How to Become Blessed!
Truly Blessed!
By Riqui Ricón*
Then said Pilate to the chief
priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth
up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place... Then Pilate, when
he had called together the chief priests
and the rulers
and the people,
Said unto them, Ye have
brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I,
having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those
things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod:
for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I
will therefore chastise him, and release him... And he said unto them the third
time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I
will therefore chastise him, and let him go... And Pilate gave sentence that it
should be as they required. And he released
unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had
desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. (Luke
23:4-5, 13-16, 22, 24-25, KJV)
Three times Pilate recognized that Jesus was innocent of everything
they accused Him of! In the end, he gave in to the pressure of the Jewish religious
leaders to commit an act of injustice.
However, that lack of human justice was what satisfied the justice
of God: Jesus, the only begotten Son of the Father, paid, with His own life, the just punishment for all your sins!
For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God, being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit (1 Peter
3:18, KJV).
What Jesus finally
achieved by dying on that cross out of Love for you, only
God can offer you, for it goes far beyond divine mercy.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (Ephesians
2:4-7, KJV).
God, by raising
Jesus Christ, raised you too and gave you a place in heaven,
alongside Christ Jesus!
Ah, but that place in heaven alongside
Christ Jesus is not just any place;
only the legitimate Children of God can sit there!
Do you realize
it? It is not only that He saved you from being lost in hell for all
eternity because of what you did with your life,
but that the act of justice and love was so full and abundant, that
it now allows you to receive the New Life that God always desired for you as
His own Son or Daughter.
Blessed is he whose transgression
is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is
no guile (Psalm 32:1-2, KJV).
That man, that woman, whom God no longer
blames for iniquity is you—yes, you! His beloved
child. And, therefore, according to the Scriptures, this makes
you a Blessed person, which means that you are empowered by the Word of God to
live a full and abundant life and be a thousand times happy.
The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly
(John 10:10, KJV).
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son to pay for all
your sins rather than lose you!
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John
3:16-17, KJV).
With His death, Jesus Christ
paid for all your sins, making you righteous before God. Just as you died with Him on that cross for your
justification, in the same way, you ROSE with Him to receive
the Eternal Life of a Child of God.
We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that, just
as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the
Father, we too may live a new life (Romans
6:4, NIV).
Now, through that lack of human justice that satisfied God's justice
on the cross, with all fairness, God Himself calls you His own child. And in honor of the
Truth, that is exactly what you are: a Born Again Child of God!
See how very much our
heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we
really are! But the people who belong to this world don’t know God, so they don’t understand that we are his children (1 John 3:1, NLT).
Let’s pray out loud:
Thank You, Lord, for Your great love with
which You loved me. Every day, as I read and meditate more on Your Word, I
realize how much You have loved me and how truly blessed I am! I know now that
because of what You did for me on the cross, Lord Jesus, I was not only
forgiven for all my sins, but above all, God the Almighty has adopted me as His
own child, according to the good pleasure of His Will. I am in Christ and old things
have passed away; behold, my WHOLE life is made New. Thank You,
beloved Heavenly Father, thank You so much. Today I can stand up and face any
adverse circumstance in my life because I
know that I know that You, my God,
are with me. What
then shall we say to these things? If God be for me, who can be against
me? He who spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for love of me, how
shall He not with Him also freely give me all things? Thank You, Abba, Father!
Today I pray to You to declare in
full certainty of faith that in all things I am more than a conqueror through
Him who has loved me, Christ Jesus. So, I can do ALL things through Christ who
strengthens me. I am Your Child and I have already overcome, because greater
are You, who are in me, than he who is in the world. I am healed! I am free! I
am prosperous! I am joyful! I am a Child of the King! In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You
will notice that the program
is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
February
1 Luke 23.1-25
/ Genesis 41 / Psalm 32
Luke
23 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto
Pilate.
2 And they began to
accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute
to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ
a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this
man.
5 And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth
up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6 When Pilate
heard of Galilee,
he asked whether
the man were a Galilaean.
7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod,
who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding
glad: for he was desirous
to see him of a long season,
because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him.
9 Then he questioned with him in many words;
but he answered him nothing.
10
And the chief priests and scribes stood
and vehemently accused
him.
11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends
together: for before they were at enmity between
themselves.
13 And Pilate,
when he had called together
the chief priests
and the rulers and the
people,
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought
this man unto me, as one that perverteth
the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault
in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
15 No, nor yet Herod:
for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
worthy of death
is done unto him.
16 I will therefore chastise
him, and release
him.
17 (For of necessity he must release
one unto them at the feast.)
