Daily Bible Readings for Saturday, 1 April 2006
The Plot against Jeremiah's Life
The Lord informed me of the plots that my enemies were making against me. I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, "Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."
Then I prayed, "Almighty Lord, you are a just judge; you test people's thoughts and feelings. I have placed my cause in your hands; so let me watch you take revenge on these people."
- JEREMIAH 11:18-20
Division among the People
Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, "This man is really the Prophet!"
Others said, "He is the Messiah!"
But others said, "The Messiah will not come from Galilee! The scripture says that the messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived." So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
The Unbelievers of the Jewish Authorities
When the guards went back, the chief priests and Phariseees asked them, "Why did you not bring him?"
The guards answered, "Nobody has ever talked the way this man does!"
"Did he fool you, too?" the Pharisees asked them. "have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him? This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others, "According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done."
"Well," they answered, "are you also from Galilee? Study the Scriptures and you will learn that no prophet ever comes from Galilee."
- JOHN 7:40-53
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The Lord informed me of the plots that my enemies were making against me. I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, "Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."
Then I prayed, "Almighty Lord, you are a just judge; you test people's thoughts and feelings. I have placed my cause in your hands; so let me watch you take revenge on these people."
- JEREMIAH 11:18-20
Division among the People
Some of the people in the crowd heard him say this and said, "This man is really the Prophet!"
Others said, "He is the Messiah!"
But others said, "The Messiah will not come from Galilee! The scripture says that the messiah will be a descendant of King David and will be born in Bethlehem, the town where David lived." So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
The Unbelievers of the Jewish Authorities
When the guards went back, the chief priests and Phariseees asked them, "Why did you not bring him?"
The guards answered, "Nobody has ever talked the way this man does!"
"Did he fool you, too?" the Pharisees asked them. "have you ever known one of the authorities or one Pharisee to believe in him? This crowd does not know the Law of Moses, so they are under God's curse!"
One of the Pharisees there was Nicodemus, the man who had gone to see Jesus before. He said to the others, "According to our Law we cannot condemn people before hearing them and finding out what they have done."
"Well," they answered, "are you also from Galilee? Study the Scriptures and you will learn that no prophet ever comes from Galilee."
- JOHN 7:40-53
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