Daily Readings

¹ Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.² Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;³ And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.⁴ And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;⁵ And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.⁶ And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.⁷ For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.⁸ Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.⁹ And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:¹⁰ These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.¹¹ And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.¹² And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.¹³ And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.¹⁴ And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.¹⁵ These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,¹⁶ Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.¹⁷ And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.¹⁸ And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.¹⁹ These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.²⁰ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,²¹ And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.²² And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.²³ And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.²⁴ And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.²⁵ And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.²⁶ And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.²⁷ The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.²⁸ The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.²⁹ These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,³⁰ Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.³¹ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.³² And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.³³ And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.³⁴ And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.³⁵ And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.³⁶ And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.³⁷ And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.³⁸ And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.³⁹ And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.⁴⁰ And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,⁴¹ Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,⁴² Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,⁴³ Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

¹ O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.² For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.⁴ For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.⁵ My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.⁶ I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.⁷ For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.⁸ I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.⁹ Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.¹⁰ My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.¹² They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.¹³ But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.¹⁴ Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.¹⁵ For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.¹⁶ For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.¹⁷ For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.¹⁸ For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.¹⁹ But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.²⁰ They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.²¹ Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.²² Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

¹ Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,² Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:³ All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.⁵ But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,⁶ And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,⁷ And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.⁹ And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.¹³ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.¹⁴ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.¹⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?¹⁸ And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?²⁰ Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.²¹ And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.²² And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.²³ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.²⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.²⁸ Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.²⁹ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,³⁰ And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.³¹ Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.³² Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.³³ Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?³⁴ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:³⁵ That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.³⁶ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!³⁸ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.³⁹ For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.