the fruit from the trees that the hail left. Nothing green was left on the trees or on the vegetation in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly called Moses and Aaron and said, “I’ve sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to the Lord your God that he would at least remove this[ap] from me.”
18 Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 Then the Lord brought[aq] a very strong west wind that took the locusts and drove them into the Reed[ar] Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn[as] and he would not let the Israelis go.
The Plague of Darkness
21 Then the Lord told Moses, “Stretch your hand toward the sky and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that one can feel.” 22 So Moses stretched his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else, nor could anyone get up from his place for three days. But there was light for all the Israelis in their dwellings.
24 Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go serve[at] the Lord, but your flocks and your cattle are to remain. Even your little ones can go with you!”
25 Moses said, “You must let us have[au] sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the Lord our God. 26 And even our livestock must go with us. Not a hoof will be left behind because we will use[av] some of them to serve the Lord our God, and until we get there we won’t know what we need to serve[aw] the Lord.”
27 The Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn,[ax] and he did not want to let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh told him, “Get away from me! Watch out that you never see my face again, because on the day you see my face, you will die!”
29 Moses said, “Just as you have said, I won’t see your face again!”
Warning of the Death of the Firstborn
11 Then the Lord told Moses, “I’ll bring one more plague on Pharaoh and Egypt. After that he’ll let you leave from here, and when he lets you go, he will certainly drive you out from here. 2 Tell[ay] the people that each man is to ask his neighbor and each woman her neighbor for articles of silver and gold.”
3 The Lord made the Egyptians look on the people with favor. Also the man Moses was highly regarded[az] in the land of Egypt, both in the opinion[ba] of Pharaoh’s officials[bb] and in the opinion[bc] of the people.
4 So Moses announced to Pharaoh,[bd] “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I’m going throughout Egypt, 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave girl who operates[be] the hand mill, along with the firstborn of the animals. 6 There will be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt, like there has never been and never will be again. 7 But among the Israelis, from people to animals, not even a dog will bark,[bf] so you may know that the Lord is distinguishing between the Egyptians and the Israelis.’ 8 All these officials[bg] of yours will come down to me, prostrate themselves to me, and say, ‘Get out, you and all the people following[bh] you!’ After that I’ll go out.” Then Moses[bi] angrily left Pharaoh.
9 The Lord told Moses, “Pharaoh won’t listen to you. As a result, my wonders will increase throughout the land of Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders in front of Pharaoh, but the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn,[bj] and he would not let the Israelis go out from his land.
A Canaanite Woman’s Faith(A)
21 Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Suddenly, a Canaanite woman from that territory came near and began to shout, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed!” 23 But he didn’t answer her at all.[a]
Then his disciples came up and kept urging him, “Send her away, because she keeps on screaming as she follows[b] us.”
24 But he replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation[c] of Israel.”
25 Then she came and fell down before him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
26 He replied, “It’s not right[d] to take the children’s bread and throw it to the puppies.”
27 She said, “Yes, Lord. But even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ tables.”
28 Then Jesus answered her, “Lady,[e] your faith is great! What you want is granted.” That very hour her daughter was healed.
Jesus Heals Many People
29 Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a hillside and sat down. 30 Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, those unable to talk, and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed to see those who were unable to talk speaking, the crippled healed, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds More than Four Thousand People(B)
32 Then Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion for the crowd because they have already been with me for three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away without food, or they may faint on the road.”
33 The disciples asked him, “Where in the wilderness are we to get enough bread to feed such a crowd?”
34 Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?”
They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 Ordering the crowd to sit down on the ground, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks. Then he broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them[f] to the crowds. 37 All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples[g] picked up what was left of the broken pieces—seven baskets full. 38 Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 After he sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and went to the region of Magadan.[h]
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