Exodus 35

• 1. Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "These are the things the LORD has commanded you to do:
• 2. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
• 3. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day."
• 4. Moses said to the whole Israelite community, "This is what the LORD has commanded:
• 5. From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze;
• 6. blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;
• 7. ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows; acacia wood;
• 8. olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
• 9. and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
• 10. "All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the LORD has commanded:
• 11. the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
• 12. the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;
• 13. the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence;
• 14. the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light;
• 15. the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
• 16. the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand;
• 17. the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
• 18. the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes;
• 19. the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary-both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests."
• 20. Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses' presence,
• 21. and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.
• 22. All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
• 23. Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or hides of sea cows brought them.
• 24. Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the LORD, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.
• 25. Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun-blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.
• 26. And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.
• 27. The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
• 28. They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
• 29. All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
• 30. Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
• 31. and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-
• 32. to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,
• 33. to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic craftsmanship.
• 34. And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
• 35. He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers-all of them master craftsmen and designers.

John 15

• 1. "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
• 2. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
• 3. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
• 4. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
• 5. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
• 6. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
• 7. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
• 8. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
• 9. "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
• 10. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
• 11. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
• 12. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
• 13. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
• 14. You are my friends if you do what I command.
• 15. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
• 16. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
• 17. This is my command: Love each other.
• 18. "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
• 19. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
• 20. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
• 21. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me.
• 22. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
• 23. He who hates me hates my Father as well.
• 24. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
• 25. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
• 26. "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.
• 27. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

Proverbs 12

• 1. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• 2. A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a crafty man.
• 3. A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
• 4. A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
• 5. The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
• 6. The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
• 7. Wicked men are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
• 8. A man is praised according to his wisdom, but men with warped minds are despised.
• 9. Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
• 10. A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
• 11. He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.
• 12. The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
• 13. An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes trouble.
• 14. From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him.
• 15. The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.
• 16. A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• 17. A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies.
• 18. Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• 19. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• 20. There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace.
• 21. No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.
• 22. The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.
• 23. A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.
• 24. Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
• 25. An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
• 26. A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
• 27. The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.
• 28. In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

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