19 February - Blessed Sunday
Marcos 4
Ang Katuyoan sa mga Sambingay
(Mat. 13:10-17; Luc. 8:9-10)
10 Pagpamauli sa mga tawo, ang dose ka apostoles ug ang uban pa nga nagauban kang Jesus nangutana kaniya kon unsa ang kahulogan niadtong sambingay. 11Miingon si Jesus kanila, “Ang mga tinago mahitungod sa paghari sa Dios gisulti kaninyo sa klaro, apan sa uban nga mga tawo ang tanan nga butang mahitungod sa paghari sa Dios gisulti pinaagi sa mga sambingay, 12aron matuman ang gi-ingon sa kasulatan nga,
‘Magpadayon ang ilang pagtan-aw apan dili sila makakita,
ug magpadayon usab ang ilang pagpaminaw apan dili usab sila makasabot,
kay kon makasabot sila, maghinulsol sila ug pasayloon sila sa Dios.’ ”
(Mat. 13:18-23; Luc. 8:11-15)13Unya nangutana si Jesus kanila, “Wala ba diay kamo makasabot niadto nga sambingay? Kon mao kana, unsaon ninyo pagkasabot sa uban pa nakong mga sambingay? 14Ang kahulogan sa akong sambingay mao kini: ang gisabwag sa mag-uuma mao ang pulong sa Dios. 15Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa dalan mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo, apan miabot usab dayon si Satanas ug giilog niya ang pulong sa Dios nga gisabwag diha sa ilang mga kasingkasing. 16Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa kabatoan nga gamay lang ug yuta mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo ug diha-diha gidawat nila nga malipayon. 17Apan kini dili kinasingkasing, busa wala molungtad ang ilang pagtuo. Sa pag-abot sa kalisod o paglutos tungod sa ilang pagdawat sa pulong sa Dios mibiya sila sa ilang pagtuo. 18Ang mga binhi nga nasabwag didto sa mga sagbot nga tunokon mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadunggan sa mga tawo, 19apan tungod sa mga kabalaka sa panginabuhi ug pagpaningkamot nga makaangkon ug bahandi, ug tungod sa sobra nga pagtinguha sa uban pa nga mga kabtangan, nalimtan nila ang pulong sa Dios nga ilang nadunggan ug wala kini namunga sa ilang kinabuhi. 20Apan ang mga binhi nga nasabwag sa maayo nga yuta mao ang pulong sa Dios nga nadungog sa mga tawo ug gidawat nila sa kinasingkasing ug namunga sa ilang kinabuhi. Ang uban igo-igo lang ang bunga, ang uban daghan, ug ang uban daghan kaayo.
Daily Jewish Portion Reading:
Exodus 25
Tree of Life Version
Parashat Terumah
Tabernacle: Ark, Table, Menorah
1
Adonai spoke to Moses saying, 2 “Tell Bnei-Yisrael to take up an
offering for Me. From anyone whose heart compels him you are to take My
offering. 3 These are the contributions which you are to receive from
them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet cloth; fine
linen and goat hair; 5 ram skins dyed red, sealskins, acacia wood; 6 oil
for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; 7
onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastplate.
8
“Have them make a Sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. 9
You are to make it all precisely according to everything that I show
you—the pattern of the Tabernacle and the pattern of all the furnishings
within—just so you must make it.
10 “Now they are to make an
Ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits in length, one and a half
cubits wide, and a cubit and a half high. 11 You are to overlay it with
pure gold, inside and out, and make a crown of gold around it. 12 You
are to cast four rings of gold for it, and place them in its four feet.
Two rings will be on one side, and two rings on the other side. 13 Also
make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 You are to put
the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, in order to carry the
Ark. 15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the Ark, and not be
taken from it. 16 You are to put the Testimony, which I will give you,
into the Ark.
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Leviticus 8
Tree of Life Version
Consecration of the Kohanim
1
Then Adonai spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with
him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the
two rams and the basket of matzot. 3 Then assemble all the congregation
at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.”
4 So Moses did as
Adonai commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the
entrance of the Tent of Meeting, 5 Moses said to the congregation, “This
is what Adonai has commanded to be done.”
6 Moses brought Aaron
and his sons and washed them with water. 7 He put the tunic on Aaron,
tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him,
and tied the skillfully decorated sash of the ephod around him and
fastened it on him. 8 He then placed the breastplate on Aaron, and
inside the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 He set the
turban on his head, and on front of the turban he set the golden plate,
the holy crown, just as Adonai commanded Moses. 10 Moses took the
anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and all that was in it, and so
consecrated them. 11 He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times and
anointed the altar and all its utensils, the basin with its stand, to
consecrate them. 12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head
and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons,
and clothed them with tunics, tied sashes on them, and fastened
headbands on them, as Adonai had commanded Moses.
