Today’s
Reading : Deuteronomy 5 – 6 and John 9
(KJV)
Deuteronomy 5
Deu 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto
them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears
this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Deu 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deu 5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our
fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Deu 5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the
mount out of the midst of the fire,
Deu 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that
time, to show you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the
fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
Deu 5:6 I am
the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house
of bondage.
Deu 5:7 Thou shalt have
none other gods before me.
Deu 5:8 Thou shalt not make
thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deu 5:9 Thou shalt not bow
down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation
of them that hate me,
Deu 5:10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that
love me and keep my commandments.
Deu 5:11 Thou shalt not take
the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh
his name in vain.
Deu 5:12 Keep the sabbath
day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Deu 5:13 Six days thou shalt
labour, and do all thy work:
Deu 5:14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the
LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine
ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is
within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as
thou.
Deu 5:15 And remember that thou wast
a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deu 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD
thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go
well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee.
Deu 5:17 Thou shalt not
kill.
Deu 5:18 Neither shalt thou
commit adultery.
Deu 5:19 Neither shalt thou
steal.
Deu 5:20 Neither shalt thou
bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deu 5:21 Neither shalt thou
desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet
thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his
ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Deu 5:22 These words the LORD spoke unto all your
assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the
thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in
two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deu 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice
out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that
ye came near unto me, even all the heads
of your tribes, and your elders;
Deu 5:24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath
showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the
midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Deu 5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this
great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more,
then we shall die.
Deu 5:26 For who is
there of
all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the
midst of the fire, as we have, and
lived?
Deu 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our
God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak
unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
Deu 5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words,
when ye spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the
words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all
that they have spoken.
Deu 5:29 O that there were such a heart in them, that
they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
with them, and with their children forever!
Deu 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents
again.
Deu 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I
will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments,
which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Deu 5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD
your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to
the left.
Deu 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD
your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that
it may
be well with you, and that ye may prolong your
days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deuteronomy 6
Deu 6:1 Now these are
the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God
commanded to teach you, that ye might do them
in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Deu 6:2 That thou mightest
fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I
command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life;
and that thy days may be prolonged.
Deu 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye
may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in
the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deu 6:5 And thou shalt love
the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deu 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this
day, shall be in thine heart:
Deu 6:7 And thou shalt
teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt
talk of them when thou sittest in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when
thou liest down, and when thou risest
up.
Deu 6:8 And thou shalt bind
them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between thine eyes.
Deu 6:9 And thou shalt
write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deu 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall
have brought thee into the land which he swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Deu 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst
not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst
not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst
not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Deu 6:12 Then
beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deu 6:13 Thou shalt fear the
LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his
name.
Deu 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods
of the people which are round about you;
Deu 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the
LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the
earth.
Deu 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye
tempted him in Massah.
Deu 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of
the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath
commanded thee.
Deu 6:18 And thou shalt do that which
is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest
go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers,
Deu 6:19 To cast out all thine
enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
Deu 6:20 And
when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What mean the testimonies, and the
statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Deu 6:21 Then thou shalt say
unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out
of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Deu 6:22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great
and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our
eyes:
Deu 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he
might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore unto our fathers.
Deu 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these
statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve
us alive, as it is at this day.
Deu 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we
observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath
commanded us.
John 9
Joh 9:1 And as Jesus
passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his
birth.
Joh 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master,
who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind
Joh 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither
hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Joh 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Joh 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the
ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man
with the clay,
Joh 9:7 And said unto him, Go,
wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Joh 9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which
before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and
begged?
Joh 9:9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but
he said, I am he.
Joh 9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
Joh 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called
Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of
Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Joh 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He
said, I know not.
Joh 9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
Joh 9:14 And it was the sabbath
day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Joh 9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how
he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I
washed, and do see.
Joh 9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This
man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do
such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Joh 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine
eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
Joh 9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him,
that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents
of him that had received his sight.
Joh 9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your
son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
Joh 9:20 His parents answered them and said, We know
that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
Joh 9:21 But by what means he now seeth,
we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him:
he shall speak for himself.
Joh 9:22 These words
spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for
the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he
should be put out of the synagogue.
Joh 9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask
him.
Joh 9:24 Then again called they the man that was
blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a
sinner.
Joh 9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I
know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
Joh 9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to
thee? how opened he thine eyes?
Joh 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already,
and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it
again? will ye also be his disciples?
Joh 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his
disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
Joh 9:29 We know that God spake
unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
Joh 9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why
herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
Joh 9:31 Now we know that God heareth
not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
Joh 9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that
any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
Joh 9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do
nothing.
Joh 9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And
they cast him out.
Joh 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and
when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Joh 9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I
might believe on him?
Joh 9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh
with thee.
Joh 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he
worshiped him.
Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For
judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Joh 9:40 And some
of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words and said unto him, Are
we blind also?
Joh 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.