Yohanes 8

8:1 tetapi Yesus pergi ke bukit Zaitun. 8:2 Pagi-pagi benar Ia berada lagi di Bait Allah, dan seluruh rakyat datang kepada-Nya. Ia duduk dan mengajar mereka. 8:3 Maka ahli-ahli Taurat dan orang-orang Farisi membawa kepada-Nya seorang perempuan yang kedapatan berbuat zinah. 8:4 Mereka menempatkan perempuan itu di tengah-tengah lalu berkata kepada Yesus: “Rabi, perempuan ini tertangkap basah ketika ia sedang berbuat zinah. 8:5 Musa dalam hukum Taurat memerintahkan kita untuk melempari perempuan-perempuan yang demikian. Apakah pendapat-Mu tentang hal itu?” 8:6 Mereka mengatakan hal itu untuk mencobai Dia, supaya mereka memperoleh sesuatu untuk menyalahkan-Nya. Tetapi Yesus membungkuk lalu menulis dengan jari-Nya di tanah. 8:7 Dan ketika mereka terus-menerus bertanya kepada-Nya, Iapun bangkit berdiri lalu berkata kepada mereka: “Barangsiapa di antara kamu tidak berdosa, hendaklah ia yang pertama melemparkan batu kepada perempuan itu.” 8:8 Lalu Ia membungkuk pula dan menulis di tanah. 8:9 Tetapi setelah mereka mendengar perkataan itu, pergilah mereka seorang demi seorang, mulai dari yang tertua. Akhirnya tinggallah Yesus seorang diri dengan perempuan itu yang tetap di tempatnya. 8:10 Lalu Yesus bangkit berdiri dan berkata kepadanya: “Hai perempuan, di manakah mereka? Tidak adakah seorang yang menghukum engkau?” 8:11 Jawabnya: “Tidak ada, Tuhan.” Lalu kata Yesus: “Akupun tidak menghukum engkau. Pergilah, dan jangan berbuat dosa lagi mulai dari sekarang.”

Yesus adalah terang dunia

8:12 Maka Yesus berkata pula kepada orang banyak, kata-Nya: “Akulah terang dunia; barangsiapa mengikut Aku, ia tidak akan berjalan dalam kegelapan, melainkan ia akan mempunyai terang hidup.” 8:13 Kata orang-orang Farisi kepada-Nya: “Engkau bersaksi tentang diri-Mu, kesaksian-Mu tidak benar.” 8:14 Jawab Yesus kepada mereka, kata-Nya: “Biarpun Aku bersaksi tentang diri-Ku sendiri, namun kesaksian-Ku itu benar, sebab Aku tahu, dari mana Aku datang dan ke mana Aku pergi. Tetapi kamu tidak tahu, dari mana Aku datang dan ke mana Aku pergi. 8:15 Kamu menghakimi menurut ukuran manusia, Aku tidak menghakimi seorangpun, 8:16 dan jikalau Aku menghakimi, maka penghakiman-Ku itu benar, sebab Aku tidak seorang diri, tetapi Aku bersama dengan Dia yang mengutus Aku. 8:17 Dan dalam kitab Tauratmu ada tertulis, bahwa kesaksian dua orang adalah sah; 8:18 Akulah yang bersaksi tentang diri-Ku sendiri, dan juga Bapa, yang mengutus Aku, bersaksi tentang Aku.” 8:19 Maka kata mereka kepada-Nya: “Di manakah Bapa-Mu?” Jawab Yesus: “Baik Aku, maupun Bapa-Ku tidak kamu kenal. Jikalau sekiranya kamu mengenal Aku, kamu mengenal juga Bapa-Ku.” 8:20 Kata-kata itu dikatakan Yesus dekat perbendaharaan, waktu Ia mengajar di dalam Bait Allah. Dan tidak seorangpun yang menangkap Dia, karena saat-Nya belum tiba.

Yesus bukan dari dunia ini

8:21 Maka Yesus berkata pula kepada orang banyak: “Aku akan pergi dan kamu akan mencari Aku tetapi kamu akan mati dalam dosamu. Ke tempat Aku pergi, tidak mungkin kamu datang.” 8:22 Maka kata orang-orang Yahudi itu: “Apakah Ia mau bunuh diri dan karena itu dikatakan-Nya: Ke tempat Aku pergi, tidak mungkin kamu datang?” 8:23 Lalu Ia berkata kepada mereka: “Kamu berasal dari bawah, Aku dari atas; kamu dari dunia ini, Aku bukan dari dunia ini. 8:24 Karena itu tadi Aku berkata kepadamu, bahwa kamu akan mati dalam dosamu; sebab jikalau kamu tidak percaya, bahwa Akulah Dia, kamu akan mati dalam dosamu.” 8:25 Maka kata mereka kepada-Nya: “Siapakah Engkau?” Jawab Yesus kepada mereka: “Apakah gunanya lagi Aku berbicara dengan kamu? 8:26 Banyak yang harus Kukatakan dan Kuhakimi tentang kamu; akan tetapi Dia, yang mengutus Aku, adalah benar, dan apa yang Kudengar dari pada-Nya, itu yang Kukatakan kepada dunia.” 8:27 Mereka tidak mengerti, bahwa Ia berbicara kepada mereka tentang Bapa. 8:28 Maka kata Yesus: “Apabila kamu telah meninggikan Anak Manusia, barulah kamu tahu, bahwa Akulah Dia, dan bahwa Aku tidak berbuat apa-apa dari diri-Ku sendiri, tetapi Aku berbicara tentang hal-hal, sebagaimana diajarkan Bapa kepada-Ku. 8:29 Dan Ia, yang telah mengutus Aku, Ia menyertai Aku. Ia tidak membiarkan Aku sendiri, sebab Aku senantiasa berbuat apa yang berkenan kepada-Nya.”

