The One Year Bible KJV (25 page)
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Authors: Tyndale
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 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
2
 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3
 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4
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For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5
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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to
his
father or
his
mother,
It is
a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6
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and honour not his father or his mother,
he shall be free.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
7
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Ye
hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
8
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This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their
lips; but their heart is far from me.
9
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But in vain they do worship me, teaching
for
doctrines the commandments of men.
10
 And he called the multitude, and said unto them,
Hear, and understand:
11
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not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12
 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13
 But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14
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Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15
 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16
 And Jesus said,
Are ye also yet without understanding?
17
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Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18
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But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20
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these are
the things
which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21
 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22
 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
thou
son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23
 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24
 But he answered and said,
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25
 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26
 But he answered and said,
It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast
it
to dogs.
27
 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28
 Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great
is
thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1
 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.
2
 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3
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There is
no speech nor language,
where
their voice is not heard.
4
 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5
 Which
is
as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6
 His going forth
is
from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7
 The law of the L
ORD
is
perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the L
ORD
is
sure, making wise the simple.
8
 The statutes of the L
ORD
are
right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the L
ORD
is
pure, enlightening the eyes.
9
 The fear of the L
ORD
is
clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the L
ORD
are
true
and
righteous altogether.
10
 More to be desired
are they
than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11
 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
and
in keeping of them
there is
great reward.
12
 Who can understand
his
errors? cleanse thou me from secret
faults.
13
 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous
sins;
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14
 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O L
ORD
, my strength, and my redeemer.
14
 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil
men.
15
 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16
 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause
some
to fall.
17
 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18
 But the path of the just
is
as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19
 The way of the wicked
is
as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
1
 And it came to pass after these things, that
one
told Joseph, Behold, thy father
is
sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2
 And
one
told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3
 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4
 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee
for
an everlasting possession.
5
 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt,
are
mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6
 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine,
and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7
 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet
there was
but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same
is
Bethlehem.
8
 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who
are
these?
9
 And Joseph said unto his father, They
are
my sons, whom God hath given me in this
place.
And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10
 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age,
so that
he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11
 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12
 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13
 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought
them
near unto him.
14
 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid
it
upon Ephraim's head, who
was
the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh
was
the firstborn.
15
 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16
 the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
17
 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
18
 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this
is
the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19
 And his father refused, and said, I know
it,
my son, I know
it:
he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20
 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21
 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
22
 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
49:
1
 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you
that
which shall befall you in the last days.
2
 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3
 Reuben, thou
art
my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4
 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou
it:
he went up to my couch.
5
 Simeon and Levi
are
brethren; instruments of cruelty
are in
their habitations.
6
 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7
 Cursed
be
their anger, for
it was
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8
 Judah, thou
art he
whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand
shall be
in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9
 Judah
is
a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10
 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him
shall
the gathering of the people
be.
11
 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12
 His eyes
shall be
red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13
 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he
shall be
for an haven of ships; and his border
shall be
unto Zidon.
14
 Issachar
is
a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15
 And he saw that rest
was
good, and the land that
it was
pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16
 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17
 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
18
 I have waited for thy salvation, O L
ORD
.
19
 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20
 Out of Asher his bread
shall be
fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21
 Naphtali
is
a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22
 Joseph
is
a fruitful bough,
even
a fruitful bough by a well;
whose
branches run over the wall:
23
 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot
at him,
and hated him:
24
 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty
God
of Jacob; (from thence
is
the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25
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Even
by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26
 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27
 Benjamin shall ravin
as
a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28
 All these
are
the twelve tribes of Israel: and this
is it
that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29
 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that
is
in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30
 in the cave that
is
in the field of Machpelah, which
is
before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31
 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32
 The purchase of the field and of the cave that
is
therein
was
from the children of Heth.
33
 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.