January 19, 2041
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
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Genesis 37Septuagint
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Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Genesis 37:1–38:30
1And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan. 2And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach. 3And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours. 4And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him. 5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren. 6And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. 7I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf. 8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us, or shalt thou indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. 9And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence. 10And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth? 11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 12And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem. 13And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to him, Behold, I [am here]. 14And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem. 15And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 16And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed [their flocks]. 17And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim. 18And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him. 19And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes. 20Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be. 21And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him. 22And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father. 23And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him. 24And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water. 25And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt. 26And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened. 28And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt. 29And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments. 30And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go? 31And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood. 32And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son's coat or no. 33And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph. 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him. 36And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard. Chapter 381And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras. 2And Judas saw there the daughter of a Chananitish man, whose name was Sava; and he took her, and went in to her. 3And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er. 4And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan. 5And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them. 6And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar. 7And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him. 8And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to thy brother's wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife. 10And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also. 11And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit thou a widow in the house of thy father-in-law, until Selom my son be grown; for he said, Lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar departed, and sat in the house of her father. 12And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna. 13And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep. 14And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife. 15And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not. 16And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me? 17And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, [Well], if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it. 18And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give thee? and she said, Thy ring, and thy bracelet, and the staff in thy hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 19And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not. 21And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Ænan by the way-side? and they said, There was no harlot here. 22And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here. 23And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her. 24And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt. 25And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff. 26And Judas knew [them], and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again. 27And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb. 28And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, This one shall come out first. 29And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares. 30And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 9:11–20(MT: 9)
MT Psalm 9 corresponds to LXX Psalm 9 (first half). MT Psalm 10 is the second half of LXX Psalm 9.
11And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee. 12Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations. 13For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor. 14Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 15that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation. 16The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. 17The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause. 18Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God. 19For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever. 20Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 3:31–35
31Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways. 32For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous. 33The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed. 34The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble. 35The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonour.
New TestamentKing James Version
Matthew 13:1–30
1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
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