Kebenaran yang memerdekakan

8:30 Setelah Yesus mengatakan semuanya itu, banyak orang percaya kepada-Nya. 8:31 Maka kata-Nya kepada orang-orang Yahudi yang percaya kepada-Nya: “Jikalau kamu tetap dalam firman-Ku, kamu benar-benar adalah murid-Ku 8:32 dan kamu akan mengetahui kebenaran, dan kebenaran itu akan memerdekakan kamu.” 8:33 Jawab mereka: “Kami adalah keturunan Abraham dan tidak pernah menjadi hamba siapapun. Bagaimana Engkau dapat berkata: Kamu akan merdeka?” 8:34 Kata Yesus kepada mereka: “Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya setiap orang yang berbuat dosa, adalah hamba dosa. 8:35 Dan hamba tidak tetap tinggal dalam rumah, tetapi anak tetap tinggal dalam rumah. 8:36 Jadi apabila Anak itu memerdekakan kamu, kamupun benar-benar merdeka.”

Keturunan Abraham yang tidak berasal dari Allah

8:37 “Aku tahu, bahwa kamu adalah keturunan Abraham, tetapi kamu berusaha untuk membunuh Aku karena firman-Ku tidak beroleh tempat di dalam kamu. 8:38 Apa yang Kulihat pada Bapa, itulah yang Kukatakan, dan demikian juga kamu perbuat tentang apa yang kamu dengar dari bapamu.” 8:39 Jawab mereka kepada-Nya: “Bapa kami ialah Abraham.” Kata Yesus kepada mereka: “Jikalau sekiranya kamu anak-anak Abraham, tentulah kamu mengerjakan pekerjaan yang dikerjakan oleh Abraham. 8:40 Tetapi yang kamu kerjakan ialah berusaha membunuh Aku; Aku, seorang yang mengatakan kebenaran kepadamu, yaitu kebenaran yang Kudengar dari Allah; pekerjaan yang demikian tidak dikerjakan oleh Abraham. 8:41 Kamu mengerjakan pekerjaan bapamu sendiri.” Jawab mereka: “Kami tidak dilahirkan dari zinah. Bapa kami satu, yaitu Allah.” 8:42 Kata Yesus kepada mereka: “Jikalau Allah adalah Bapamu, kamu akan mengasihi Aku, sebab Aku keluar dan datang dari Allah. Dan Aku datang bukan atas kehendak-Ku sendiri, melainkan Dialah yang mengutus Aku. 8:43 Apakah sebabnya kamu tidak mengerti bahasa-Ku? Sebab kamu tidak dapat menangkap firman-Ku. 8:44 Iblislah yang menjadi bapamu dan kamu ingin melakukan keinginan-keinginan bapamu. Ia adalah pembunuh manusia sejak semula dan tidak hidup dalam kebenaran, sebab di dalam dia tidak ada kebenaran. Apabila ia berkata dusta, ia berkata atas kehendaknya sendiri, sebab ia adalah pendusta dan bapa segala dusta. 8:45 Tetapi karena Aku mengatakan kebenaran kepadamu, kamu tidak percaya kepada-Ku. 8:46 Siapakah di antaramu yang membuktikan bahwa Aku berbuat dosa? Apabila Aku mengatakan kebenaran, mengapakah kamu tidak percaya kepada-Ku? 8:47 Barangsiapa berasal dari Allah, ia mendengarkan firman Allah; itulah sebabnya kamu tidak mendengarkannya, karena kamu tidak berasal dari Allah.”

Yesus sudah ada sebelum Abraham

8:48 Orang-orang Yahudi menjawab Yesus: “Bukankah benar kalau kami katakan bahwa Engkau orang Samaria dan kerasukan setan?” 8:49 Jawab Yesus: “Aku tidak kerasukan setan, tetapi Aku menghormati Bapa-Ku dan kamu tidak menghormati Aku. 8:50 Tetapi Aku tidak mencari hormat bagi-Ku: ada Satu yang mencarinya dan Dia juga yang menghakimi. 8:51 Aku berkata kepadamu: Sesungguhnya barangsiapa menuruti firman-Ku, ia tidak akan mengalami maut sampai selama-lamanya.” 8:52 Kata orang-orang Yahudi kepada-Nya: “Sekarang kami tahu, bahwa Engkau kerasukan setan. Sebab Abraham telah mati dan demikian juga nabi-nabi, namun Engkau berkata: Barangsiapa menuruti firman-Ku, ia tidak akan mengalami maut sampai selama-lamanya. 8:53 Adakah Engkau lebih besar dari pada bapa kita Abraham, yang telah mati! Nabi-nabipun telah mati; dengan siapakah Engkau samakan diri-Mu?” 8:54 Jawab Yesus: “Jikalau Aku memuliakan diri-Ku sendiri, maka kemuliaan-Ku itu sedikitpun tidak ada artinya. Bapa-Kulah yang memuliakan Aku, tentang siapa kamu berkata: Dia adalah Allah kami, 8:55 padahal kamu tidak mengenal Dia, tetapi Aku mengenal Dia. Dan jika Aku berkata: Aku tidak mengenal Dia, maka Aku adalah pendusta, sama seperti kamu, tetapi Aku mengenal Dia dan Aku menuruti firman-Nya. 8:56 Abraham bapamu bersukacita bahwa ia akan melihat hari-Ku dan ia telah melihatnya dan ia bersukacita.” 8:57 Maka kata orang-orang Yahudi itu kepada-Nya: “Umur-Mu belum sampai lima puluh tahun dan Engkau telah melihat Abraham?” 8:58 Kata Yesus kepada mereka: “Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya sebelum Abraham jadi, Aku telah ada.” 8:59 Lalu mereka mengambil batu untuk melempari Dia; tetapi Yesus menghilang dan meninggalkan Bait Allah.

Leviticus 26

26 Blessings for Obeying the Lord

The Lord said:

1 I am the Lord your God! So don’t make or worship any sort of idols or images. 2 Respect the Sabbath and honor the place where I am worshiped, because I am the Lord. 3 Faithfully obey my laws, 4 and I will send rain to make your crops grow and your trees produce fruit. 5 Your harvest of grain and grapes will be so abundant, that you won’t know what to do with it all. You will eat and be satisfied, and you will live in safety. 6 I will bless your country with peace, and you will rest without fear. I will wipe out the dangerous animals and protect you from enemy attacks. 7 You will chase and destroy your enemies, 8 even if there are only five of you and a hundred of them, or only a hundred of you and ten thousand of them. 9 I will treat you with such kindness that your nation will grow strong, and I will also keep my promises to you. 10 Your barns will overflow with grain each year. 11 I will live among you and never again look on you with disgust. 12 I will walk with you—I will be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, and I rescued you from Egypt, so that you would never again be slaves. I have set you free; now walk with your heads held high.