14 Then he
brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their
hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15 Moses then
slaughtered it, took the blood and dabbed it onto the horns of the altar
with his finger, and so purified the altar. Then he poured out the
blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for
it. 16 He then took all the fat that was on the innards, the cover of
the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and burned it up as smoke
on the altar. 17 But the bull and its hide, its flesh and its dung, he
burned with fire outside the camp, as Adonai had commanded. 18 He then
presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid
their hands on the head of the ram. 19 Then Moses slaughtered it and
splashed the blood around on the altar. 20 After he cut the ram into its
pieces, Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 He washed
the innards and the legs with water. Then Moses burned the whole ram up
in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, an
offering by fire to Adonai, as Adonai had commanded Moses.
22
Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 Moses slaughtered
it, took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear,
on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.
24 Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on the tips
of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the
great toes of their right feet. Then Moses splashed the blood around on
the altar. 25 He took the fat, the fat tail, and all the fat that was on
the innards, as well as the cover of the liver, the two kidneys with
their fat and the right thigh. 26 Then out of the basket of matzah that
was before Adonai, he took one matzah cake, one cake of oiled bread and
one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. 27 He put
all these in Aaron’s hands and in the hands of his sons, and waved them
for a wave offering before Adonai. 28 Then Moses took them from their
hands and burned them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering.
They were a consecration for a soothing aroma. It was an offering by
fire to Adonai. 29 Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave
offering before Adonai. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination,
just as Adonai commanded Moses.
30 Then Moses took some of the
anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and
sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his
sons’ garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons
and his sons’ garments with him.
31 Moses then said to Aaron
and to his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting
and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of
ordination, as I commanded, saying: ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
32 What remains of the meat and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
33
You are not to go out from the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for
seven days, until the days of your ordination are fulfilled, for he will
be filling your hands for seven days. 34 What has been done this day,
Adonai has commanded to be done, in order to make atonement for you. 35
You are to stay at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting day and night for
seven days, and keep Adonai’s command, so that you do not die, for so I
have been commanded.” 36 Thus Aaron and his sons did all the things
that Adonai commanded through Moses.
Leviticus 9
Tree of Life Version
Parashat Shemini
Kohanim Begin Their Ministry
1
Now it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron, his sons,
and the elders of Israel. 2 Then he said to Aaron, “Take a calf from the
herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without
blemish, and offer them before Adonai. 3 You are to speak to
Bnei-Yisrael, saying: Take a male goat for a sin offering, along with a
calf and a lamb, both yearlings without blemish, for a burnt offering, 4
plus a bull and a ram for fellowship offerings, to sacrifice before
Adonai, along with a grain offering mixed with oil. For today Adonai
appears to you.”
5 So they brought what Moses commanded before
the Tent of Meeting, and the entire congregation drew near and stood
before Adonai. 6 Moses said, “This is what Adonai commanded that you
shall do, so that the glory of Adonai may appear to you.” 7 Moses said
to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and bring your sin offering, and your
burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people.[a] Then present the offering for the people, and make atonement for them, as Adonai commanded.”
8
So Aaron drew near to the altar, and slaughtered the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself. 9 The sons of Aaron presented the blood
to him. Then he dipped his finger in the blood, dabbed it onto the
horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
10 But the fat, the kidneys and the cover from the liver of the sin
offering he burned up as smoke on the altar, as Adonai had commanded
Moses. 11 The flesh and the hide he burned in a fire outside the camp.
12 Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering, then his sons presented the
blood to him and he splashed it around on the altar. 13 They handed the
burnt offering to him piece by piece, along with the head, and he burned
them up as smoke on the altar. 14 He washed the innards and the legs
and he offered them in smoke upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15
Then he presented the people’s gift, took the goat of the sin offering
which was for the people, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin, just
like the first one. 16 He presented the burnt offering and offered it
according to the decree.
17 Then Aaron presented the grain
offering, filling his hand with some of it and burning it up as smoke on
the altar, alongside the burnt offering of the morning. 18 He also
slaughtered the bull and the ram as the sacrifice of fellowship
offerings for the people. Then his sons brought him the blood, which he
splashed around on the altar, 19 as well as the fat from the bull and
the ram, the fat tail, and the layer over the innards along with the
kidneys and the covering of the liver. 20 They put the fat upon the
breasts, and he burned it on the altar. 21 But the breasts and the right
thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Adonai, as Moses had
commanded. 22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and
blessed them.[b] Then he stepped down from presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.
