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Genesis 12:1-5
Abram's Call and First Blessing
1 THE LORD said to Abram:
"Leave your country, your
kinsfolk and your father's house,
for the land which I
will show you;
2 I will make a great nation of you.
I will bless you, and make your name great,
so that you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless them that bless you,
and curse them that curse you.
In you shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed."
4 Abram went away as the LORD had commanded him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. 5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all the property they had acquired and the persons they had got in Haran; and they departed for the land of Chanaan. When they came to the land of Chanaan,
Psalm 23
PSALM 22 (23)
The Lord, Shepherd and Host
1 A psalm of David.
I
THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me in right paths
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
II
5 You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
Isaiah 55:1-3
1All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
Come, without paying and without cost,
drink wine and milk!
2Why spend your money for what is not bread;
your wages for what fails to satisfy?
Heed me, and you shall eat well,
you shall delight in rich fare.
3Come to me heedfully,
listen, that you may have life.
I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,
the benefits assured to David.
Mark 1:9-13
The Baptism of Jesus
9 And it came to pass in those days. that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 And immediately on coming up from the water he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit, as a dove, descending and remaining upon him. 11 And there came a voice from the heavens, "Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased."
The Temptation
12 And immediately the Spirit drove him forth into the desert. 13 And he was in the desert forty days and forty nights being tempted the while by Satan, and was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.
John 1:1-5 - 1938 Proposed Revision
1 IN the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God;
and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him,
and without him was made
nothing that has been made.
4 In him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shines in the darkness;
and the darkness understood it not.
John 1:1-5 - 1941 New Testament
The Word in Himself
1 IN the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God;
and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him,
and without him was made
nothing that has been made.
4 In him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shines in the darkness;
and the darkness grasped it not.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Christ's Resurrection
1 NOW I recall to your minds, brethren, the gospel that I preached to you, which also you received, wherein also you stand, 2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold it fast, as I preached it to you—unless you have believed to no purpose. 3 For I delivered to you first of all, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and after that to the Eleven. 6 Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at one time, many of whom are with us still, but some have fallen asleep. 7 After that he was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 And last of all, as by one born out of due time, he was seen also by me.