Punishment for Disobeying the Lord

The Lord said:

14-15 If you disobey me and my laws, and if you break our agreement, 16 I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant, 17 and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumor of attack. 18 Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins, 19 until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper. 20 All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit. 21 If you keep rebelling against me, I’ll punish you seven times worse, just as your sins deserve! 22 I’ll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble down your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted. 23 If you remain my enemies after this, 24 I’ll remain your enemy and punish you even worse. 25 War will break out because you broke our agreement, and if you escape to your walled cities, I’ll punish you with horrible diseases, and you will be captured by your enemies. 26 You will have such a shortage of bread, that ten women will be able to bake their bread in the same oven. Each of you will get only a few crumbs, and you will go hungry. 27 Then if you don’t stop rebelling, 28 I’ll really get furious and punish you terribly for your sins! 29 In fact, you will be so desperate for food that you will eat your own children. 30 I’ll destroy your shrines and tear down your incense altars, leaving your dead bodies piled on top of your idols. And you will be disgusting to me. 31 I’ll wipe out your towns and your places of worship and will no longer be pleased with the smell of your sacrifices. 32 Your land will become so desolate that even your enemies who settle there will be shocked when they see it. 33 After I destroy your towns and ruin your land with war, I’ll scatter you among the nations. 34-35 While you are prisoners in foreign lands, your own land will enjoy years of rest and refreshment, as it should have done each seventh year when you lived there. 36-37 In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you. 38 Many of you will die in foreign lands, 39 and others of you will waste away in sorrow as the result of your sins and the sins of your ancestors. 40-41 Then suppose you realize that I turned against you and brought you to the land of your enemies because both you and your ancestors had stubbornly sinned against me. If you humbly confess what you have done and start living right, 42 I’ll keep the promise I made to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will bless your land 43 and let it rest during the time that you are in a foreign country, paying for your rebellion against me and my laws. 44 No matter what you have done, I am still the Lord your God, and I will never completely reject you or become absolutely disgusted with you there in the land of your enemies. 45 While nations watched, I rescued your ancestors from Egypt so that I would be their God. Yes, I am your Lord, and I will never forget our agreement. 46 Moses was on Mount Sinai when the Lord gave him these laws and teachings for the people of Israel.

Imamat 26

Berkat

26:1 “Janganlah kamu membuat berhala bagimu, dan patung atau tugu berhala janganlah kamu dirikan bagimu; juga batu berukir janganlah kamu tempatkan di negerimu untuk sujud menyembah kepadanya, sebab Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu. 26:2 Kamu harus memelihara hari-hari Sabat-Ku dan menghormati tempat kudus-Ku, Akulah TUHAN. 26:3 Jikalau kamu hidup menurut ketetapan-Ku dan tetap berpegang pada perintah-Ku serta melakukannya, 26:4 maka Aku akan memberi kamu hujan pada masanya, sehingga tanah itu memberi hasilnya dan pohon-pohonan di ladangmu akan memberi buahnya. 26:5 Lamanya musim mengirik bagimu akan sampai kepada musim memetik buah anggur dan lamanya musim memetik buah anggur akan sampai kepada musim menabur. Kamu akan makan makananmu sampai kenyang dan diam di negerimu dengan aman tenteram. 26:6 Dan Aku akan memberi damai sejahtera di dalam negeri itu, sehingga kamu akan berbaring dengan tidak dikejutkan oleh apapun; Aku akan melenyapkan binatang buas dari negeri itu, dan pedang tidak akan melintas di negerimu. 26:7 Kamu akan mengejar musuhmu, dan mereka akan tewas di hadapanmu oleh pedang. 26:8 Lima orang dari antaramu akan mengejar seratus, dan seratus orang dari antaramu akan mengejar selaksa dan semua musuhmu akan tewas di hadapanmu oleh pedang. 26:9 Dan Aku akan berpaling kepadamu dan akan membuat kamu beranak cucu serta bertambah banyak dan Aku akan meneguhkan perjanjian-Ku dengan kamu. 26:10 Kamu masih akan makan hasil lama dari panen yang lampau, dan hasil lama itu akan kamu keluarkan untuk menyimpan yang baru. 26:11 Aku akan menempatkan Kemah Suci-Ku di tengah-tengahmu dan hati-Ku tidak akan muak melihat kamu. 26:12 Tetapi Aku akan hadir di tengah-tengahmu dan Aku akan menjadi Allahmu dan kamu akan menjadi umat-Ku. 26:13 Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu, yang membawa kamu keluar dari tanah Mesir, supaya kamu jangan lagi menjadi budak mereka. Aku telah mematahkan kayu kuk yang di atasmu dan membuat kamu berjalan tegak.”

