Sunday, February 19, 2012

Genesis 10:6-20 and Matthew 7:15-29 (NIV)


Genesis 10:6-20
6    The sons of Ham:  Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7    The sons of Cush:  Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.  The sons of Raamah:   Sheba and Dedan.
8    Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9    He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10  The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11  From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12  and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13  Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14  Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15  Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16  Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17  Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18  Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
   Later the Canaanite clans scattered
19  and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20  These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

Matthew 7:15-29

True and False Prophets
15  “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 
16  By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 
17  Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 
18  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 
19  Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 
20  Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
True and False Disciples
21  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 
22  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 
23  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
The Wise and Foolish Builders
 24  “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 
25  The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 
26  But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 
27  The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
28  When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 
29  because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. 

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