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Genesis 12:1-5
The Torah - 2000
1 OUR God said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people, and the home of your parents, and go to a place I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great people. I will bless you and make your name so great that it will be used in blessings. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you. And all the people on the face of the earth will be blessed through you."
4 Abram, who was 75 years old when he left Haran, began the journey as Our God had instructed, and his nephew Lot went with them. 5 Abram took Sarai his spouse, Lot, all their possessions, and all the dependents they acquired in Haran, and set out for Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Complete Bible - 2007
1 YHWH said to Abram, Leave your country, your people, and the home of your parents, and go to a place I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great people. I will bless you and make your name so great that it will be used in blessings. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you. And all the people on the face of the earth will be blessed through you."
4 Abram, who was 75 years old when he left Haran, began the journey as YHWH had instructed, and his nephew Lot went with them. 5 Abram took Sarai his spouse, Lot, all their possessions, and all the dependents they acquired in Haran, and set out for Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Psalm 23
The Writings - 1999
A psalm of David
1 Adonai, you are my shepherd—
I want nothing more.
2 You let me lie down in green meadows,
you lead me beside restful waters:
3 you refresh my soul.
You guide me to lush pastures
for the sake of your Name.
4 Even if I'm surrounded by shadows of Death,
I fear no danger,
for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff—
they give me courage.
3 You spread a table for me
in the presence of my enemies,
and you anoint my head with oil—
my cup overflows!
6 Only goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in your house, Adonai,
for days without end.
Complete Bible - 2007
A psalm of David
1 YHWH, you are my shepherd—
I want nothing more.
2You let me lie down in green meadows;
you lead me beside restful waters:
3you refresh my soul.
You guide me to lush pastures
for the sake of your Name.
4Even if I'm surrounded by shadows of Death,
I fear no danger, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff—
they give me courage.
5You spread a table for me
in the presence of my enemies,
and you anoint my head with oil—
my cup overflows!
6Only goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in your house, YHWH,
for days without end.
Isaiah 55:1-3
Complete Bible - 2007
1 "All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, buy food and eat! Come, buy wine and milk, without money, without price! 2 Why spend your money for what is not bread, your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you will eat well, you will delight in rich fare; 3 bend your ear and come to me, listen, that you may have life: I will make an everlasting Covenant with you—in fulfillment of the blessings promised to David.
Mark 1:9-13
New Testament - 1994
9 It was then that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan River by John. 10 Immediately upon coming out of the water, Jesus saw the heavens opening and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from the heavens: "You are my Beloved, my Own. On you my favor rests."
12 Immediately the Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness, 13 and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.
John 1:1-5
New Testament - 1994
1 In the beginning
there was the Word;
the Word was in God's presence,
and the Word was God.
2The Word was present to God
from the beginning.
3 Through the Word
all things came into being,
and apart from the Word
nothing came into being
that has come into being.
4In the Word was life,
and that life was humanity's light-
5 a Light that shines in the darkness,
a Light that the darkness has never overtaken.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
New Testament - 1994
1Sisters and brothers, I want to remind you of the Gospel I preached to you, which you received and in which you stand firm. 2You are being saved by it at this very moment, if you hold fast to it as I preached it to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain.
3I handed on to you, first of all, what I myself received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; 4that he was buried and, in accordance with the scriptures, rose on the third day; 5 that he was seen by Peter, then by the Twelve. 6After that, he was seen by more than five hundred sisters and brothers at once, most of whom are still alive, although some have fallen asleep. 7Next he was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 8 Last of all he was seen by me, as one yanked from the womb.
