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Haftarah
Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) 6:1-7:6; 9:6-7

^6:1In the year that king `Uzziyah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. ^6:2Above him stood the serafim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. ^6:3One called to another, and said,

 "Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Hosts!
      The whole earth is full of his glory!"

^6:4The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. ^6:5Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts!"

^6:6Then one of the serafim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. ^6:7He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."

^6:8I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"

Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"

^6:9He said, "Go, and tell this people,

 'You hear indeed,
      But don't understand;

 And you see indeed,
      But don't perceive.'

 ^6:10Make the heart of this people fat;
      Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;

 Lest they see with their eyes,
      And hear with their ears,
      And understand with their heart,
      And turn again, and be healed."

^6:11Then I said, "Lord, how long?"

He answered,

 "Until cities are waste without inhabitant,
      And houses without man,
      And the land becomes utterly waste,
      ^6:12And the LORD has removed men far away,
      And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

 ^6:13If there are yet a tenth in it,
      It also shall in turn be eaten up:

 As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains, when they are felled;
      So the holy seed is its stock."

^7:1It happened in the days of Achaz the son of Yotam, the son of `Uzziyah, king of Yehudah, that Retzin the king of Aram, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu, king of Yisra'el, went up to Yerushalayim to war against it, but could not prevail against it. <sup>7:2</sup>It was told the house of David, saying, "Aram is allied with Efrayim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind. <sup>7:3</sup>Then the LORD said to Yesha`yahu, "Go out now to meet Achaz, you, and She'ar-Yashuv your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field. ^7:4Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Retzin and Aram, and of the son of Remalyahu. ^7:5Because Aram, Efrayim, and the son of Remalyahu, have plotted evil against you, saying, ^7:6"Let's go up against Yehudah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tav'el."

^9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty G-d, Everlasting Father, Prince of Shalom. ^9:7Of the increase of his government and of shalom there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this.

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B'rit Chadashah
Mattityahu 5:8-30

 ^5:8Blessed are the pure in heart,
      For they shall see G-d.

 ^5:9Blessed are the peacemakers,
      For they shall be called children of G-d.

 ^5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake,
      For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

^5:11"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. ^5:12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

^5:13"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. ^5:14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden. ^5:15Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. ^5:16Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

^5:17"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. ^5:18For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished. ^5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least mitzvot, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. ^5:20For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Perushim, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Additional B'rit Chadashah readings:

Mattityahu 5:21-30

^5:21"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.' ^5:22But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehinnom.

^5:23"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, ^5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ^5:25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. ^5:26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last peruta.

^5:27"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery;' ^5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. ^5:29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom. ^5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehinnom.

Mattityahu 15:1-11

^15:1Then Perushim and scribes came to Yeshua from Yerushalayim, saying, ^15:2"Why do your talmidim disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

^15:3He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the mitzvah of G-d because of your tradition? ^15:4For G-d commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' ^15:5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to G-d," ^15:6he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the mitzvah of G-d void because of your tradition. ^15:7You hypocrites! Well did Yesha`yahu prophesy of you, saying,

 ^15:8'These people draw near to me with their mouth,
      And honor me with their lips;
      But their heart is far from me.

 ^15:9And in vain do they worship me,
      Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

^15:10He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand. ^15:11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

Mattityahu 19:16-30

^19:16Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"

^19:17He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, G-d. But if you want to enter into life, keep the mitzvot."

^19:18He said to him, "Which ones?"

Yeshua said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.' ^19:19'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"

^19:20The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"

^19:21Yeshua said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." ^19:22But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions. ^19:23Yeshua said to his talmidim, "Most assuredly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty. ^19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of G-d."

^19:25When the talmidim heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"

^19:26Looking at them, Yeshua said, "With men this is impossible, but with G-d all things are possible."

^19:27Then Kefa answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

^19:28Yeshua said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yisra'el. ^19:29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. ^19:30But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

Markos 7:5-15

^7:5The Perushim and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your talmidim walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

^7:6He answered them, "Well did Yesha`yahu prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

 ^7:7But in vain do they worship me,
      Teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of men.'

^7:8"For you set aside the mitzvah of G-d, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." ^7:9He said to them, "Full well do you reject the mitzvah of G-d, that you may keep your tradition. ^7:10For Moshe said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' ^7:11But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to G-d;"' ^7:12then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, ^7:13making void the word of G-d by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

^7:14He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. ^7:15There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

Markos 10:17-31

^10:17As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"

^10:18Yeshua said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one-- G-d. ^10:19You know the mitzvot: 'Do not murder,' 'Do not commit adultery,' 'Do not steal,' 'Do not give false testimony,' 'Do not defraud,' 'Honor your father and mother.'"

