Daily Bible GNT February 03 Scroll

The Resurrection
(Matthew 28.1-10; Mark 16.1-8; John 20.1-10)

Luke 24 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. ²They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb, ³so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them. ⁵Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, "Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive? ⁶He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee: ⁷'The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.'"

⁸Then the women remembered his words, ⁹returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest. ¹⁰The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; they and the other women with them told these things to the apostles. ¹¹But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense, and they did not believe them. ¹²But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the grave cloths but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened.

Joseph's Brothers Return to Egypt with Benjamin

Genesis 43 The famine in Canaan got worse, ²and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy a little food for us."

³Judah said to him, "The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us. ⁴If you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go and buy food for you. ⁵If you are not willing, we will not go, because the man told us we would not be admitted to his presence unless our brother was with us."

⁶Jacob said, "Why did you cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had another brother?"

⁷They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family, 'Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?' We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?"

⁸Judah said to his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will leave at once. Then none of us will starve to death. ⁹I will pledge my own life, and you can hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you safe and sound, I will always bear the blame. ¹⁰If we had not waited so long, we could have been there and back twice by now."

¹¹Their father said to them, "If that is how it has to be, then take the best products of the land in your packs as a present for the governor: a little resin, a little honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds. ¹²Take with you also twice as much money, because you must take back the money that was returned in the top of your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake. ¹³Take your brother and return at once. ¹⁴May Almighty God cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose them."

¹⁵So the brothers took the gifts and twice as much money, and set out for Egypt with Benjamin. There they presented themselves to Joseph. ¹⁶When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant in charge of his house, "Take these men to my house. They are going to eat with me at noon, so kill an animal and prepare it." ¹⁷The servant did as he was commanded and took the brothers to Joseph's house.

¹⁸As they were being brought to the house, they were afraid and thought, "We are being brought here because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time. They will suddenly attack us, take our donkeys, and make us his slaves." ¹⁹So at the door of the house, they said to the servant in charge, ²⁰"If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food. ²¹When we set up camp on the way home, we opened our sacks, and each man found his money in the top of his sack--every bit of it. We have brought it back to you. ²²We have also brought some more money with us to buy more food. We do not know who put our money back in our sacks."

²³The servant said, "Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, must have put the money in your sacks for you. I received your payment." Then he brought Simeon to them.

²⁴The servant took the brothers into the house. He gave them water so that they could wash their feet, and he fed their donkeys. ²⁵They got their gifts ready to present to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had been told that they were to eat with him. ²⁶When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him. ²⁷He asked about their health and then said, "You told me about your old father--how is he? Is he still alive and well?"

²⁸They answered, "Your humble servant, our father, is still alive and well." And they knelt and bowed down before him.

²⁹When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "So this is your youngest brother, the one you told me about. God bless you, my son." ³⁰Then Joseph left suddenly, because his heart was full of tender feelings for his brother. He was about to break down, so he went to his room and cried. ³¹After he had washed his face, he came out, and controlling himself, he ordered the meal to be served. ³²Joseph was served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their dignity to eat with Hebrews. ³³The brothers had been seated at the table, facing Joseph, in the order of their age from the oldest to the youngest. When they saw how they had been seated, they looked at one another in amazement. ³⁴Food was served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was served five times as much as the rest of them. So they ate and drank with Joseph until they were drunk.

In Praise of God's Goodness

Psalm 34 I will always thank the LORD;

I will never stop praising him.

²I will praise him for what he has done;

may all who are oppressed listen and be glad!

³Proclaim with me the LORD's greatness;

let us praise his name together!

⁴I prayed to the LORD, and he answered me;

he freed me from all my fears.

⁵The oppressed look to him and are glad;

they will never be disappointed.

⁶The helpless call to him, and he answers;

he saves them from all their troubles.

⁷His angel guards those who honor the LORD

and rescues them from danger.

⁸Find out for yourself how good the LORD is.

Happy are those who find safety with him.

⁹Honor the LORD, all his people;

those who obey him have all they need.

¹⁰Even lions go hungry for lack of food,

but those who obey the LORD lack nothing good.

¹¹Come, my young friends, and listen to me,

and I will teach you to honor the LORD.

¹²Would you like to enjoy life?

Do you want long life and happiness?

¹³Then keep from speaking evil

and from telling lies.

¹⁴Turn away from evil and do good;

strive for peace with all your heart.

¹⁵The LORD watches over the righteous

and listens to their cries;

¹⁶but he opposes those who do evil,

so that when they die, they are soon forgotten.

¹⁷The righteous call to the LORD, and he listens;

he rescues them from all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is near to those who are discouraged;

he saves those who have lost all hope.

¹⁹Good people suffer many troubles,

but the LORD saves them from them all;

²⁰the LORD preserves them completely;

not one of their bones is broken.

²¹Evil will kill the wicked;

those who hate the righteous will be punished.

²²The LORD will save his people;

those who go to him for protection will be spared.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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