23
Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came back
out and blessed the people, the glory of Adonai appeared to all the
people. 24 Fire came out from the presence of Adonai, and devoured the
burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it,
they shouted and fell on their faces.
Mark 4
Tree of Life Version
Storytelling Opens Hearts
1
Again Yeshua began to teach by the sea. A large crowd gathered around
Him, so He got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the crowd was by
the sea on the land. 2 He began teaching them many things by parables,
and in His teaching, He said to them: 3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went
out to spread some seed. 4 It happened that as he sowed, some fell
beside the road; and the birds came and ate it up.
5 “Other seed
fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up
immediately, because the soil wasn’t deep. 6 But when the sun came up,
it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 “Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8
“And others fell into the good soil and were producing fruit, springing
up and increasing. They yielded a crop, producing thirty, sixty, and a
hundredfold.” 9 And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10
When Yeshua was alone, those around Him with the Twelve started asking
Him about the parables. 11 And He told them, “To you has been given the
secret of the kingdom of God. But for those who are outside, everything
is in parables,[a] so that
12 ‘Seeing, they may se and not perceive, and hearing, they may hear and not understand,
so they may not turn back and be forgiven.’”[b]
13
He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you
understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are
the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear,
satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
16
“These are the ones sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word,
immediately they receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in
themselves but last only a short while. When trouble or persecution
comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
18
“And others are the ones sown among the thorns. They have heard the
word; 19 but the worries of the world, the seduction of wealth, and the
desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes
unfruitful.
20
“And those are the ones sown on the good soil. They hear the word and
accept it and produce fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
Reaping What You Sow
21
He also was saying to them, “Is a lamp put under a basket or a bed? No,
shouldn’t it be placed on a lampstand? 22 For there is nothing hidden
that will not be revealed, nor anything kept secret except that it would
come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 Then He
continued, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use,
it will be measured to you; and more will be added to you. 25 For
whoever has, to him more will be given. And whoever does not have, even
what he has will be taken away from him.”
What Is the Kingdom of God Like?
26
And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like when a man spreads seed
on the soil 27 and falls asleep at night and gets up by day, and the
seed sprouts and grows. He himself doesn’t know how. 28 Automatically,
the earth brings forth a crop—first the blade, then the head, then the
full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain is ready, at once he sends
in the sickle, for the harvest has come.”
30 Yeshua also said,
“How should we picture the kingdom of God? Or by what story shall we
present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed when it’s planted in the
ground. Though the smallest of all seeds in the earth, 32 yet when
planted it grows up and becomes the largest of all the herbs. It puts
forth big branches, so the birds of the air can nest in its shade.”[c]
33
With many such parables He used to tell them the word, as much as they
were able to hear. 34 But apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to
them. Yet when they were alone, to His own disciples He would explain
everything.
Power Over Nature
35
Now on that same day in the evening, He says to them, “Let’s cross over
to the other side.” 36 After leaving the crowd, they take Him along in
the boat, just as He was. And other boats were with Him.
37 A
great windstorm arises, and the waves were rushing into the boat. The
boat was beginning to fill up. 38 But Yeshua was in the back of the
boat, sleeping on a pillow. They wake Him up and say to Him, “Teacher,
don’t you care that we are perishing?”
39
So He woke up and rebuked the wind. And He said to the sea, “Quiet! Be
still!” Then the wind stopped, and it became totally calm. 40 And He
said to them, “Why are you afraid? Even now you have no faith?”
41 They were struck with awe and said to one another, “Who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Psalm 37:12-29
Tree of Life Version
12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord laughs at him—for He sees his day is coming.
14 The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow
to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.
15 Their sword will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16 Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, while Adonai upholds the righteous.
18 Adonai knows the days of the blameless—their inheritance endures forever.
19 They will not be ashamed in an evil time and in days of famine they will be satisfied.
20 For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Adonai will be like the beauty of the fields—
they will vanish—vanish like smoke.
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is a gracious giver.
22 For His blessed ones inherit the land. But those He curses will be cut off.
23 From Adonai a man’s steps are made firm, when He delights in his way.
24 Though he stumble, he will not fall headlong, for Adonai is holding his hand.
25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous one forsaken,
nor his children begging for bread.
26 All day long he is gracious and lends. So his offspring will be a blessing.
27 Turn from evil and do good, so you may live forever.
28 For Adonai loves justice and does not abandon His godly ones.
They will be preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
Proverbs 10:5
Tree of Life Version
5 He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
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Genesis 41:25-57
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