Sunday, April 1, 2012

Genesis 27:41-46 and Matthew 18:1-9 (NIV)

Genesis 27:41-46
Jacob Flees to Laban

41  Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42  When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.
43  Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.
44  Stay with him for a while until your brother’s fury subsides.
45  When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him, I’ll send word for you to come back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
46  Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”

Matthew 18:1-9
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

1  At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
2  He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.
3  And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 
4  Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 
5  And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
6  “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 
7  Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! 
8  If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 
9  And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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