Kutuk

26:14 “Tetapi jikalau kamu tidak mendengarkan Daku, dan tidak melakukan segala perintah itu, 26:15 jikalau kamu menolak ketetapan-Ku dan hatimu muak mendengar peraturan-Ku, sehingga kamu tidak melakukan segala perintah-Ku dan kamu mengingkari perjanjian-Ku, 26:16 maka Akupun akan berbuat begini kepadamu, yakni Aku akan mendatangkan kekejutan atasmu, batuk kering serta demam, yang membuat mata rusak dan jiwa merana; kamu akan sia-sia menabur benihmu, karena hasilnya akan habis dimakan musuhmu. 26:17 Aku sendiri akan menentang kamu, sehingga kamu akan dikalahkan oleh musuhmu, dan mereka yang membenci kamu akan menguasai kamu, dan kamu akan lari, sungguhpun tidak ada orang mengejar kamu. 26:18 Dan jikalau kamu dalam keadaan yang demikianpun tidak mendengarkan Daku, maka Aku akan lebih keras menghajar kamu sampai tujuh kali lipat karena dosamu, 26:19 dan Aku akan mematahkan kekuasaanmu yang kaubanggakan dan akan membuat langit di atasmu sebagai besi dan tanahmu sebagai tembaga. 26:20 Maka tenagamu akan habis dengan sia-sia, tanahmu tidak akan memberi hasilnya dan pohon-pohonan di tanah itu tidak akan memberi buahnya. 26:21 Jikalau hidupmu tetap bertentangan dengan Daku dan kamu tidak mau mendengarkan Daku, maka Aku akan makin menambah hukuman atasmu sampai tujuh kali lipat setimpal dengan dosamu. 26:22 Aku akan melepaskan kepadamu binatang liar yang akan memunahkan anak-anakmu dan yang akan melenyapkan ternakmu, serta membuat kamu menjadi sedikit, sehingga jalan-jalanmu menjadi sunyi. 26:23 Jikalau kamu dalam keadaan yang demikianpun tidak mau Kuajar, dan hidupmu tetap bertentangan dengan Daku, 26:24 maka Akupun akan bertindak melawan kamu dan Aku sendiri akan menghukum kamu tujuh kali lipat karena dosamu, 26:25 dan Aku akan mendatangkan ke atasmu suatu pedang, yang akan melakukan pembalasan oleh karena perjanjian itu; bila kamu berkumpul kelak di kota-kotamu, maka Aku akan melepas penyakit sampar ke tengah-tengahmu dan kamu akan diserahkan ke dalam tangan musuh. 26:26 Jika Aku memusnahkan persediaan makananmu, maka sepuluh perempuan akan membakar roti di dalam satu pembakaran. Mereka akan mengembalikan rotimu menurut timbangan tertentu, dan kamu akan makan, tetapi tidak menjadi kenyang. 26:27 Dan jikalau kamu dalam keadaan yang demikianpun tidak mendengarkan Daku, dan hidupmu tetap bertentangan dengan Daku, 26:28 maka Akupun akan bertindak keras melawan kamu dan Aku sendiri akan menghajar kamu tujuh kali lipat karena dosamu, 26:29 dan kamu akan memakan daging anak-anakmu lelaki dan anak-anakmu perempuan. 26:30 Dan bukit-bukit pengorbananmu akan Kupunahkan, dan segala pedupaanmu akan Kulenyapkan. Aku akan melemparkan bangkai-bangkaimu ke atas bangkai-bangkai berhalamu dan hati-Ku akan muak melihat kamu. 26:31 Kota-kotamu akan Kubuat menjadi reruntuhan dan tempat-tempat kudusmu akan Kurusakkan dan Aku tidak mau lagi menghirup bau persembahanmu yang menyenangkan. 26:32 Aku sendiri akan merusakkan negeri itu, sehingga musuhmu yang tinggal di situ akan tercengang karenanya. 26:33 Tetapi kamu akan Kuserakkan di antara bangsa-bangsa lain dan Aku akan menghunus pedang di belakang kamu, dan tanahmu akan menjadi tempat tandus dan kota-kotamu akan menjadi reruntuhan. 26:34 Pada waktu itulah tanah itu pulih dari dilalaikannya tahun-tahun sabatnya selama tanah itu tandus dan selama kamu tinggal di negeri musuh-musuhmu; pada waktu itulah tanah itu akan menjalani sabatnya dan dipulihkan tahun-tahun sabat yang belum didapatnya. 26:35 Selama ketandusannya tanah itu akan menjalani sabat yang belum dijalaninya pada tiap-tiap tahun sabatmu, ketika kamu masih diam di situ. 26:36 Dan mengenai mereka yang masih tinggal hidup dari antaramu, Aku akan mendatangkan kecemasan ke dalam hati mereka di dalam negeri-negeri musuh mereka, sehingga bunyi daun yang ditiupkan anginpun akan mengejar mereka, dan mereka akan lari seperti orang lari menjauhi pedang, dan mereka akan rebah, sungguhpun tidak ada orang yang mengejar. 26:37 Dan mereka akan jatuh tersandung seorang kepada seorang seolah-olah hendak menjauhi pedang, sungguhpun yang mengejar tidak ada, dan kamu tidak akan dapat bertahan di hadapan musuh-musuhmu. 26:38 Dan kamu akan binasa di antara bangsa-bangsa lain, dan negeri musuhmu akan memusnahkan kamu. 26:39 Dan siapa yang masih tinggal hidup dari antaramu, mereka akan hancur lebur dalam hukumannya di negeri-negeri musuh mereka, dan karena kesalahan nenek moyang mereka juga mereka akan hancur lebur sama seperti nenek moyangnya. 26:40 Tetapi bila mereka mengakui kesalahan mereka dan kesalahan nenek moyang mereka dalam hal berubah setia yang dilakukan mereka terhadap Aku dan mengakui juga bahwa hidup mereka bertentangan dengan Daku 26:41 –Akupun bertindak melawan mereka dan membawa mereka ke negeri musuh mereka–atau bila kemudian hati mereka yang tidak bersunat itu telah tunduk dan mereka telah membayar pulih kesalahan mereka, 26:42 maka Aku akan mengingat perjanjian-Ku dengan Yakub; juga perjanjian dengan Ishak dan perjanjian-Ku dengan Abrahampun akan Kuingat dan negeri itu akan Kuingat juga. 26:43 Jadi tanah itu akan ditinggalkan mereka dan akan pulih dari akibat tahun-tahun sabat yang dilalaikan selama tanah itu tandus, oleh karena ditinggalkan mereka, dan mereka akan membayar pulih kesalahan mereka, tak lain dan tak bukan karena mereka menolak peraturan-Ku dan hati mereka muak mendengarkan ketetapan-Ku. 26:44 Namun demikian, apabila mereka ada di negeri musuh mereka, Aku tidak akan menolak mereka dan tidak akan muak melihat mereka, sehingga Aku membinasakan mereka dan membatalkan perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka, sebab Akulah TUHAN, Allah mereka. 26:45 Untuk keselamatan mereka Aku akan mengingat perjanjian dengan orang-orang dahulu yang Kubawa keluar dari tanah Mesir di depan mata bangsa-bangsa lain, supaya Aku menjadi Allah mereka; Akulah TUHAN.” 26:46 Itulah ketetapan-ketetapan dan peraturan-peraturan serta hukum-hukum yang diberikan TUHAN, berlaku di antara Dia dengan orang Israel, di gunung Sinai, dengan perantaraan Musa.

