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Fri 2023-03-10 Genesis2 Matthew2 Ezra2 Acts (of the Apostles)2

Genesis 2.

2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he  rested from all his work.

2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work  of creating that he had done.

2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. When the LORD God  made the earth and the heavens--

2:5 and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet  sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the  ground,

2:6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground--

2:7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the  breath of life, and the man became a living being.

2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had  formed.

2:9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground--trees that were pleasing to  the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the  knowledge of good and evil.

2:10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four  headwaters.

2:11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where  there is gold.

2:12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)

2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

2:14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the  fourth river is the Euphrates.

2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it  you will surely die."

2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable  for him."

2:19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds  of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man  called each living creature, that was its name.

2:20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the  field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took  one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her  to the man.

2:23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called  'woman,' for she was taken out of man."

2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they  will become one flesh.

2:25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Matthew 2.

2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem

2:2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

2:4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

2:5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

2:6 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"

2:7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

2:8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

2:10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

2:12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

2:13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

2:14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

2:16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

2:17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

2:18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."

2:19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

2:20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

2:21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

Ezra 2.

2:1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

2:2 in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel:

2:3 the descendants of Parosh 2,172

2:4 of Shephatiah 372

2:5 of Arah 775

2:6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812

2:7 of Elam 1,254

2:8 of Zattu 945

2:9 of Zaccai 760

2:10 of Bani 642

2:11 of Bebai 623

2:12 of Azgad 1,222

2:13 of Adonikam 666

2:14 of Bigvai 2,056

2:15 of Adin 454

2:16 of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98

2:17 of Bezai 323

2:18 of Jorah 112

2:19 of Hashum 223

2:20 of Gibbar 95

2:21 the men of Bethlehem 123

2:22 of Netophah 56

2:23 of Anathoth 128

2:24 of Azmaveth 42

2:25 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743

2:26 of Ramah and Geba 621

2:27 of Micmash 122

2:28 of Bethel and Ai 223

2:29 of Nebo 52

2:30 of Magbish 156

2:31 of the other Elam 1,254

2:32 of Harim 320

2:33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725

2:34 of Jericho 345

2:35 of Senaah 3,630

2:36 The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua) 973

2:37 of Immer 1,052

2:38 of Pashhur 1,247

2:39 of Harim 1,017

2:40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah) 74

2:41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph 128

2:42 The gatekeepers of the temple: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita and Shobai 139

2:43 The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

2:44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,

2:45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

2:46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

2:47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

2:48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

2:49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

2:50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim,

2:51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

2:52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

2:53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

2:54 Neziah and Hatipha

2:55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

2:56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

2:57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami

2:58 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392

2:59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

2:60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652

2:61 And from among the priests: The descendants of Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

2:62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

2:63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

2:64 The whole company numbered 42,360,

2:65 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers.

2:66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,

2:67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

2:68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.

2:69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.

2:70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

Acts (of the Apostles) 2.

2:1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

2:2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

2:3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

2:5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

2:6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

2:7 Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

2:8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?

2:9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

2:10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome

2:11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs--we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!"

2:12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"

2:13 Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine."

2:14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.

2:15 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!

2:16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

2:17 "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

2:18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

2:19 I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

2:21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

2:22 "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.

2:23 This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.

2:24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

2:25 David said about him: "'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

2:26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope,

2:27 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.

2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence.'

2:29 "Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day.

2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

2:31 Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay.

2:32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact.

2:33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

2:34 For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, "'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand

2:35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."'

2:36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

2:38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2:39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call."

2:40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."

2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

2:43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.

2:44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.

2:45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

2:46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.