Bible In A Year

¹Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.

²Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

³Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?

⁴They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast.

⁵They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage.

⁶They kill the widow and the alien, And murder the fatherless.

⁷They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider."

⁸Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?

⁹He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?

¹⁰He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

¹¹Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.

¹²Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;

¹³That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.

¹⁵For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.

¹⁶Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

¹⁷Unless Yahweh had been my help, My soul would have soon lived in silence.

¹⁸When I said, "My foot is slipping!" Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.

¹⁹In the multitude of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.

²⁰Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?

²¹They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

²²But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge.

²³He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: ²and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. ³Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it." ⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself. ⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." ⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. ⁸Therefore that field was called "The Field of Blood" to this day. ⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, The price of him upon whom a price had been set, Whom some of the children of Israel priced, ¹⁰And they gave them for the potter's field, As the Lord commanded me." ¹¹Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say." ¹²When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. ¹³Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?" ¹⁴He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor marveled greatly. ¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired. ¹⁶They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. ¹⁷When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?" ¹⁸For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. ¹⁹While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." ²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. ²¹But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" ²²Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" ²³But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!" ²⁴So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." ²⁵All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" ²⁶Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified. ²⁷Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. ²⁸They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. ²⁹They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" ³⁰They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him. ³²As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross. ³³They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull." ³⁴They gave him sour wine to drink mixed with gall. When he had tasted it, he would not drink. ³⁵When they had crucified him, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots,{TR adds "that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;'" [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]} ³⁶and they sat and watched him there. ³⁷They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS." ³⁸Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left. ³⁹Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" ⁴¹Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees,{TR omits "the Pharisees"} and the elders, said, ⁴²"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'" ⁴⁴The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach. ⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.} ⁴⁶About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima{TR reads "lama" instead of "lima"} sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ⁴⁷Some of them who stood there, when they heard it, said, "This man is calling Elijah." ⁴⁸Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink. ⁴⁹The rest said, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to save him." ⁵⁰Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. ⁵¹Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God." ⁵⁵Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him. ⁵⁶Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. ⁵⁷When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus' disciple came. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. ⁵⁹Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. ⁶¹Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb. ⁶²Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, ⁶³saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.' ⁶⁴Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first." ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

¹Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ²Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it. ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. ⁴For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. ⁵The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. ⁶He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. ⁷Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you." ⁸They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word. ⁹As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. ¹⁰Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers{The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me." ¹¹Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened. ¹²When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, ¹³saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. ¹⁴If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry." ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until this day. ¹⁶But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. ¹⁷When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some doubted. ¹⁸Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹Therefore go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.