Matthew 23

Jesus Condemns the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law of Moses (Mark 12.38-40; Luke 11.37-52; 20.45-47)

23 1 Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law are experts in the Law of Moses. 3 So obey everything they teach you, but don’t do as they do. After all, they say one thing and do something else. 4 They pile heavy burdens on people’s shoulders and won’t lift a finger to help. 5 Everything they do is just to show off in front of others. They even make a big show of wearing Scripture verses on their foreheads and arms, and they wear big tassels for everyone to see. 6 They love the best seats at banquets and the front seats in the meeting places. 7 And when they are in the market, they like to have people greet them as their teachers. 8 But none of you should be called a teacher. You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters. 9 Don’t call anyone on earth your father. All of you have the same Father in heaven. 10 None of you should be called the leader. The Messiah is your only leader. 11 Whoever is the greatest should be the servant of the others. 12 If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored. 13-14 You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You’re nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won’t go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in. 15 You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You’re nothing but show-offs. You travel over land and sea to win one follower. And when you have done so, you make that person twice as fit for hell as you are. 16 You are in for trouble! You are supposed to lead others, but you are blind. You teach that it doesn’t matter if a person swears by the temple. But you say that it does matter if someone swears by the gold in the temple. 17 You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also teach that it doesn’t matter if a person swears by the altar. But you say that it does matter if someone swears by the gift on the altar. 19 Are you blind? Which is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 Anyone who swears by the altar also swears by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple also swears by God, who lives there. 22 To swear by heaven is the same as swearing by God’s throne and by the one who sits on that throne. 23 You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you’re in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your garden, such as mint, dill, and cumin. Yet you neglect the more important matters of the Law, such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the important things you should have done, though you should not have left the others undone either. 24 You blind leaders! You strain out a small fly but swallow a camel. 25 You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you’re in for trouble! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes, while inside there is nothing but greed and selfishness. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of a cup, and then the outside will also be clean. 27 You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You’re nothing but show-offs. You’re like tombs that have been whitewashed. On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth. 28 That’s what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good. 29 You Pharisees and teachers are nothing but show-offs, and you’re in for trouble! You build monuments for the prophets and decorate the tombs of good people. 30 And you claim that you would not have taken part with your ancestors in killing the prophets. 31 But you prove that you really are the relatives of the ones who killed the prophets. 32 So keep on doing everything they did. 33 You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell? 34 I will send prophets and wise people and experts in the Law of Moses to you. But you will kill them or nail them to a cross or beat them in your meeting places or chase them from town to town. 35 That’s why you will be held guilty for the murder of every good person, beginning with the good man Abel. This also includes Barachiah’s son Zechariah, the man you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I can promise that you people living today will be punished for all these things!

Jesus Loves Jerusalem

(Luke 13.34,35)

37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn’t let me. 38 And now your temple will be deserted. 39 You won’t see me again until you say,
“Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.”

Luke 3

The Preaching of John the Baptist

(Matthew 3.1-12; Mark 1.1-8; John 1.19-28)

3 1 For fifteen years Emperor Tiberius had ruled that part of the world. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was the ruler of Galilee. Herod’s brother, Philip, was the ruler in the countries of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene. 2 Annas and Caiaphas were the Jewish high priests. At that time God spoke to Zechariah’s son John, who was living in the desert. 3 So John went along the Jordan Valley, telling the people, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.” 4 Isaiah the prophet wrote about John when he said,
“In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him. 5 Fill up every valley and level every mountain and hill. Straighten the crooked paths and smooth out the rough roads. 6 Then everyone will see the saving power of God.’ ”
7 Crowds of people came out to be baptized, but John said to them, “You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment? 8 Do something to show that you really have given up your sins. Don’t start saying that you belong to Abraham’s family. God can turn these stones into children for Abraham. 9 An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.” 10 The crowds asked John, “What should we do?” 11 John told them, “If you have two coats, give one to someone who doesn’t have any. If you have food, share it with someone else.” 12 When tax collectors came to be baptized, they asked John, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13 John told them, “Don’t make people pay more than they owe.” 14 Some soldiers asked him, “And what about us? What do we have to do?” John told them, “Don’t force people to pay money to make you leave them alone. Be satisfied with your pay.” 15 Everyone became excited and wondered, “Could John be the Messiah?” 16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in his barn and burn the husks with a fire that never goes out.” 18 In many different ways John preached the good news to the people. 19 But to Herod the ruler, he said, “It was wrong for you to take Herodias, your brother’s wife.” John also said that Herod had done many other bad things. 20 Finally, Herod put John in jail, and this was the worst thing he had done.

The Baptism of Jesus

(Matthew 3.13-17; Mark 1.9-11)

21 While everyone else was being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Then as he prayed, the sky opened up, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear Son, and I am pleased with you.”

The Ancestors of Jesus

(Matthew 1.1-17)

23 When Jesus began to preach, he was about thirty years old. Everyone thought he was the son of Joseph. But his family went back through Heli, 24 Matthat, Levi, Melchi, Jannai, Joseph, 25 Mattathias, Amos, Nahum, Esli, Naggai, 26 Maath, Mattathias, Semein, Josech, Joda; 27 Joanan, Rhesa, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel, Neri, 28 Melchi, Addi, Cosam, Elmadam, Er, 29 Joshua, Eliezer, Jorim, Matthat, Levi; 30 Simeon, Judah, Joseph, Jonam, Eliakim, 31 Melea, Menna, Mattatha, Nathan, David, 32 Jesse, Obed, Boaz, Salmon, Nahshon; 33 Amminadab, Admin, Arni, Hezron, Perez, Judah, 34 Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Terah, Nahor, 35 Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Shelah; 36 Cainan, Arphaxad, Shem, Noah, Lamech, 37 Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalaleel, Kenan, 38 Enosh, and Seth. The family of Jesus went all the way back to Adam and then to God.

Matthew 18

Who Is the Greatest?

(Mark 9.33-37; Luke 9.46-48)

18 1 About this time the disciples came to Jesus and asked him who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 2 Jesus called a child over and had the child stand near him. 3 Then he said: I promise you this. If you don’t change and become like a child, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven. 4 But if you are as humble as this child, you are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And when you welcome one of these children because of me, you welcome me.

