Bible In A Year

¹Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.

²Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

³Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.

⁴Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

⁵Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,

⁶You seed of Abraham, his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

⁷He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.

⁸He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

⁹The covenant which he made with Abraham, His oath to Isaac,

¹⁰And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

¹¹Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;"

¹²When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

¹³They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

¹⁴He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

¹⁵"Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

¹⁶He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

¹⁷He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave.

¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons,

¹⁹Until the time that his word happened, And Yahweh's word proved him true.

²⁰The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

²¹He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all of his possessions;

²²To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

²⁴He increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.

²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, To conspire against his servants.

²⁶He sent Moses, his servant, And Aaron, whom he had chosen.

²⁷They performed miracles among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.

²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.

²⁹He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.

³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs, Even in the chambers of their kings.

³¹He spoke, and swarms of flies came, And lice in all their borders.

³²He gave them hail for rain, With lightning in their land.

³³He struck their vines and also their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their country.

³⁴He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,

³⁵Ate up every plant in their land; And ate up the fruit of their ground.

³⁶He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their manhood.

³⁷He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.

³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed, For the fear of them had fallen on them.

³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.

⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

⁴¹He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.

⁴²For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham, his servant.

⁴³He brought forth his people with joy, His chosen with singing.

⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!

¹After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; ⁴for an angel of the Lord went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had. ⁵A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?" ⁷The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me." ⁸Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk." ⁹Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat." ¹¹He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'" ¹²Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?" ¹³But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you." ¹⁵The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too." ¹⁸For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. ¹⁹Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. ²⁰For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. ²²For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, ²³that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴"Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man. ²⁸Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, ²⁹and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. ³⁰I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me. ³¹"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid. ³²It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. ³³You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. ³⁷The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. ³⁸You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent. ³⁹"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. ⁴⁰Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. ⁴¹I don't receive glory from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves. ⁴³I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵"Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me. ⁴⁷But if you don't believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

¹After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. ²A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick. ³Jesus went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his disciples. ⁴Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. ⁵Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?" ⁶This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. ⁷Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them may receive a little." ⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, ⁹"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?" ¹⁰Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired. ¹²When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost." ¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world." ¹⁵Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself. ¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them. ¹⁸The sea was tossed by a great wind blowing. ¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia,{25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles} they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid. ²⁰But he said to them, "I AM. Don't be afraid." ²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. ²²On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone. ²³However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. ²⁴When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. ²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?" ²⁶Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. ²⁷Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him." ²⁸They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?" ²⁹Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." ³⁰They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do? ³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven{Greek and Hebrew use the same word for "heaven", "the heavens", "the sky", and "the air".} to eat.'" ³²Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." ³⁴They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread." ³⁵Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. ³⁶But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe. ³⁷All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. ³⁹This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁰This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day." ⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven." ⁴²They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'" ⁴³Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me. ⁴⁶Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. ⁴⁸I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." ⁵²The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven-- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever." ⁵⁹These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. ⁶⁰Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?" ⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? ⁶²Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? ⁶³It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life. ⁶⁴But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him. ⁶⁵He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father." ⁶⁶At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. ⁶⁷Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?" ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God." ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?" ⁷¹Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.