Toba 29, 1739

1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me."

3But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

4But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

5Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

6So the captain came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish."

7And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

8Then they said to him, "Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?"

9So he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

10Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "Why have you done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

11Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?"--for the sea was growing more tempestuous.

12And he said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me."

13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.

14Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, "We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You."

15So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.

16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD and took vows.

17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish's belly.

1Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:

3Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,

4Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed.

7He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.

8The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

9He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

11For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

12As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13As a father pities his children, So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

14For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

15As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

18To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

19The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all.

20Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.

21Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.

22Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

6"Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

7"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

8For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

9Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

10Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

12Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

17But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

18And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

21What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

22But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

3Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

6And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;

7as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

8Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.

9Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

10But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves.

11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

13raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

1Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

1There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

3I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

5I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."