Monday, March 12, 2012

Genesis 19:30-38 and Matthew 13:18-23 (NIV)

Genesis 19:30-38
30  Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave.
31  One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth.
32  Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
33  That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34  The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”
35  So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36  So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
37  The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.
38  The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Matthew 13:18-23
18  “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 
19  When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 
20  The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 
21  But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 
22  The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 
23  But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

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