Tuesday, February 27, 2029

^10:1“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. ²But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”

⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.

^5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. ⁸Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land? ⁹For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.

¹⁰For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. ¹¹Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them. ¹²For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands. ¹³Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water.

¹⁴Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it. ¹⁵And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low. ¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

^4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. ¹¹And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

¹²When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth. ¹³And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven. ¹⁴If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

^5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; ²that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; ³for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: ⁴but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. ⁵For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

⁶For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. ⁷Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. ⁸Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹²and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. ¹⁴I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.

^13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you. ¹⁸Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things. ¹⁹I strongly urge you to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner. ²⁰Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, ²¹make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

^10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture. ¹⁰The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ¹¹“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

¹³The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; ¹⁵even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

^5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. ⁸Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land? ⁹For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.

¹⁰For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. ¹¹Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them. ¹²For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands. ¹³Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water.

¹⁴Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down into it. ¹⁵And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low. ¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.

^4:8And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. ¹¹And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

¹²When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth. ¹³And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven. ¹⁴If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall slay me. ¹⁵And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.

^5:1My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; ²that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; ³for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: ⁴but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. ⁵For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

⁶For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. ⁷Now then, my son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. ⁸Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹²and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. ¹⁴I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. ¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.