Daily Readings

¹ Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.² And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.³ For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.⁴ And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.⁵ And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.⁶ And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.⁷ And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:⁸ Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.⁹ But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.¹⁰ And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,¹¹ Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:¹² Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.¹³ And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.¹⁴ And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;¹⁵ Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.¹⁶ Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.¹⁷ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?¹⁸ And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.¹⁹ Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.²⁰ And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.²¹ And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:²² And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.²³ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.²⁴ And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.²⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?²⁶ And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.² Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:³ Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.⁴ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.⁵ And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.⁶ Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.⁷ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.⁸ Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.⁹ And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.¹⁰ Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.¹¹ This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:¹² And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.¹³ And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?¹⁴ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,¹⁵ Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.¹⁶ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.¹⁷ Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.¹⁸ And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.¹⁹ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:²⁰ That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.²¹ But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.²² Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.²³ And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.²⁴ Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.²⁵ Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.

¹ Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.² And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.³ And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.⁴ And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:⁵ For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.⁶ Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:⁷ Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.⁸ For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.⁹ When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.¹⁰ And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.¹¹ And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.¹² Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.¹³ And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.¹⁴ And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.¹⁵ And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.¹⁶ And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.¹⁷ And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.¹⁸ And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.¹⁹ And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?²⁰ When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?²¹ And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.²² Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.²³ And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.²⁴ And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?²⁵ But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.²⁶ But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.²⁸ For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.²⁹ And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.³⁰ But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.³¹ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?³² They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.³⁴ The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!³⁵ But wisdom is justified of all her children.³⁶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.³⁷ And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,³⁸ And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.³⁹ Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.⁴⁰ And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.⁴¹ There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.⁴² And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?⁴³ Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.⁴⁴ And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.⁴⁵ Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.⁴⁶ My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.⁴⁷ Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.⁴⁸ And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.⁴⁹ And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?⁵⁰ And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.