One Year Bible

Deuteronomy 33:1-29

Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes

1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. 2He said:

“The Lord came from Sinai

and dawned upon us from Seir;

He shone forth from Mount Paran

and came with myriads of holy ones,

with flaming fire at His right hand.

3 Surely You love the people;

all the holy ones are in Your hand,

and they sit down at Your feet;

each receives Your words —

4 the law that Moses gave us,

the possession of the assembly of Jacob.

5 So the Lord became King in Jeshurun

when the leaders of the people gathered,

when the tribes of Israel came together.

6 Let Reuben live and not die,

nor his men be few.”

7 And concerning Judah he said:

“O LORD, hear the cry of Judah

and bring him to his people.

With his own hands he defends his cause,

but may You be a help against his foes.”

8 Concerning Levi he said:

“Give Your Thummim to Levi

and Your Urim to Your godly one,

whom You tested at Massah

and contested at the waters of Meribah.

9 He said of his father and mother,

‘I do not consider them.’

He disregarded his brothers

and did not know his own sons,

for he kept Your word

and maintained Your covenant.

10 He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob

and Your law to Israel;

he will set incense before You

and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

11 Bless his substance, O LORD,

and accept the work of his hands.

Smash the loins of those who rise against him,

and of his foes so they can rise no more.”

12 Concerning Benjamin he said:

“May the beloved of the Lord

rest secure in Him;

God shields him all day long,

and upon His shoulders he rests.”

13 Concerning Joseph he said:

“May his land be blessed by the Lord

with the precious dew from heaven above

and the deep waters that lie beneath,

14 with the bountiful harvest from the sun

and the abundant yield of the seasons,

15 with the best of the ancient mountains

and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

16 with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it,

and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush.

May these rest on the head of Joseph

and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

17His majesty is like a firstborn bull,

and his horns are like those of a wild ox.

With them he will gore the nations,

even to the ends of the earth.

Such are the myriads of Ephraim,

and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 Concerning Zebulun he said:

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys,

and Issachar, in your tents.

19 They will call the peoples to a mountain;

there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness.

For they will feast on the abundance of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

20 Concerning Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who enlarges

the domain of Gad!

He lies down like a lion

and tears off an arm or a head.

21 He chose the best land for himself,

because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there.

He came with the leaders of the people;

he administered the Lord’s justice

and His ordinances for Israel.”

22 Concerning Dan he said:

“Dan is a lion’s cub,

leaping out of Bashan.”

23 Concerning Naphtali he said:

“Naphtali is abounding with favor,

full of the blessing of the Lord;

he shall take possession

of the sea and the south.”

24 And concerning Asher he said:

“May Asher be the most blessed of sons;

may he be the most favored among his brothers

and dip his foot in oil.

25 May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,

and may your strength match your days.”

26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides the heavens to your aid,

and the clouds in His majesty.

27 The eternal God is your dwelling place,

and underneath are the everlasting arms.

He drives out the enemy before you,

giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

28 So Israel dwells securely;

the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled

in a land of grain and new wine,

where even the heavens drip with dew.

29 Blessed are you, O Israel!

Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord?

He is the shield that protects you,

the sword in which you boast.

Your enemies will cower before you,

and you shall trample their high places.”

Luke 13:1-21

1 At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way? 3No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 4Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

(Isaiah 5:1–7)

6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”

Jesus Heals a Disabled Woman

10 One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight. 12When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.” 13Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

15 “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? 16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

(Matthew 13:31–32; Mark 4:30–34)

18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? 19It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”

The Parable of the Leaven

(Matthew 13:33)

20 Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God? 21It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

Psalm 78:65-72

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,

like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

66 He beat back His foes;

He put them to everlasting shame.

67 He rejected the tent of Joseph

and refused the tribe of Ephraim.

68 But He chose the tribe of Judah,

Mount Zion, which He loved.

69 He built His sanctuary like the heights,

like the earth He has established forever.

70 He chose David His servant

and took him from the sheepfolds;

71 from tending the ewes He brought him

to be shepherd of His people Jacob,

of Israel His inheritance.

72 So David shepherded them with integrity of heart

and guided them with skillful hands.

Proverbs 12:25

25 Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man,

but a good word cheers it up.

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One Year Bible

Deuteronomy 33:1-29

Luke 13:1-21

Psalm 78:65-72

Proverbs 12:25