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Matthew 26:14-19

3/31/2021

New Living Translation

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

¹⁴Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests ¹⁵and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

The Last Supper

¹⁷On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”

¹⁸“As you go into the city,” he told them, “you will see a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’” ¹⁹So the disciples did as Jesus told them and prepared the Passover meal there.

Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26

3/30/2021

New Living Translation

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

2 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. ²Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, ³four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. ⁴They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. ⁵Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”

⁶But some of the teachers of religious law who were sitting there thought to themselves, ⁷“What is he saying? This is blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

⁸Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? ⁹Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ¹⁰So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, ¹¹“Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

¹²And the man jumped up, grabbed his mat, and walked out through the stunned onlookers. They were all amazed and praised God, exclaiming, “We’ve never seen anything like this before!”

Luke 5:17-26

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

¹⁷One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.

¹⁸Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus, ¹⁹but they couldn’t reach him because of the crowd. So they went up to the roof and took off some tiles. Then they lowered the sick man on his mat down into the crowd, right in front of Jesus. ²⁰Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, “Young man, your sins are forgiven.”

²¹But the Pharisees and teachers of religious law said to themselves, “Who does he think he is? That’s blasphemy! Only God can forgive sins!”

²²Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? ²³Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’? ²⁴So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

²⁵And immediately, as everyone watched, the man jumped up, picked up his mat, and went home praising God. ²⁶Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!”

Matthew 9:1-8

3/29/2021

New Living Translation

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

9 Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town. ²Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”

³But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”

⁴Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts? ⁵Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’? ⁶So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!”

⁷And the man jumped up and went home! ⁸Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen. And they praised God for giving humans such authority.

Job 12:6-12

3/27/2021

New Living Translation

⁶But robbers are left in peace,
and those who provoke God live in safety--
though God keeps them in his power.

⁷“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
    Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
⁸Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
    Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
⁹For they all know
    that my disaster has come from the hand of the Lord.
¹⁰For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
    and the breath of every human being.
¹¹The ear tests the words it hears
    just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
¹²Wisdom belongs to the aged,
    and understanding to the old.

Psalm 104

3/26/2021

New Living Translation

¹Let all that I am praise the Lord.

O Lord my God, how great you are!
    You are robed with honor and majesty.
²    You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
³    you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
    you ride upon the wings of the wind.
⁴The winds are your messengers;
    flames of fire are your servants.

⁵You placed the world on its foundation
    so it would never be moved.
⁶You clothed the earth with floods of water,
    water that covered even the mountains.
⁷At your command, the water fled;
    at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.
⁸Mountains rose and valleys sank
    to the levels you decreed.
⁹Then you set a firm boundary for the seas,
    so they would never again cover the earth.

¹⁰You make springs pour water into the ravines,
    so streams gush down from the mountains.
¹¹They provide water for all the animals,
    and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
¹²The birds nest beside the streams
    and sing among the branches of the trees.
¹³You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home,
    and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.
¹⁴You cause grass to grow for the livestock
    and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth--
¹⁵    wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
    and bread to give them strength.
¹⁶The trees of the Lord are well cared for--
    the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
¹⁷There the birds make their nests,
    and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.
¹⁸High in the mountains live the wild goats,
    and the rocks form a refuge for the hyraxes.

¹⁹You made the moon to mark the seasons,
    and the sun knows when to set.
²⁰You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
    when all the forest animals prowl about.
²¹Then the young lions roar for their prey,
    stalking the food provided by God.
²²At dawn they slink back
    into their dens to rest.
²³Then people go off to their work,
    where they labor until evening.

²⁴O Lord, what a variety of things you have made!
    In wisdom you have made them all.
    The earth is full of your creatures.
²⁵Here is the ocean, vast and wide,
    teeming with life of every kind,
    both large and small.
²⁶See the ships sailing along,
    and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.

²⁷They all depend on you
    to give them food as they need it.
²⁸When you supply it, they gather it.
    You open your hand to feed them,
    and they are richly satisfied.
²⁹But if you turn away from them, they panic.
    When you take away their breath,
    they die and turn again to dust.
³⁰When you give them your breath, life is created,
    and you renew the face of the earth.

³¹May the glory of the Lord continue forever!
The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!
³²The earth trembles at his glance;
the mountains smoke at his touch.

³³I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
    I will praise my God to my last breath!
³⁴May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.
³⁵Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;
    let the wicked disappear forever.

Let all that I am praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord!

Psalm 96

3/25/2021

New Living Translation

¹Sing a new song to the Lord!
    Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
²Sing to the Lord; praise his name.
    Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
³Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
    Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
⁴Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!
    He is to be feared above all gods.
⁵The gods of other nations are mere idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens!
⁶Honor and majesty surround him;
    strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

⁷O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;
    recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
⁸Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!
    Bring your offering and come into his courts.
⁹Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.
    Let all the earth tremble before him.
¹⁰Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
    The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.
    He will judge all peoples fairly.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice!
    Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
¹²Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
    Let the trees of the forest sing for joy
¹³before the Lord, for he is coming!
    He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
    and the nations with his truth.

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