18 And they cried out all at once, saying,
Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19 (Who for a certain
sedition made in the city,
and for murder,
was cast into prison.)
20
Pilate therefore, willing
to release Jesus,
spake again to
them.
21 But they cried, saying,
Crucify him, crucify
him.
22 And he said unto them the third time,
Why, what evil hath he done? I have
found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23 And they were instant
with loud voices,
requiring that he might be crucified.
And the voices of them and of the chief priests
prevailed.
24 And Pilate
gave sentence that it should
be as they required.
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but
he delivered Jesus to their will.
Genesis
41 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the
river.
2 And, behold,
there came up out of the river
seven well favoured
kine and fatfleshed; and they
fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold,
seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other
kine upon the brink of the
river.
4 And the ill favoured
and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time:
and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold,
seven thin ears and blasted
with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning
that his spirit
was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there
was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying,
I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants,
and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the
chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night,
I and he; we dreamed
each man according to the
interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was
there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did
interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh
sent and called Joseph, and they brought
him hastily out of
the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto
Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold,
there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well
favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold,
seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known
that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream,
and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
23 And, behold,
seven ears, withered,
thin, and blasted
with the east wind,
sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the
magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph
said unto Pharaoh,
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven
years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years
of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:
What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of
Egypt:
30 And there shall
arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;
and the famine shall consume
the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason
of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice;
it is because the thing is
established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore
let Pharaoh look out a man discreet
and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh
do this, and let him appoint officers
over the land, and take up
the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather
all the food of those good years that come, and lay up
corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food
shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through
the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh
said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according
unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
See, I have set thee over all the land of
Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh
took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine
linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot
which he had; and they cried
before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without
thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the
land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh
called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty
years old when he stood before Pharaoh
king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which
were in the land of Egypt,
and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round
about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left
numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto
him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and
all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second
called he Ephraim:
For God hath caused me to
be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years
of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended.
54 And the seven years
of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said:
and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto
all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the
Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Psalm
32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence,
my bones waxed old through
my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture
is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my
sin. Selah.
6 For this shall
every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters
they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding
place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which
thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse,
or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows
shall be to the wicked:
but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart
By Riqui Ricón*
Then said Pilate to the chief
priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth
up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place... Then Pilate, when
he had called together the chief priests
and the rulers
and the people,
Said unto them, Ye have
brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I,
having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those
things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod:
for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I
will therefore chastise him, and release him... And he said unto them the third
time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I
will therefore chastise him, and let him go... And Pilate gave sentence that it
should be as they required. And he released
unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had
desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. (Luke
23:4-5, 13-16, 22, 24-25, KJV)
Three times Pilate recognized that Jesus was innocent of everything
they accused Him of! In the end, he gave in to the pressure of the Jewish religious
leaders to commit an act of injustice.
However, that lack of human justice was what satisfied the justice
of God: Jesus, the only begotten Son of the Father, paid, with His own life, the just punishment for all your sins!
For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us to God, being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit (1 Peter
3:18, KJV).
What Jesus finally
achieved by dying on that cross out of Love for you, only
God can offer you, for it goes far beyond divine mercy.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew the
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus (Ephesians
2:4-7, KJV).
God, by raising
Jesus Christ, raised you too and gave you a place in heaven,
alongside Christ Jesus!
Ah, but that place in heaven alongside
Christ Jesus is not just any place;
only the legitimate Children of God can sit there!
Do you realize
it? It is not only that He saved you from being lost in hell for all
eternity because of what you did with your life,
but that the act of justice and love was so full and abundant, that
it now allows you to receive the New Life that God always desired for you as
His own Son or Daughter.
Blessed is he whose transgression
is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is
no guile (Psalm 32:1-2, KJV).
That man, that woman, whom God no longer
blames for iniquity is you—yes, you! His beloved
child. And, therefore, according to the Scriptures, this makes
you a Blessed person, which means that you are empowered by the Word of God to
live a full and abundant life and be a thousand times happy.
The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly
(John 10:10, KJV).
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son to pay for all
your sins rather than lose you!
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John
3:16-17, KJV).
With His death, Jesus Christ
paid for all your sins, making you righteous before God. Just as you died with Him on that cross for your
justification, in the same way, you ROSE with Him to receive
the Eternal Life of a Child of God.
We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that, just
as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the
Father, we too may live a new life (Romans
6:4, NIV).
Now, through that lack of human justice that satisfied God's justice
on the cross, with all fairness, God Himself calls you His own child. And in honor of the
Truth, that is exactly what you are: a Born Again Child of God!
