Bible In A Year

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, For he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.

²Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

³And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

⁴They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

⁵Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

⁶Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

⁷He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to live in.

⁸Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

⁹For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

¹⁰Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, And condemned the counsel of the Most High.

¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

¹³Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds in sunder.

¹⁵Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

¹⁶For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut through bars of iron.

¹⁷Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.

¹⁸Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

¹⁹Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.

²⁰He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their graves.

²¹Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

²²Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

²³Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;

²⁴These see Yahweh's works, And his wonders in the deep.

²⁵For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up its waves.

²⁶They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

²⁷They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

²⁸Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.

²⁹He makes the storm a calm, So that its waves are still.

³⁰Then they are glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven.

³¹Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works for the children of men!

³²Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.

³³He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,

³⁴And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

³⁵He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.

³⁶There he makes the hungry live, That they may prepare a city to live in,

³⁷Sow fields, plant vineyards, And reap the fruits of increase.

³⁸He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their cattle to decrease.

³⁹Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

⁴⁰He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

⁴¹Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, And increases their families like a flock.

⁴²The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

⁴³Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

¹As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" ³Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him. ⁴I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." ⁶When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud, ⁷and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing. ⁸The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?" ⁹Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he." ¹⁰They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?" ¹¹He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight." ¹²Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know." ¹³They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see." ¹⁶Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them. ¹⁷Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." ¹⁸The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight, ¹⁹and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" ²⁰His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself." ²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. ²³Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him." ²⁴So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner." ²⁵He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see." ²⁶They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" ²⁷He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?" ²⁸They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from." ³⁰The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him. ³²Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind. ³³If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." ³⁴They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out. ³⁵Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?" ³⁶He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?" ³⁷Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you." ³⁸He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him. ³⁹Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind." ⁴⁰Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" ⁴¹Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.

¹"Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ²But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers." ⁶Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them. ⁷Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door. ⁸All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them. ⁹I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture. ¹⁰The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. ¹³The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I'm known by my own; ¹⁵even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd. ¹⁷Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. ¹⁸No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father." ¹⁹Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?" ²¹Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?" ²²It was the Feast of the Dedication{The "Feast of the Dedication" is the Greek name for "Chanukkah," a celebration of the rededication of the Temple.} at Jerusalem. ²³It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch. ²⁴The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." ²⁵Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me. ²⁶But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰I and the Father are one." ³¹Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?" ³³The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God." ³⁴Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?' ³⁵If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken), ³⁶Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?' ³⁷If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me. ³⁸But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father." ³⁹They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand. ⁴⁰He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed. ⁴¹Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true." ⁴²Many believed in him there.