January 27 - Luke 20.1-26, Genesis 35-36 and Psalm 27
January 27 - Luke 20.1-26, Genesis 35-36 and Psalm 27
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The Question about Jesus' Authority
 3Jesus answered them, "Now let me ask you a question. Tell me,
4did John's right to baptize come from God or from human beings?"
5They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we say, 'From God,' he will say, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'
6But if we say, 'From human beings,' this whole crowd here will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."
7So they answered, "We don't know where it came from."
8And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things."
The Parable of the Tenants in the Vineyard
9Then Jesus told the people this parable: "There was once a man who planted a vineyard, rented it out to tenants, and then left home for a long time.
10When the time came to gather the grapes, he sent a slave to the tenants to receive from them his share of the harvest. But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.
11So he sent another slave; but the tenants beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him back without a thing.
12Then he sent a third slave; the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.
13Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my own dear son; surely they will respect him!'
14But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the owner's son. Let's kill him, and his property will be ours!'
15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
 "What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?" Jesus asked.
16"He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants."
When the people heard this, they said, "Surely not!"
17Jesus looked at them and asked, "What, then, does this scripture mean?
 'The stone which the builders rejected as worthless
 turned out to be the most important of all.'
18Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces; and if that stone falls on someone, that person will be crushed to dust." The Question about Paying Taxes
19The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people.
20So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.
21These spies said to Jesus, "Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people.
22Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?"
23But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them,
24"Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?"
"The Emperor's," they answered.
25So Jesus said, "Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God."
26There before the people they could not catch him in a thing, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.
God Blesses Jacob at Bethel Genesis 35 God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."2So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes.
3We are going to leave here and go to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who helped me in the time of my trouble and who has been with me everywhere I have gone."
4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
5When Jacob and his sons started to leave, great fear fell on the people of the nearby towns, and they did not pursue them.
6Jacob came with all his people to Luz, which is now known as Bethel, in the land of Canaan.
7He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.
8Rebecca's nurse Deborah died and was buried beneath the oak south of Bethel. So it was named "Oak of Weeping."
9When Jacob returned from Mesopotamia, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel." So God named him Israel.
11And God said to him, "I am Almighty God. Have many children. Nations will be descended from you, and you will be the ancestor of kings.
12I will give you the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, and I will also give it to your descendants after you."
13Then God left him.
14There, where God had spoken to him, Jacob set up a memorial stone and consecrated it by pouring wine and olive oil on it.
15He named the place Bethel.
The Death of Rachel 16Jacob and his family left Bethel, and when they were still some distance from Ephrath, the time came for Rachel to have her baby, and she was having difficult labor.
17When her labor pains were at their worst, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, Rachel; it's another boy."
18But she was dying, and as she breathed her last, she named her son Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
19When Rachel died, she was buried beside the road to Ephrath, now known as Bethlehem.
20Jacob set up a memorial stone there, and it still marks Rachel's grave to this day.
21Jacob moved on and set up his camp on the other side of the tower of Eder.
The Sons of Jacob
22While Jacob was living in that land, Reuben had sexual intercourse with Bilhah, one of his father's concubines; Jacob heard about it and was furious.
Jacob had twelve sons.
23The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25The sons of Rachel's slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26The sons of Leah's slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These sons were born in Mesopotamia.
The Death of Isaac 27Jacob went to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
28Isaac lived to be a hundred and eighty years old
29and died at a ripe old age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
The Descendants of Esau
6Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the people of his house, along with all his livestock and all the possessions he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went away from his brother Jacob to another land.
7He left because the land where he and Jacob were living was not able to support them; they had too much livestock and could no longer stay together.
8So Esau lived in the hill country of Edom.
9These are the descendants of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
10-13Esau's wife Adah bore him one son, Eliphaz, and Eliphaz had five sons: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. And by another wife, Timna, he had one more son, Amalek.
Esau's wife Basemath bore him one son, Reuel, and Reuel had four sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
14Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, bore him three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
15These are the tribes descended from Esau. Esau's first son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the following tribes: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
16Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
17Esau's son Reuel was the ancestor of the following tribes: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.
18The following tribes were descended from Esau by his wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
19All these tribes were descended from Esau.
The Descendants of Seir
20-21The original inhabitants of the land of Edom were divided into tribes which traced their ancestry to the following descendants of Seir, a Horite: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
22Lotan was the ancestor of the clans of Hori and Heman. (Lotan had a sister named Timna.)
23Shobal was the ancestor of the clans of Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24Zibeon had two sons, Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was taking care of his father's donkeys.)
25-26Anah was the father of Dishon, who was the ancestor of the clans of Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. Anah also had a daughter named Oholibamah.
27Ezer was the ancestor of the clans of Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
28Dishan was the ancestor of the clans of Uz and Aran.
29-30These are the Horite tribes in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
The Kings of Edom
31-39Before there were any kings in Israel, the following kings ruled the land of Edom in succession:
Bela son of Beor from Dinhabah
Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah
Husham from the region of Teman
Hadad son of Bedad from Avith (he defeated the Midianites in a battle in the country of Moab)
Samlah from Masrekah
Shaul from Rehoboth-on-the-River
Baal Hanan son of Achbor
Hadad from Pau (his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab)
40-43Esau was the ancestor of the following Edomite tribes: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. The area where each of these tribes lived was known by the name of the tribe.
A Prayer of Praise Psalm 27 The LORD is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one.
 The LORD protects me from all danger;
I will never be afraid. 2When evil people attack me and try to kill me,
they stumble and fall.
3Even if a whole army surrounds me,
I will not be afraid;
even if enemies attack me,
I will still trust God.4I have asked the LORD for one thing;
one thing only do I want:
to live in the LORD's house all my life,
to marvel there at his goodness,
and to ask for his guidance.
5In times of trouble he will shelter me;
he will keep me safe in his Temple
and make me secure on a high rock.
6So I will triumph over my enemies around me.
With shouts of joy I will offer sacrifices in his Temple;
I will sing, I will praise the LORD.7Hear me, LORD, when I call to you!
Be merciful and answer me!
8When you said, "Come worship me,"
I answered, "I will come, LORD."
9 Don't hide yourself from me!Don't be angry with me;
don't turn your servant away.
You have been my help;
don't leave me, don't abandon me,
O God, my savior.
 10My father and mother may abandon me,
but the LORD will take care of me.11Teach me, LORD, what you want me to do,
and lead me along a safe path,
because I have many enemies.
12Don't abandon me to my enemies,
who attack me with lies and threats.13I know that I will live to see
the LORD's goodness in this present life.
14Trust in the LORD.
Have faith, do not despair.
Trust in the LORD.
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