Exodus 13

• 1. Then the LORD said to Moses,
• 2. "Dedicate to me all the firstborn sons of Israel and every firstborn male animal. They are mine."
• 3. So Moses said to the people, "This is a day to remember forever--the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. For the LORD has brought you out by his mighty power. (Remember, you are not to use any yeast.)
• 4. This day in early spring will be the anniversary of your exodus.
• 5. You must celebrate this day when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. This is the land he swore to give your ancestors--a land flowing with milk and honey.
• 6. For seven days you will eat only bread without yeast. Then on the seventh day, you will celebrate a great feast to the LORD.
• 7. Eat only bread without yeast during those seven days. In fact, there must be no yeast in your homes or anywhere within the borders of your land during this time.
• 8. "During these festival days each year, you must explain to your children why you are celebrating. Say to them, `This is a celebration of what the LORD did for us when we left Egypt.'
• 9. This annual festival will be a visible reminder to you, like a mark branded on your hands or your forehead. Let it remind you always to keep the LORD's instructions in your minds and on your lips. After all, it was the LORD who rescued you from Egypt with great power.
• 10. "So celebrate this festival at the appointed time each year.
• 11. And remember these instructions when the LORD brings you into the land he swore to give your ancestors long ago, the land where the Canaanites are now living.
• 12. All firstborn sons and firstborn male animals must be presented to the LORD.
• 13. A firstborn male donkey may be redeemed from the LORD by presenting a lamb in its place. But if you decide not to make the exchange, the donkey must be killed by breaking its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn son.
• 14. "And in the future, your children will ask you, `What does all this mean?' Then you will tell them, `With mighty power the LORD brought us out of Egypt from our slavery.
• 15. Pharaoh refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why we now offer all the firstborn males to the LORD--except that the firstborn sons are always redeemed.'
• 16. Again I say, this ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hands or your forehead. It is a visible reminder that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt with great power."
• 17. When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them on the road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest way from Egypt to the Promised Land. God said, "If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt."
• 18. So God led them along a route through the wilderness toward the Red Sea, and the Israelites left Egypt like a marching army.
• 19. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear that they would take his bones with them when God led them out of Egypt--as he was sure God would.
• 20. Leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
• 21. The LORD guided them by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night. That way they could travel whether it was day or night.
• 22. And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from their sight.

Luke 17

• 1. One day Jesus said to his disciples, "There will always be temptations to sin, but how terrible it will be for the person who does the tempting.
• 2. It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around the neck than to face the punishment in store for harming one of these little ones.
• 3. I am warning you! If another believer sins, rebuke him; then if he repents, forgive him.
• 4. Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him."
• 5. One day the apostles said to the Lord, "We need more faith; tell us how to get it."
• 6. "Even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed," the Lord answered, "you could say to this mulberry tree, 'May God uproot you and throw you into the sea,' and it would obey you!
• 7. "When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, he doesn't just sit down and eat.
• 8. He must first prepare his master's meal and serve him his supper before eating his own.
• 9. And the servant is not even thanked, because he is merely doing what he is supposed to do.
• 10. In the same way, when you obey me you should say, 'We are not worthy of praise. We are servants who have simply done our duty.'"
• 11. As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria.
• 12. As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance,
• 13. crying out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
• 14. He looked at them and said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, their leprosy disappeared.
• 15. One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, "Praise God, I'm healed!"
• 16. He fell face down on the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
• 17. Jesus asked, "Didn't I heal ten men? Where are the other nine?
• 18. Does only this foreigner return to give glory to God?"
• 19. And Jesus said to the man, "Stand up and go. Your faith has made you well."
• 20. One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will the Kingdom of God come?" Jesus replied, "The Kingdom of God isn't ushered in with visible signs.
• 21. You won't be able to say, 'Here it is!' or 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom of God is among you. "
• 22. Later he talked again about this with his disciples. "The time is coming when you will long to share in the days of the Son of Man, but you won't be able to," he said.
• 23. "Reports will reach you that the Son of Man has returned and that he is in this place or that. Don't believe such reports or go out to look for him.
• 24. For when the Son of Man returns, you will know it beyond all doubt. It will be as evident as the lightning that flashes across the sky.
• 25. But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation.
• 26. "When the Son of Man returns, the world will be like the people were in Noah's day.
• 27. In those days before the flood, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came to destroy them all.
• 28. "And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business--eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building--
• 29. until the morning Lot left Sodom. Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
• 30. Yes, it will be 'business as usual' right up to the hour when the Son of Man returns.
• 31. On that day a person outside the house must not go into the house to pack. A person in the field must not return to town.
• 32. Remember what happened to Lot's wife!
• 33. Whoever clings to this life will lose it, and whoever loses this life will save it.
• 34. That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken away, and the other will be left.
• 35. Two women will be grinding flour together at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. "
• 36. See Footnote
• 37. "Lord, where will this happen?" the disciples asked. Jesus replied, "Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near."

Job 32

• 1. Job's three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.
• 2. Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.
• 3. He was also angry with Job's three friends because they had condemned God by their inability to answer Job's arguments.
• 4. Elihu had waited for the others to speak because they were older than he.
• 5. But when he saw that they had no further reply, he spoke out angrily.
• 6. Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, "I am young and you are old, so I held back and did not dare to tell you what I think.
• 7. I thought, `Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.'
• 8. Surely it is God's Spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.
• 9. But sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.
• 10. So listen to me and let me express my opinion.
• 11. "I have waited all this time, listening very carefully to your arguments, listening to you grope for words.
• 12. I have listened, but not one of you has refuted Job or answered his arguments.
• 13. And don't tell me, `He is too wise for us. Only God can convince him.'
• 14. If Job had been arguing with me, I would not answer with that kind of logic!
• 15. You sit there baffled, with no further response.
• 16. Should I continue to wait, now that you are silent? Must I also remain silent?
• 17. No, I will say my piece. I will speak my mind. I surely will.
• 18. For I am pent up and full of words, and the spirit within me urges me on.
• 19. I am like a wine cask without a vent. My words are ready to burst out!
• 20. I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers.
• 21. I won't play favorites or try to flatter anyone.
• 22. And if I tried, my Creator would soon do away with me.

New Living Translation: 62 of 365 days.