Temptations To Sin

(Mark 9.42-48; Luke 17.1,2)

6 It will be terrible for people who cause even one of my little followers to sin. Those people would be better off thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their necks! 7 The world is in for trouble because of the way it causes people to sin. There will always be something to cause people to sin, but anyone who does this will be in for trouble. 8 If your hand or foot causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! You would be better off to go into life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the fire that never goes out. 9 If your eye causes you to sin, poke it out and get rid of it. You would be better off to go into life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fires of hell.

The Lost Sheep

(Luke 15.3-7)

10-11 Don’t be cruel to any of these little ones! I promise you that their angels are always with my Father in heaven. 12 Let me ask you this. What would you do if you had a hundred sheep and one of them wandered off? Wouldn’t you leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go look for the one that had wandered away? 13 I am sure that finding it would make you happier than having the ninety-nine that never wandered off. 14 That’s how it is with your Father in heaven. He doesn’t want any of these little ones to be lost.

When Someone Sins

(Luke 17.3)

15 If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower. 16 But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses. 17 If the follower refuses to listen to them, report the matter to the church. Anyone who refuses to listen to the church must be treated like an unbeliever or a tax collector.

Allowing and Not Allowing

18 I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but he will not allow anything you don’t allow. 19 I promise that when any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.

An Official Who Refused To Forgive

21 Peter came up to the Lord and asked, “How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?” 22 Jesus answered: Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! 23 This story will show you what the kingdom of heaven is like: One day a king decided to call in his officials and ask them to give an account of what they owed him. 24 As he was doing this, one official was brought in who owed him fifty million silver coins. 25 But he didn’t have any money to pay what he owed. The king ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he owned, in order to pay the debt. 26 The official got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!” 27 The king felt sorry for him and let him go free. He even told the official that he did not have to pay back the money. 28 As the official was leaving, he happened to meet another official, who owed him a hundred silver coins. So he grabbed the man by the throat. He started choking him and said, “Pay me what you owe!” 29 The man got down on his knees and began begging, “Have pity on me, and I will pay you back.” 30 But the first official refused to have pity. Instead, he went and had the other official put in jail until he could pay what he owed. 31 When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened. 32 The king called the first official back in and said, “You’re an evil man! When you begged for mercy, I said you did not have to pay back a cent. 33 Don’t you think you should show pity to someone else, as I did to you?” 34 The king was so angry that he ordered the official to be tortured until he could pay back everything he owed. 35 That is how my Father in heaven will treat you, if you don’t forgive each of my followers with all your heart.

Luke 12

Warnings

12 1 As thousands of people crowded around Jesus and were stepping on each other, he told his disciples: Be sure to guard against the dishonest teaching of the Pharisees! It is their way of fooling people. 2 Everything that is hidden will be found out, and every secret will be known. 3 Whatever you say in the dark will be heard when it is day. Whatever you whisper in a closed room will be shouted from the housetops.

The One To Fear

(Matthew 10.28-31)

4 My friends, don’t be afraid of people. They can kill you, but after that, there is nothing else they can do. 5 God is the one you must fear. Not only can he take your life, but he can throw you into hell. God is certainly the one you should fear! 6 Five sparrows are sold for just two pennies, but God doesn’t forget a one of them. 7 Even the hairs on your head are counted. So don’t be afraid! You are worth much more than many sparrows.

Telling Others about Christ

(Matthew 10.32,33; 12.32; 10.19,20)

8 If you tell others that you belong to me, the Son of Man will tell God’s angels that you are my followers. 9 But if you reject me, you will be rejected in front of them. 10 If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven. 11 When you are brought to trial in the Jewish meeting places or before rulers or officials, don’t worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say. 12 At that time the Holy Spirit will tell you what to say.

A Rich Fool

13 A man in a crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of what our father left us when he died.” 14 Jesus answered, “Who gave me the right to settle arguments between you and your brother?” 15 Then he said to the crowd, “Don’t be greedy! Owning a lot of things won’t make your life safe.” 16 So Jesus told them this story: A rich man’s farm produced a big crop, 17 and he said to himself, “What can I do? I don’t have a place large enough to store everything.” 18 Later, he said, “Now I know what I’ll do. I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I can store all my grain and other goods. 19 Then I’ll say to myself, ‘You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ” 20 But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?” 21 “This is what happens to people who store up everything for themselves, but are poor in the sight of God.”

Worry

(Matthew 6.25-34)

22 Jesus said to his disciples: I tell you not to worry about your life! Don’t worry about having something to eat or wear. 23 Life is more than food or clothing. 24 Look at the crows! They don’t plant or harvest, and they don’t have storehouses or barns. But God takes care of them. You are much more important than any birds. 25 Can worry make you live longer? 26 If you don’t have power over small things, why worry about everything else? 27 Look how the wild flowers grow! They don’t work hard to make their clothes. But I tell you that Solomon with all his wealth wasn’t as well clothed as one of these flowers. 28 God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. Won’t he do even more for you? You have such little faith! 29 Don’t keep worrying about having something to eat or drink. 30 Only people who don’t know God are always worrying about such things. Your Father knows what you need. 31 But put God’s work first, and these things will be yours as well.

Treasures in Heaven

(Matthew 6.19-21)

32 My little group of disciples, don’t be afraid! Your Father wants to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves moneybags that never wear out. Make sure your treasure is safe in heaven, where thieves cannot steal it and moths cannot destroy it. 34 Your heart will always be where your treasure is.

Faithful and Unfaithful Servants

(Matthew 24.45-51)

35 Be ready and keep your lamps burning 36 just like those servants who wait up for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he comes and knocks, they open the door for him. 37 Servants are fortunate if their master finds them awake and ready when he comes! I promise you that he will get ready and have his servants sit down so he can serve them. 38 Those servants are really fortunate if their master finds them ready, even though he comes late at night or early in the morning. 39 You would surely not let a thief break into your home, if you knew when the thief was coming. 40 So always be ready! You don’t know when the Son of Man will come. 41 Peter asked Jesus, “Did you say this just for us or for everyone?” 42 The Lord answered: Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time? 43 Servants are fortunate if their master comes and finds them doing their job. 44 A servant who is always faithful will surely be put in charge of everything the master owns. 45 But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won’t return until late. Suppose that servant starts beating all the other servants and eats and drinks and gets drunk. 46 If that happens, the master will come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him. That servant will then be punished and thrown out with the servants who cannot be trusted. 47 If servants are not ready or willing to do what their master wants them to do, they will be beaten hard. 48 But servants who don’t know what their master wants them to do will not be beaten so hard for doing wrong. If God has been generous with you, he will expect you to serve him well. But if he has been more than generous, he will expect you to serve him even better.

