Thursday, February 23, 2012

Genesis 11:27-32 and Matthew 8:23-34 (NIV)


Genesis 11:27-32
27  This is the account of Terah’s family line.  Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. 
28  While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. 
29  Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. 
30  Now Sarai was childless because she was not able to conceive.
31  Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
32  Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran. 

Matthew 8:23-34
Jesus Calms the Storm

23  Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 
24  Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 
25  The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
26  He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27  The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”
Jesus Restores Two Demon-Possessed Men
28  When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. 
29  “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
30  Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 
31  The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32  He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. 
33  Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 
34  Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.  
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