From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 6   
      
   Matthew Chapter 11   
      
   1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his   
   twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.   
      
   2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two   
   of his disciples,   
      
   3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for   
   another?   
      
   4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things   
   which ye do hear and see:   
      
   5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are   
   cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have   
   the gospel preached to them.   
      
   6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.   
      
   7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes   
   concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed   
   shaken with the wind?   
      
   8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?   
   behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.   
      
   9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and   
   more than a prophet.   
      
   10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger   
   before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.   
      
   11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath   
   not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is   
   least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.   
      
   12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven   
   suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.   
      
   13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.   
      
   14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.   
      
   15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children   
   sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,   
      
   17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have   
   mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.   
      
   18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.   
      
   19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man   
   gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But   
   wisdom is justified of her children.   
      
   20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works   
   were done, because they repented not:   
      
   21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty   
   works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they   
   would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.   
      
   22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at   
   the day of judgment, than for you.   
      
   23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought   
   down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had   
   been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.   
      
   24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of   
   Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.   
      
   25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of   
   heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and   
   prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.   
      
   26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.   
      
   27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the   
   Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,   
   and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.   
      
   28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give   
   you rest.   
      
   29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in   
   heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.   
      
   30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.   
      
   Matthew Chapter 12   
      
   1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his   
   disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.   
      
   2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy   
   disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.   
      
   3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an   
   hungred, and they that were with him;   
      
   4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which   
   was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but   
   only for the priests?   
      
   5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the   
   priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?   
      
   6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.   
      
   7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not   
   sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.   
      
   8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.   
      
   9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:   
      
   10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they   
   asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they   
   might accuse him.   
      
   11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall   
   have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he   
   not lay hold on it, and lift it out?   
      
   12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to   
   do well on the sabbath days.   
      
   13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched   
   it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.   
      
   14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they   
   might destroy him.   
      
   15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great   
   multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;   
      
   16 And charged them that they should not make him known:   
      
   17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,   
   saying,   
      
   18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is   
   well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment   
   to the Gentiles.   
      
   19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in   
   the streets.   
      
   20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not   
   quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.   
      
   21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.   
      
   22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and   
   dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and   
   saw.   
      
   23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?   
      
   24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast   
   out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.   
      
   25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom   
   divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house   
   divided against itself shall not stand:   
      
   26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall   
   then his kingdom stand?   
      
   27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast   
   them out? therefore they shall be your judges.   
      
   28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of   
   God is come unto you.   
      
      
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