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the mountain of the Lord it will be
provided.”
15 Then the angel of the Lord called
again to Abraham from heaven. 16 “This
is what the Lord says: Because you
have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I
swear by my own name that 17 I will
certainly bless you. I will multiply your
descendants* beyond number, like the
stars in the sky and the sand on the
seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies. 18 And
through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be b
lessed—all
because you have obeyed me.”
19 Then they returned to the servants
and traveled back to Beersheba, where
Abraham continued to live.
20 Soon after this, Abra
ham heard
that Milcah, his brother Nahor’s wife,
had borne Nahor eight sons. 21 The
oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the
ancestor of the Arameans), 22 Kesed,
Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 (Be
thuel became the father of Re
bekah.) In addition to these eight sons
from Milcah, 24 Nahor had four other
children from his concubine Reumah.
Their names were Tebah, Gaham, Ta
hash, and Maacah.
20:16 Hebrew 1,000 [shekels] of silver, about
25 pounds or 11.4 kilograms in weight. 21:6 The
name Isaac means “he laughs.” 21:9 As in Greek
version and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew lacks of her son,
Isaac.
21:16 Hebrew a bowshot.
21:33 Hebrew
El-Olam.
22:17 Hebrew seed; also in 22:17b, 18.
MATTHEW 7:1529
“Beware of false prophets who come
disguised as harmless sheep but are
really vicious wolves. 16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the
way they act. Can you pick grapes from
thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 A
good tree produces good fruit, and a
bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good
tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a
bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 So
every tree that does not produce good
fruit is chopped down and thrown into
the fire. 20 Yes, just as you can identify
a tree by its fruit, so you can identify
people by their actions.
January 9
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me,
‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of
Heaven. Only those who actually do
the will of my Father in heaven will
enter. 22 On judgment day many will
say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied
in your name and cast out demons in
your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply,
‘I never knew you. Get away from me,
you who break God’s laws.’
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
25 Though the rain
comes in torrents
and the flood
waters rise and the
winds beat against that house, it won’t
collapse because it is built on bedrock.
26 But anyone who hears my teaching
and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a
person who builds a house on sand.
27 When the rains and floods come and
the winds beat against that house, it
will collapse with a mighty crash.”
28 When
Jesus had finished saying
these things, the crowds were amazed
at his teaching, 29 for he taught with
real
authority—
quite unlike their
teachers of religious law.
PSALM 9:112
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to
be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”
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I will praise you, Lord, with all
my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous
things you have done.
I will be filled with joy because
of you.
I will sing praises to your name,
O Most High.
My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when
you appeared.
For you have judged in my favor;
from your throne you have
judged with fairness.
You have rebuked the nations and
destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names
forever.
The enemy is finished, in endless
ruins;
