Tuesday 17 January 2012

1Now there was a man of Benjamin,whose name was Kish the son of Abiel,the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath,the son of Aphiah,the son of a Benjamite,a mighty man of valor.2He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man;and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he.From his shouldersand upward he was taller than any of the people.

3The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost.Kish said to Saul his son,“Now take one of the servants with you,and arise, go look for the donkeys.”4He passed through the hill country of Ephraim,and passed through the land of Shalishah,but they didn’t find them.Then they passed through the land of Shaalim,and they weren’t there.Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites,but they didn’t find them.

· · · verses 5–16 are not read17When Samuel saw Saul,the Lord said to him,“Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you!He will have authority over my people.”

18Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway,and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

19Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer.Go up before me to the high place,for you are to eat with me today.In the morning I will let you goand will tell you all that is in your heart.

· · · some verses are not read1Then Samuel took the vial of oiland poured it on his head,then kissed him and said,“Hasn’t the Lord anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

20Then you spoke in vision to your saints,and said, “I have given strength to the warrior.I have exalted a young man from the people.

21I have found David, my servant.I have anointed him with my holy oil,22with whom my hand shall be established.My arm will also strengthen him.

27He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,my God, and the rock of my salvation!’28I will also appoint him my firstborn,the highest of the kings of the earth.

23He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields;and his disciples began,as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.24The Pharisees said to him,“Behold, why do they do thatwhich is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

25He said to them, “Did you never read what David didwhen he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?26How he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest,and ate the show bread,which is not lawful to eat except for the priests,and gave also to those who were with him?”

27He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,not man for the Sabbath.28Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”