Today’s Reading
: Micah 5 - 7 and Mark 2 (KJV)
Micah 5
Mic 5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of
troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel
with a rod upon the cheek.
Mic 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting.
Mic 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the
time that she which travaileth
hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the
children of Israel.
Mic 5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength
of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall
abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Mic 5:5 And this man
shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he
shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds,
and eight principal men.
Mic 5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with
the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he
deliver us from the Assyrian, when he
cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our
borders.
Mic 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the
midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass,
that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth
for the sons of men.
Mic 5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the
Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest,
as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in
pieces, and none can deliver.
Mic 5:9 Thine hand shall be
lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Mic 5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the
midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Mic 5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land,
and throw down all thy strongholds:
Mic 5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have
no more soothsayers:
Mic 5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and
thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt
no more worship the work of thine hands.
Mic 5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the
midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Mic 5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and
fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Micah 6
Mic 6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith;
Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Mic 6:2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy,
and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with
his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Mic 6:3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and
wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Mic 6:4 For I brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Mic 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim
unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of
the LORD.
Mic 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come
before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Mic 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of
rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of
oil? shall I give my firstborn for my
transgression, the fruit of my body for
the sin of my soul?
Mic 6:8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Mic 6:9 The LORD's voice crieth
unto the city, and the man of
wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Mic 6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in
the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that
is abominable?
Mic 6:11 Shall I count them
pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Mic 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of
violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Mic 6:13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
Mic 6:14 Thou shalt eat, but
not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall
be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not
deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Mic 6:15 Thou shalt sow, but
thou shalt not reap; thou shalt
tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with
oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Mic 6:16 For the statutes of Omri
are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their
counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a
hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Micah 7
Mic 7:1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have
gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is
no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe
fruit.
Mic 7:2 The good man
is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait
for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Mic 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands
earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward;
and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Mic 7:4 The best of them is
as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy
watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now
shall be their perplexity.
Mic 7:5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not
confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Mic 7:6 For the son dishonoureth
the father, the daughter riseth up against her
mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Mic 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will
wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Mic 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I
fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a
light unto me.
Mic 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD,
because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute
judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Mic 7:10 Then she
that is
mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall
cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Mic 7:11 In the
day that thy walls are to be built, in
that day shall the decree be far removed.
Mic 7:12 In
that day also he shall come even to thee
from Assyria, and from the fortified
cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Mic 7:13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate
because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Mic 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them
feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the
days of old.
Mic 7:15 According to the days of thy coming out of
the land of Egypt will I show unto him marvellous things.
Mic 7:16 The nations shall see and be confounded at
all their might: they shall lay their
hand upon their mouth, their ears shall
be deaf.
Mic 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they
shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of
the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Mic 7:18 Who is
a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his
heritage? he retaineth not his anger forever, because
he delighteth in
mercy.
Mic 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion
upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into
the depths of the sea.
Mic 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old.
Mark 2
Mar
2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the
house.
Mar 2:2 And straightway many were gathered together,
insomuch that there was no room to receive them,
no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
Mar 2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of
the palsy, which was borne of four.
Mar 2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him
for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of
the palsy lay.
Mar 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the
sick of the palsy, Son, thy
sins be forgiven thee.
Mar 2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting
there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mar 2:7 Why doth this man
thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mar 2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his
spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Mar 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mar 2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mar 2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine
house.
Mar 2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed,
and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and
glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Mar 2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and
all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
Mar 2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting
at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow
me. And he arose and followed him.
Mar 2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at
meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and
his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
Mar 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him
eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he
eateth and drinketh with
publicans and sinners?
Mar 2:17 When Jesus heard it,
he saith unto them, They that
are whole have no
need of the physician, but they that are sick:
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mar 2:18 And the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of
John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Mar 2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber
fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Mar 2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Mar 2:21 No man also seweth
a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mar 2:22 And no man putteth
new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Mar 2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the
corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples
began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Mar 2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why
do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
Mar 2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
Mar 2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar
the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mar 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath
was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mar 2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.