Genesis 1:1-2:25; Matthew 1:1-2:12; Psalm 1:1-6; Proverbs 1:1-6
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Genesis 1:1-2:25; Matthew 1:1-2:12; Psalm 1:1-6; Proverbs 1:1-6 (KJV)
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Genesis 1-2
Heaven and Earth
1 1-2 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all
you don’t see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an
inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
3-5 God spoke: “Light!”
And light appeared.
God saw that light was good
and separated light
from dark.
God named the light Day,
he named the dark
Night.
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day One.
6-8 God spoke: “Sky! In the middle of the waters;
separate water from
water!”
God made sky.
He separated the water
under sky
from the water above
sky.
And there it was:
he named sky the
Heavens;
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day Two.
9-10 God spoke: “Separate!
Water-beneath-Heaven,
gather into one place;
Land, appear!”
And there it was.
God named the land Earth.
He named the pooled
water Ocean.
God saw that it was good.
11-13 God spoke: “Earth, green up! Grow all varieties
of seed-bearing plants,
Every sort of fruit-bearing
tree.”
And there it was.
Earth produced green
seed-bearing plants,
all varieties,
And fruit-bearing trees of
all sorts.
God saw that it was
good.
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day Three.
14-15 God spoke: “Lights! Come out!
Shine in Heaven’s sky!
Separate Day from Night.
Mark seasons and days
and years,
Lights in Heaven’s sky to
give light to Earth.”
And there it was.
16-19 God made two big lights, the larger
to take charge of Day,
The smaller to be in charge
of Night;
and he made the stars.
God placed them in the
heavenly sky
to light up Earth
And oversee Day and Night,
to separate light and
dark.
God saw that it was good.
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day Four.
20-23 God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life!
Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!”
God created the huge
whales,
all the swarm of life
in the waters,
And every kind and species
of flying birds.
God saw that it was
good.
God blessed them: “Prosper!
Reproduce! Fill Ocean!
Birds, reproduce on
Earth!”
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day Five.
24-25 God spoke: “Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind:
cattle and reptiles and
wild animals—all kinds.”
And there it was:
wild animals of every
kind,
Cattle of all kinds, every
sort of reptile and bug.
God saw that it was
good.
26-28 God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them
reflecting our nature
So they can be responsible
for the fish in the sea,
the birds in the air,
the cattle,
And, yes, Earth itself,
and every animal that
moves on the face of Earth.”
God created human beings;
he created them
godlike,
Reflecting God’s nature.
He created them male
and female.
God blessed them:
“Prosper! Reproduce!
Fill Earth! Take charge!
Be responsible for fish in
the sea and birds in the air,
for every living thing
that moves on the face of Earth.”
29-30 Then God said, “I’ve given you
every sort of
seed-bearing plant on Earth
And every kind of
fruit-bearing tree,
given them to you for
food.
To all animals and all
birds,
everything that moves
and breathes,
I give whatever grows out
of the ground for food.”
And there it was.
31 God looked over everything he had made;
it was so good, so very
good!
It was evening, it was
morning—
Day Six.
2 Heaven and Earth were finished,
down to the last detail.
2-4 By the seventh day
God had finished his
work.
On the seventh day
he rested from all his
work.
God blessed the seventh
day.
He made it a Holy Day
Because on that day he
rested from his work,
all the creating God had done.
This is the story of how it all started,
of Heaven and Earth when
they were created.
Adam and Eve
5-7 At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or
shrubs had sprouted from the ground—God hadn’t yet sent rain on Earth, nor
was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by
underground springs)—God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into
his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
8-9 Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he
had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees
beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of
the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
10-14 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there
divides into four rivers. The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah
where there is gold. The gold of this land is good. The land is also known
for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone. The second river is named
Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush. The third river is named Hiddekel
and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 God took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work
the ground and keep it in order.
16-17 God commanded the Man, “You can eat from any tree in the
garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don’t eat from
it. The moment you eat from that tree, you’re dead.”
18-20 God said, “It’s not good for the Man to be alone; I’ll make him
a helper, a companion.” So God formed from the dirt of the ground all the
animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man
to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature,
that was its name. The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air,
named the wild animals; but he didn’t find a suitable companion.
21-22 God put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one
of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib that he had
taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
23-25 The Man said,
“Finally! Bone of my bone,
flesh of my flesh!
Name her Woman
for she was made from Man.”
Therefore a man leaves his
father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
The two of them, the Man
and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.
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Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H.
Peterson
Matthew 1:1-2:12
Malachi 4Matthew 3
Matthew 1:1-2:12The Message (MSG)
1 The family tree of Jesus Christ, David’s son, Abraham’s son:
2-6 Abraham had Isaac,
Isaac had Jacob,
Jacob had Judah and his brothers,
Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar),
Perez had Hezron,
Hezron had Aram,
Aram had Amminadab,
Amminadab had Nahshon,
Nahshon had Salmon,
Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab),
Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother),
Obed had Jesse,
Jesse had David,
and David became king.
6-11 David had Solomon (Uriah’s wife was the mother),
Solomon had Rehoboam,
Rehoboam had Abijah,
Abijah had Asa,
Asa had Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat had Joram,
Joram had Uzziah,
Uzziah had Jotham,
Jotham had Ahaz,
Ahaz had Hezekiah,
Hezekiah had Manasseh,
Manasseh had Amon,
Amon had Josiah,
Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers,
and then the people were
taken into the Babylonian exile.
