Tuesday 31 July 2029

7Now Moses used to take the tentand pitch it outside the camp,far away from the camp,and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.”Everyone who sought the Lord went out to the Tent of Meeting,which was outside the camp.8When Moses went out to the Tent,all the people rose up,and stood, everyone at their tent door,and watched Moses,until he had gone into the Tent.9When Moses entered into the Tent,the pillar of cloud descended,stood at the door of the Tent,and the Lord spoke with Moses.10All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent,and all the people rose up and worshiped,everyone at their tent door.11The Lord spoke to Moses face to face,as a man speaks to his friend.He turned again into the camp,but his servant Joshua,the son of Nun, a young man,didn’t depart from the Tent.· · · some verses are not read5The Lord descended in the cloud,and stood with him there,and proclaimed the Lord’s name.6The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord!The Lord, a merciful and gracious God,slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,7keeping loving kindness for thousands,forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin;and who will by no means clear the guilty,visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,and on the children’s children,on the third and on the fourth generation.”

8Moses hurriedand bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.9He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight,Lord, please let the Lord go among us,even though this is a stiff-necked people;pardon our iniquity and our sin,and take us for your inheritance.”

· · · verses 10–27 are not read28He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights;he neither ate bread, nor drank water.He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant,the ten commandments.

6The Lord executes righteous acts,and justice for all who are oppressed.7He made known his ways to Moses,his deeds to the children of Israel.

8The Lord is merciful and gracious,slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.9He will not always accuse;neither will he stay angry forever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins,nor repaid us for our iniquities.11For as the heavens are high above the earth,so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.

12As far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us.13Like a father has compassion on his children,so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away,and went into the house.His disciples came to him,saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

37He answered them, “Hewho sows the good seed is the Son of Man,38the field is the world,the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom,and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.39The enemy who sowed them is the devil.The harvest is the end of the age,and the reapers are angels.40As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered upand burned with fire;so will it be at the end of this age.41The Son of Man will send out his angels,and they will gather out of his Kingdom all thingsthat cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,42and will cast them into the furnace of fire.There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.He who has ears to hear, let him hear.