Sunday, January 29, 2012

Genesis1:27-31 and Matthews 2:5-12 (NIV)


Genesis 1:27-31
27  So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
28  God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29  Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30  And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31  God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Matthew 2:5-12
5   “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6   "But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.”
7   Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8   He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9   After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10  When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
11  On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
12  And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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