Wednesday, April 7

1Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

2But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

5Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.'

6Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

7Then Jesus said to them again, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

21For behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from His holy place upon the inhabitants of the earth, and the earth will uncover its blood and will not cover its slain.

1In that day, God will bring His holy, great, and strong sword upon the fleeing dragon serpent, the perverse dragon serpent that flees; and He shall destroy the dragon.

2In that day, there shall be a beautiful vineyard, and a desire to begin a hymn against a city:

3'I am a strong city, a besieged city; I water it in vain; for it shall be taken at night, and its wall shall fall by day.

4There is no woman who has not taken hold of it. Who will appoint me to guard straw in a field? I rejected it because of this enemy. For that very reason therefore, the Lord God did all the things He ordered. I am burned down.'

5Those who dwell in it will cry out, 'Let us make peace with Him, let us make peace.'

6Those who come are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and put forth flowers, and the inhabited earth shall be filled with its fruit.

7As he struck, shall he not be thus struck? As he slew, shall he not be thus slain?

8Fighting and denouncing he shall send them away. Did you not think with a harsh spirit about killing them in a spirit of anger?

9Therefore the lawlessness of Jacob will be removed; and this is his blessing when I take away his sin, when they make all the stones of the altars beaten like fine dust. Their trees do not remain, and their idols shall be cut down like a distant forest.

18Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

20Then Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.

21So he drank of the wine and was drunk and naked in his house.

22Now Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

23But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walking backwards they covered their father's nakedness. Since their faces were turned away, they did not see his nakedness.

24Thus when Noah became sober and knew what his younger son had done to him,

25he said: 'Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.'

26'Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, And Canaan shall be his servant.

27May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem.

28Let Canaan be his servant as well.' Now Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

29So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

1Now this is the genealogy of Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and sons were born to them after the flood.

23Nothing unrighteous will ever be pleasing to the righteous, But the ungodly will be filled with evil things.

24Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But he who shows faithfulness is acceptable to Him.

25A man of understanding is a throne of perception, But the heart of the undiscerning will meet with curses.

26The hand of the chosen shall prevail easily, But the deceitful shall be for captivity.

27A fearful word troubles the heart of a righteous man, But a good message makes him glad.

28A righteous arbiter shall be his own friend, But the decisions of the ungodly are unreasonable.

29Evil things shall pursue sinners, And the way of the ungodly will lead them astray.

30A deceitful man will not gain his prey, But a pure man is a precious possession.

31In the ways of righteousness there is life, But the ways of remembering wrongs are unto death.

1An astute son is obedient to his father, But a disobedient son is for destruction.

2A good man eats from the fruits of righteousness, But the souls of the lawless will destroy themselves before their time.

3He who guards his mouth keeps his own soul, But he who is hasty with his lips will dismay himself.

4Every idle man has desire, But the hands of the courageous are diligent.

5A righteous man hates an unrighteous word, But an ungodly man is ashamed and will not have confidence.

6Righteousness guards the simple, But sin makes the ungodly worthless.

7There are those with nothing who make themselves rich, And there are those, though very rich, who humble themselves.

8The ransom of a man's soul is his own wealth, But the poor man does not withstand a threat.

9Light is with the righteous continually, But the light of the ungodly is extinguished.

26For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

27who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

1Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

9I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

11'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

12But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

13The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

14I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.

15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

16And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.