Not Peace, but Trouble

(Matthew 10.34-36)

49 I came to set fire to the earth, and I wish it were already on fire! 50 I am going to be put to a hard test. And I will have to suffer a lot of pain until it is over. 51 Do you think that I came to bring peace to earth? No indeed! I came to make people choose sides. 52 A family of five will be divided, with two of them against the other three. 53 Fathers and sons will turn against one another, and mothers and daughters will do the same. Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will also turn against each other.

Knowing What To Do

(Matthew 16.2,3; 5.25,26)

54 Jesus said to all the people: As soon as you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say, “It’s going to rain,” and it does. 55 When the south wind blows, you say, “It’s going to get hot,” and it does. 56 Are you trying to fool someone? You can predict the weather by looking at the earth and sky, but you don’t really know what’s going on right now. 57 Why don’t you understand the right thing to do? 58 When someone accuses you of something, try to settle things before you are taken to court. If you don’t, you will be dragged before the judge. Then the judge will hand you over to the jailer, and you will be locked up. 59 You won’t get out until you have paid the last cent you owe.

Isaiah 43 43 The Lord Has Rescued His People 1 Descendants of Jacob, I, the Lord, created you and formed your nation. Israel, don’t be afraid. I have rescued you. I have called you by name; now you belong to me. 2 When you cross deep rivers, I will be with you, and you won’t drown. When you walk through fire, you won’t be burned or scorched by the flames. 3 I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the God who saves you. I gave up Egypt, Ethiopia, and the region of Seba in exchange for you. 4 To me, you are very dear, and I love you. That’s why I gave up nations and people to rescue you. 5 Don’t be afraid! I am with you. From both east and west I will bring you together. 6 I will say to the north and to the south, “Free my sons and daughters! Let them return from distant lands. 7 They are my people— I created each of them to bring honor to me.” The Lord Alone Is God The Lord said: 8 Bring my people together. They have eyes and ears, but they can’t see or hear. 9 Tell everyone of every nation to gather around. None of them can honestly say, “We told you so!” If someone heard them say this, then tell us about it now. 10 My people, you are my witnesses and my chosen servant. I want you to know me, to trust me, and understand that I alone am God. I have always been God; there can be no others. 11 I alone am the Lord; only I can rescue you. 12 I promised to save you, and I kept my promise. You are my witnesses that no other god did this. I, the Lord, have spoken. 13 I am God now and forever. No one can snatch you from me or stand in my way. The Lord Will Prepare the Way 14 I, the Lord, will rescue you! I am Israel’s holy God, and this is my promise: For your sake, I will send an army against Babylon to drag its people away, crying as they go. 15 I am the Lord, your holy God, Israel’s Creator and King. 16 I am the one who cut a path through the mighty ocean. 17 I sent an army to chase you with chariots and horses; now they lie dead, unable to move. They are like an oil lamp with the flame snuffed out. Forget the Past The Lord said: 18 Forget what happened long ago! Don’t think about the past. 19 I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, streams in thirsty lands. 20 Every wild animal honors me, even jackals and owls. I provide water in deserts— streams in thirsty lands for my chosen people. 21 I made them my own nation, so they would praise me. 22 I, the Lord, said to Israel: You have become weary, but not from worshiping me. 23 You have not honored me by sacrificing sheep or other animals. And I have not burdened you with demands for sacrifices or sweet-smelling incense. 24 You have not brought delicious spices for me or given me the best part of your sacrificed animals. Instead, you burden me down with your terrible sins. 25 But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. And so, I will forget the wrongs you have done. 26 Meet me in court! State your case and prove that you are right. 27 Your earliest ancestor and all of your leaders rebelled against me. 28 That’s why I don’t allow your priests to serve me; I let Israel be destroyed and your people disgraced.

Yesaya 43

Allah adalah satu-satunya penebus

43:1 Tetapi sekarang, beginilah firman TUHAN yang menciptakan engkau, hai Yakub, yang membentuk engkau, hai Israel: “Janganlah takut, sebab Aku telah menebus engkau, Aku telah memanggil engkau dengan namamu, engkau ini kepunyaan-Ku. 43:2 Apabila engkau menyeberang melalui air, Aku akan menyertai engkau, atau melalui sungai-sungai, engkau tidak akan dihanyutkan; apabila engkau berjalan melalui api, engkau tidak akan dihanguskan, dan nyala api tidak akan membakar engkau. 43:3 Sebab Akulah TUHAN, Allahmu, Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel, Juruselamatmu. Aku menebus engkau dengan Mesir, dan memberikan Etiopia dan Syeba sebagai gantimu. 43:4 Oleh karena engkau berharga di mata-Ku dan mulia, dan Aku ini mengasihi engkau, maka Aku memberikan manusia sebagai gantimu, dan bangsa-bangsa sebagai ganti nyawamu. 43:5 Janganlah takut, sebab Aku ini menyertai engkau, Aku akan mendatangkan anak cucumu dari timur, dan Aku akan menghimpun engkau dari barat. 43:6 Aku akan berkata kepada utara: Berikanlah! dan kepada selatan: Janganlah tahan-tahan! Bawalah anak-anak-Ku laki-laki dari jauh, dan anak-anak-Ku perempuan dari ujung-ujung bumi, 43:7 semua orang yang disebutkan dengan nama-Ku yang Kuciptakan untuk kemuliaan-Ku, yang Kubentuk dan yang juga Kujadikan!”

