Today’s
Reading : Genesis 35 – 36 and Matthew 18 (KJV)
Genesis 35
Gen
35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto
thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy
brother.
Gen 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to
all that were with him, Put away the
strange gods that are among you, and be
clean, and change your garments:
Gen 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I
will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went.
Gen 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods
which were in their hand, and all their
earrings which were in their ears; and
Jacob hid them under the oak which was
by Shechem.
Gen 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was
upon the cities that were round about
them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Gen 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
Gen 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the
place El-bethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the
face of his brother.
Gen 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's
nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it
was called Allon-bachuth.
Gen 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he
came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
Gen 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob,
but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Gen 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a
nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of
thy loins;
Gen 35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac,
to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Gen 35:13 And God went up from him in the place where
he talked with him.
Gen 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where
he talked with him, even a pillar of
stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Gen 35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where
God spoke with him, Bethel.
Gen 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was
but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel
travailed, and she had hard labour.
Gen 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour,
that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
have this son also.
Gen 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in
departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni:
but his father called him Benjamin.
Gen 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to
Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem.
Gen 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Gen 35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent
beyond the tower of Edar.
Gen 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in
that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his
father's concubine: and Israel heard it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Gen 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,
and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Gen 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Gen 35:25 And the sons of Bilhah,
Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
Gen 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are
the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Gen 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned.
Gen 35:28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and
fourscore years.
Gen 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and
was gathered unto his people, being old
and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Genesis 36
Gen
36:1 Now these are
the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Gen 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of
Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon
the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Gen 36:3 And Bashemath
Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
Gen 36:4 And Adah bore to
Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath
bore Reuel;
Gen 36:5 And Aholibamah bore
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the
sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
Gen 36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and
his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his
beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went
into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Gen 36:7 For their riches were more than that they
might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear
them because of their cattle.
Gen 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir:
Esau is Edom.
Gen 36:9 And these are
the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in
mount Seir:
Gen 36:10 These are
the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the
son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Gen 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz
were Teman, Omar, Zepho,
and Gatam, and Kenaz.
Gen 36:12 And Timna was
concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah
Esau's wife.
Gen 36:13 And these are
the sons of Reuel; Nahath,
and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath
Esau's wife.
Gen 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to
Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and
Korah.
Gen 36:15 These were
dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho,
duke Kenaz,
Gen 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are
the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the
land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
Gen 36:17 And these are
the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that
came of Reuel
in the land of Edom; these are the sons
of Bashemath Esau's wife.
Gen 36:18 And these are
the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were
the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
Gen 36:19 These are
the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these
are their dukes.
Gen 36:20 These are
the sons of Seir the Horite,
who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Gen 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites,
the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Gen 36:22 And the children of Lotan
were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's
sister was Timna.
Gen 36:23 And the children of Shobal
were these; Alvan,
and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Gen 36:24 And these are
the children of Zibeon; both Ajah,
and Anah: this was
that Anah that
found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon
his father.
Gen 36:25 And the children of Anah
were these; Dishon,
and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Gen 36:26 And these are
the children of Dishon; Hemdan,
and Esh-ban, and Ithran,
and Cheran.
Gen 36:27 The children of Ezer
are these; Bilhan,
and Zaavan, and Akan.
Gen 36:28 The children of Dishan
are these; Uz,
and Aran.
Gen 36:29 These are
the dukes that came of the Horites;
duke Lotan, duke Shobal,
duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Gen 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in the
land of Seir.
Gen 36:31 And these are
the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over
the children of Israel.
Gen 36:32 And Bela the son of
Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Gen 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
Gen 36:34 And Jobab died, and
Husham of the land of Temani
reigned in his stead.
Gen 36:35 And Husham died,
and Hadad the son of Bedad,
who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
Gen 36:36 And Hadad died, and
Samlah of Masrekah reigned
in his stead.
Gen 36:37 And Samlah died,
and Saul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his stead.
Gen 36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Gen 36:39 And Baalhanan the
son of Achbor died, and Hadar
reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
Gen 36:40 And these are
the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after
their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
Gen 36:41 Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah, duke Pinon,
Gen 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Gen 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the
dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession:
he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Matthew 18
Mat
18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto
Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Mat 18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and
set him in the midst of them,
Mat 18:3 And said, Verily
I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth
me.
Mat 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe
in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Mat 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Mat 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Mat 18:9 And if thine
eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Mat 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Mat 18:12 How think ye? if a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Mat 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth
more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
Mat 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Mat 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Mat 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Mat 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Mat 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Mat 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how
oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Mat 18:22 Jesus saith unto
him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Mat 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
Mat 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
Mat 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Mat 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Mat 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion and
loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Mat 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat,
saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Mat 18:29 And his fellowservant
fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Mat 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Mat 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
Mat 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst
me:
Mat 18:33 Shouldest
not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee?
Mat 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Mat 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.