^10:20He said to him, "Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth."

^10:21Yeshua looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."

^10:22But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions. ^10:23Yeshua looked around, and said to his talmidim, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of G-d!"

^10:24The talmidim were amazed at his words. But Yeshua answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of G-d! ^10:25It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of G-d."

^10:26They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"

^10:27Yeshua, looking at them, said, "With men it is impossible, but not with G-d, for all things are possible with G-d."

^10:28Kefa began to tell him, "Behold, we have left all, and have followed you."

^10:29Yeshua said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Good News's sake, ^10:30but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life. ^10:31But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

Loukas 18:18-30

^18:18A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

^18:19Yeshua asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God. ^18:20You know the mitzvot: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"

^18:21He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."

^18:22When Yeshua heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."

^18:23But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

^18:24Yeshua, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of G-d! ^18:25For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of G-d."

^18:26Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"

^18:27But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with G-d."

^18:28Kefa said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."

^18:29He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of G-d's sake, ^18:30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."

Acts 6:1-7

^6:1Now in those days, when the number of the talmidim was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Grecian Yehudim against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily service. ^6:2The twelve summoned the multitude of the talmidim and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of G-d and serve tables. ^6:3Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ^6:4But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."

^6:5These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; ^6:6whom they set before the emissaries. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. ^6:7The word of G-d increased and the number of the talmidim multiplied in Yerushalayim exceedingly. A great company of the kohanim were obedient to the faith.

Romans 2:17-29

^2:17Indeed you bear the name of a Yehudi, and rest on the law, and glory in G-d, ^2:18and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, ^2:19and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, ^2:20a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babies, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth. ^2:21You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal? ^2:22You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? ^2:23You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor G-d? ^2:24For "the name of G-d is blasphemed among the Goyim because of you," just as it is written. ^2:25For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. ^2:26If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision? ^2:27Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law? ^2:28For he is not a Yehudi who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; ^2:29but he is a Yehudi who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from G-d.

Romans 7:7-12

^7:7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." ^7:8But sin, finding occasion through the mitzvah, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead. ^7:9I was alive apart from the law once, but when the mitzvah came, sin revived, and I died. ^7:10The mitzvah, which was for life, this I found to be for death; ^7:11for sin, finding occasion through the mitzvah, deceived me, and through it killed me. ^7:12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the mitzvah holy, and righteous, and good.

Romans 13:8-10

^13:8Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. ^13:9For the mitzvot, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other mitzvot there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." ^13:10Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Ephesians 6:1-3

^6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ^6:2"Honor your father and mother," which is the first mitzvah with a promise: ^6:3"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

1 Timotheos 3:1-14

^3:1This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. ^3:2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; ^3:3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; ^3:4one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; ^3:5(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of G-d?) ^3:6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. ^3:7Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

^3:8Shammashim, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; ^3:9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ^3:10Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as shammashim, if they are blameless. ^3:11Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. ^3:12Let shammashim be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ^3:13For those who have served well as shammashim gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.

^3:14These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

2 Timotheos 2:2

^2:2The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Titos 1:5-9

^1:5I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; ^1:6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. ^1:7For the overseer must be blameless, as G-d's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain; ^1:8but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded, fair, holy, self-controlled; ^1:9holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 12:18-29

^12:18For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, tempest, ^12:19the sound of a shofar, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them, ^12:20for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;" ^12:21and so fearful was the appearance, that Moshe said, "I am terrified and trembling."

^12:22But you have come to Mount Tziyon, and to the city of the living G-d, the heavenly Yerushalayim, and to innumerable hosts of angels, ^12:23to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to G-d the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, ^12:24to Yeshua, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Hevel.

^12:25See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven, ^12:26whose voice shook the earth, then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens." ^12:27This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. ^12:28Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve G-d acceptably, with reverence and awe, ^12:29for our G-d is a consuming fire.

Ya'akov (James) 2:8-13

^2:8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. ^2:9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. ^2:10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he has become guilty of all. ^2:11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. ^2:12So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom. ^2:13For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 Kefa (Peter) 2:9-10

^2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for G-d's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: ^2:10who in time past were no people, but now are G-d's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.