Israel sebagai saksi TUHAN

43:8 Biarlah orang membawa tampil bangsa yang buta sekalipun ada matanya, yang tuli sekalipun ada telinganya! 43:9 Biarlah berhimpun bersama-sama segala bangsa-bangsa, dan biarlah berkumpul suku-suku bangsa! Siapakah di antara mereka yang dapat memberitahukan hal-hal ini, yang dapat mengabarkan kepada kita hal-hal yang dahulu? Biarlah mereka membawa saksi-saksinya, supaya mereka nyata benar; biarlah orang mendengarnya dan berkata: “Benar demikian!” 43:10 “Kamu inilah saksi-saksi-Ku,” demikianlah firman TUHAN, “dan hamba-Ku yang telah Kupilih, supaya kamu tahu dan percaya kepada-Ku dan mengerti, bahwa Aku tetap Dia. Sebelum Aku tidak ada Allah dibentuk, dan sesudah Aku tidak akan ada lagi. 43:11 Aku, Akulah TUHAN dan tidak ada juruselamat selain dari pada-Ku. 43:12 Akulah yang memberitahukan, menyelamatkan dan mengabarkan, dan bukannya allah asing yang ada di antaramu. Kamulah saksi-saksi-Ku,” demikianlah firman TUHAN, “dan Akulah Allah. 43:13 Juga seterusnya Aku tetap Dia, dan tidak ada yang dapat melepaskan dari tangan-Ku; Aku melakukannya, siapakah yang dapat mencegahnya?” 43:14 Beginilah firman TUHAN, Penebusmu, Yang Mahakudus, Allah Israel: “Oleh karena kamu Aku mau menyuruh orang ke Babel dan mau membuka semua palang-palang pintu penjara, dan sorak-sorai orang Kasdim menjadi keluh kesah. 43:15 Akulah TUHAN, Yang Mahakudus, Allahmu, Rajamu, yang menciptakan Israel.” 43:16 Beginilah firman TUHAN, yang telah membuat jalan melalui laut dan melalui air yang hebat, 43:17 yang telah menyuruh kereta dan kuda keluar untuk berperang, juga tentara dan orang gagah–mereka terbaring, tidak dapat bangkit, sudah mati, sudah padam sebagai sumbu–, 43:18 firman-Nya: “Janganlah ingat-ingat hal-hal yang dahulu, dan janganlah perhatikan hal-hal yang dari zaman purbakala! 43:19 Lihat, Aku hendak membuat sesuatu yang baru, yang sekarang sudah tumbuh, belumkah kamu mengetahuinya? Ya, Aku hendak membuat jalan di padang gurun dan sungai-sungai di padang belantara. 43:20 Binatang hutan akan memuliakan Aku, serigala dan burung unta, sebab Aku telah membuat air memancar di padang gurun dan sungai-sungai di padang belantara, untuk memberi minum umat pilihan-Ku; 43:21 umat yang telah Kubentuk bagi-Ku akan memberitakan kemasyhuran-Ku.”

Dosa Israel diampuni

43:22 “Sungguh, engkau tidak memanggil Aku, hai Yakub, dan engkau tidak bersusah-susah karena Aku, hai Israel. 43:23 Engkau tidak membawa domba korban bakaranmu bagi-Ku, dan tidak memuliakan Aku dengan korban sembelihanmu. Aku tidak memberati engkau dengan menuntut korban sajian atau menyusahi engkau dengan menuntut kemenyan. 43:24 Engkau tidak membeli tebu wangi bagi-Ku dengan uang atau mengenyangkan Aku dengan lemak korban sembelihanmu. Tetapi engkau memberati Aku dengan dosamu, engkau menyusahi Aku dengan kesalahanmu. 43:25 Aku, Akulah Dia yang menghapus dosa pemberontakanmu oleh karena Aku sendiri, dan Aku tidak mengingat-ingat dosamu. 43:26 Ingatkanlah Aku, marilah kita berperkara, kemukakanlah segala sesuatu, supaya engkau nyata benar! 43:27 Bapa leluhurmu yang pertama sudah berdosa, dan jurubicaramu telah memberontak terhadap Aku. 43:28 Jadi Aku terpaksa menajiskan pemimpin-pemimpin tempat kudus, dan terpaksa menyerahkan Yakub untuk ditumpas dan Israel untuk dinista.”

Matthew 8

Jesus Heals a Man

(Mark 1.40-45; Luke 5.12-16)

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1 As Jesus came down the mountain, he was followed by large crowds. 2 Suddenly a man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus. He said, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.” 3 Jesus put his hand on the man and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man’s leprosy disappeared. 4 Jesus told him, “Don’t tell anyone about this, but go and show the priest that you are well. Then take a gift to the temple just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”

Jesus Heals an Army Officer’s Servant

(Luke 7.1-10; John 4.43-54)

5 When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said, 6 “Lord, my servant is at home in such terrible pain that he can’t even move.” 7 “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied. 8 But the officer said, “Lord, I’m not good enough for you to come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well. 9 I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “I tell you that in all of Israel I’ve never found anyone with this much faith! 11 Many people will come from everywhere to enjoy the feast in the kingdom of heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 12 But the ones who should have been in the kingdom will be thrown out into the dark. They will cry and grit their teeth in pain.” 13 Then Jesus said to the officer, “You may go home now. Your faith has made it happen.” Right then his servant was healed.

Jesus Heals Many People

(Mark 1.29-34; Luke 4.38-41)

14 Jesus went to the home of Peter, where he found that Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever. 15 He took her by the hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served Jesus a meal. 16 That evening many people with demons in them were brought to Jesus. And with only a word he forced out the evil spirits and healed everyone who was sick. 17 So God’s promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said,
“He healed our diseases and made us well.”

Some Who Wanted To Go with Jesus

(Luke 9.57-62)

18 When Jesus saw the crowd, he went across Lake Galilee. 19 A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, “Teacher, I’ll go anywhere with you!” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn’t have a place to call his own.” 21 Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, let me wait till I bury my father.” 22 Jesus answered, “Come with me, and let the dead bury their dead.”

A Storm

(Mark 4.35-41; Luke 8.22-25)

23 After Jesus left in a boat with his disciples, 24 a terrible storm suddenly struck the lake, and waves started splashing into their boat. Jesus was sound asleep, 25 so the disciples went over to him and woke him up. They said, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” 26 But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You surely don’t have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm. 27 The men in the boat were amazed and said, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him.”

Two Men with Demons in Them

(Mark 5.1-20; Luke 8.26-39)

28 After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs. They were so fierce that no one could travel that way. 29 Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?” 30 Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!” 32 Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the pigs. All at once the pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. 33 The people taking care of the pigs ran to the town and told everything, especially what had happened to the two men. 34 Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.