12-16 When the Babylonian exile ended,
Jeconiah had Shealtiel,
Shealtiel had Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel had Abiud,
Abiud had Eliakim,
Eliakim had Azor,
Azor had Zadok,
Zadok had Achim,
Achim had Eliud,
Eliud had Eleazar,
Eleazar had Matthan,
Matthan had Jacob,
Jacob had Joseph, Mary’s husband,
the Mary who gave birth to Jesus,
the Jesus who was called
Christ.
17 There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David,
another fourteen from David
to the Babylonian exile,
and yet another fourteen
from the Babylonian exile to Christ.
The Birth of Jesus
18-19 The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was
engaged to be married to Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph
discovered she was pregnant. (It was by the Holy Spirit, but he didn’t know
that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly
so Mary would not be disgraced.
20-23 While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God’s
angel spoke in the dream: “Joseph, son of David, don’t hesitate to get
married. Mary’s pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God’s Holy Spirit has made her
pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will
name him Jesus—‘God saves’—because he will save his people from their sins.”
This would bring the prophet’s embryonic sermon to full term:
Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son;
They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for “God is with us”).
24-25 Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God’s angel commanded
in the dream: He married Mary. But he did not consummate the marriage until
she had the baby. He named the baby Jesus.
Scholars from the East
2 1-2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory—
this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from
the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn
King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his
birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.”
3-4 When word of their inquiry got to Herod, he was terrified—and not
Herod alone, but most of Jerusalem as well. Herod lost no time. He gathered
all the high priests and religion scholars in the city together and asked,
“Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?”
5-6 They told him, “Bethlehem, Judah territory. The prophet Micah
wrote it plainly:
It’s you, Bethlehem, in Judah’s land,
no longer bringing up the
rear.
From you will come the leader
who will shepherd-rule my
people, my Israel.”
7-8 Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the
East. Pretending to be as devout as they were, he got them to tell him
exactly when the birth-announcement star appeared. Then he told them the
prophecy about Bethlehem, and said, “Go find this child. Leave no stone
unturned. As soon as you find him, send word and I’ll join you at once in
your worship.”
9-10 Instructed by the king, they set off. Then the star appeared
again, the same star they had seen in the eastern skies. It led them on until
it hovered over the place of the child. They could hardly contain themselves:
They were in the right place! They had arrived at the right time!
11 They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his
mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their
luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.
12 In a dream, they were warned not to report back to Herod. So they
worked out another route, left the territory without being seen, and returned
to their own country.
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Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H.
Peterson
Psalm 1
Job 42Psalm 2
Psalm 1The Message (MSG)
1 How well God must like you—
you don’t hang out at Sin
Saloon,
you don’t slink along
Dead-End Road,
you don’t go to Smart-Mouth
College.
2-3 Instead you thrill to God’s Word,
you chew on Scripture day
and night.
You’re a tree replanted in Eden,
bearing fresh fruit every
month,
Never dropping a leaf,
always in blossom.
4-5 You’re not at all like the wicked,
who are mere windblown
dust—
Without defense in court,
unfit company for innocent
people.
6 God charts the road you take.
The road they take is Skid Row.
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Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H.
Peterson
Proverbs 1:1-6
Psalm 150Proverbs 2
Proverbs 1:1-6The Message (MSG)
Wise Sayings of Solomon
A Manual for Living
1 1-6 These are the wise sayings of Solomon,
David’s son, Israel’s king—
Written down so we’ll know how to live well and right,
to understand what life
means and where it’s going;
A manual for living,
for learning what’s right
and just and fair;
To teach the inexperienced the ropes
and give our young people a
grasp on reality.
There’s something here also for seasoned men and women,
still a thing or two for
the experienced to learn—
Fresh wisdom to probe and penetrate,
the rhymes and reasons of
wise men and women.
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Genesis 1-2King James Version (KJV)
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of
the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after
his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven
to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and
every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill
the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:
and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and
to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have
given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in
it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he
put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst
of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence
it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which
goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden
to dress it and to keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was
the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet
for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my
flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
King James Version (KJV)
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Matthew 1:1-2:12
Malachi 4Matthew 3
Matthew 1:1-2:12King James Version (KJV)
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas
and his brethren;
3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom;
and Esrom begat Aram;
4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson
begat Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and
Obed begat Jesse;
6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of
her that had been the wife of Urias;
7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat
Asa;
8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat
Ozias;
9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat
Ezekias;
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon
begat Josias;
11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they
were carried away to Babylon:
12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim
begat Azor;
14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat
Eliud;
15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan
begat Jacob;
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen
generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen
generations.
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother
Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with
child of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make
her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear
not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of
the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,
and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with
us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord
had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and
he called his name Jesus.
2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod
the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and
all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the
people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is
written by the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule
my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of
them diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently
for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I
may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child
with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had
opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense
and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
King James Version (KJV)
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Psalm 1
Job 42Psalm 2
Psalm 1King James Version (KJV)
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
King James Version (KJV)
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Proverbs 1:1-6
Psalm 150Proverbs 2
Proverbs 1:1-6King James Version (KJV)
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and
equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the
wise, and their dark sayings.
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