See how very much our
heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we
really are! But the people who belong to this world don’t know God, so they don’t understand that we are his children (1 John 3:1, NLT).
Let’s pray out loud:
Thank You, Lord, for Your great love with
which You loved me. Every day, as I read and meditate more on Your Word, I
realize how much You have loved me and how truly blessed I am! I know now that
because of what You did for me on the cross, Lord Jesus, I was not only
forgiven for all my sins, but above all, God the Almighty has adopted me as His
own child, according to the good pleasure of His Will. I am in Christ and old things
have passed away; behold, my WHOLE life is made New. Thank You,
beloved Heavenly Father, thank You so much. Today I can stand up and face any
adverse circumstance in my life because I
know that I know that You, my God,
are with me. What
then shall we say to these things? If God be for me, who can be against
me? He who spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for love of me, how
shall He not with Him also freely give me all things? Thank You, Abba, Father!
Today I pray to You to declare in
full certainty of faith that in all things I am more than a conqueror through
Him who has loved me, Christ Jesus. So, I can do ALL things through Christ who
strengthens me. I am Your Child and I have already overcome, because greater
are You, who are in me, than he who is in the world. I am healed! I am free! I
am prosperous! I am joyful! I am a Child of the King! In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You
will notice that the program
is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
February
1 Luke 23.1-25
/ Genesis 41 / Psalm 32
Luke
23 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto
Pilate.
2 And they began to
accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute
to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ
a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this
man.
5 And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth
up the people, teaching
throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6 When Pilate
heard of Galilee,
he asked whether
the man were a Galilaean.
7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod,
who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding
glad: for he was desirous
to see him of a long season,
because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him.
9 Then he questioned with him in many words;
but he answered him nothing.
10
And the chief priests and scribes stood
and vehemently accused
him.
11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends
together: for before they were at enmity between
themselves.
13 And Pilate,
when he had called together
the chief priests
and the rulers and the
people,
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought
this man unto me, as one that perverteth
the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault
in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
15 No, nor yet Herod:
for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
worthy of death
is done unto him.
16 I will therefore chastise
him, and release
him.
17 (For of necessity he must release
one unto them at the feast.)
18 And they cried out all at once, saying,
Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19 (Who for a certain
sedition made in the city,
and for murder,
was cast into prison.)
20
Pilate therefore, willing
to release Jesus,
spake again to
them.
21 But they cried, saying,
Crucify him, crucify
him.
22 And he said unto them the third time,
Why, what evil hath he done? I have
found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23 And they were instant
with loud voices,
requiring that he might be crucified.
And the voices of them and of the chief priests
prevailed.
24 And Pilate
gave sentence that it should
be as they required.
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but
he delivered Jesus to their will.
Genesis
41 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the
river.
2 And, behold,
there came up out of the river
seven well favoured
kine and fatfleshed; and they
fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold,
seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other
kine upon the brink of the
river.
4 And the ill favoured
and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time:
and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold,
seven thin ears and blasted
with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning
that his spirit
was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there
was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying,
I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants,
and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the
chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night,
I and he; we dreamed
each man according to the
interpretation of his dream.
12 And there was
there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did
interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14 Then Pharaoh
sent and called Joseph, and they brought
him hastily out of
the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto
Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said
unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold,
there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well
favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold,
seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known
that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream,
and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
23 And, behold,
seven ears, withered,
thin, and blasted
with the east wind,
sprung up after them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the
magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph
said unto Pharaoh,
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven
years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years
of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:
What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of
Egypt:
30 And there shall
arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;
and the famine shall consume
the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason
of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice;
it is because the thing is
established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore
let Pharaoh look out a man discreet
and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh
do this, and let him appoint officers
over the land, and take up
the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather
all the food of those good years that come, and lay up
corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food
shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through
the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh
said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according
unto thy word shall all my
people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
See, I have set thee over all the land of
Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh
took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine
linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot
which he had; and they cried
before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without
thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the
land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh
called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty
years old when he stood before Pharaoh
king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which
were in the land of Egypt,
and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round
about every city, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left
numbering; for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto
him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and
all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second
called he Ephraim:
For God hath caused me to
be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years
of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended.
54 And the seven years
of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said:
and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto
all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the
Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Psalm
32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence,
my bones waxed old through
my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture
is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest
the iniquity of my
sin. Selah.
6 For this shall
every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters
they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding
place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which
thou shalt go: I will guide
thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse,
or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows
shall be to the wicked:
but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart
