Thursday, April 12, 2012

Genesis 31:22-35 and Matthew 20:29-34 (NIV)

Genesis 31:22-35
Leban Pursues Jacob
22  On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
23  Taking his relatives with him, he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
24  Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
25  Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too.
26  Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You’ve deceived me, and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.
27  Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
28  You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.
29  I have the power to harm you; but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
30  Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?”
31  Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.
32  But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live. In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.
33  So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.
34  Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.
35  Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period.” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

Matthew 20:29-34
Two Blind Men Receive Sight
29  As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
30  Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31  The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32  Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
33  “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”
34  Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

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