Saturday

2 Samuel 12:15-31

[15] Then Nathan went to his house.

And the LORD struck the child that Uri'ah's wife bore to David, and it
became sick.

[16] David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in and lay all night upon the ground.
[17] And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the
ground; but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
[18] On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David feared
to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, "Behold, while the
child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how
then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm."
[19] But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David
perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the
child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
[20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself,
and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD, and
worshiped; he then went to his own house; and when he asked, they set food
before him, and he ate.
[21] Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have
done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive; but when the
child died, you arose and ate food."
[22] He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I
said, `Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child
may live?'
[23] But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I
shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
[24]

Then David comforted his wife, Bathshe'ba, and went in to her, and lay
with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD
loved him,

[25] and sent a message by Nathan the prophet; so he called his name
Jedidi'ah, because of the LORD.
[26]

Now Jo'ab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and took the royal city.

[27] And Jo'ab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against
Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.
[28] Now, then, gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name."
[29] So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it and took it.
[30] And he took the crown of their king from his head; the weight of it
was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on
David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great
amount.
[31] And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor
with saws and iron picks and iron axes, and made them toil at the
brickkilns; and thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David
and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Acts 20:1-16

[1]

After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and having exhorted
them took leave of them and departed for Macedo'nia.

[2] When he had gone through these parts and had given them much
encouragement, he came to Greece.
[3] There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by
the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return
through Macedo'nia.
[4] Sop'ater of Beroe'a, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the
Thessalo'nians, Aristar'chus and Secun'dus; and Ga'ius of Derbe, and
Timothy; and the Asians, Tych'icus and Troph'imus.
[5] These went on and were waiting for us at Tro'as,
[6] but we sailed away from Philip'pi after the days of Unleavened Bread,
and in five days we came to them at Tro'as, where we stayed for seven
days.
[7]

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break
bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the morrow; and he
prolonged his speech until midnight.

[8] There were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered.
[9] And a young man named Eu'tychus was sitting in the window. He sank
into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer; and being overcome by
sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
[10] But Paul went down and bent over him, and embracing him said, "Do not
be alarmed, for his life is in him."
[11] And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he
conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
[12] And they took the lad away alive, and were not a little comforted.
[13]

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul
aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

[14] And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to
Mityle'ne.
[15] And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chi'os; the
next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we came to Mile'tus.
[16] For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have
to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if
possible, on the day of Pentecost.

Mark 9:30-41

[30]

They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have
any one know it;

[31] for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man
will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when
he is killed, after three days he will rise."
[32] But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask
him.
[33]

And they came to Caper'na-um; and when he was in the house he asked them,
"What were you discussing on the way?"

[34] But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one
another who was the greatest.
[35] And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any
one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
[36] And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him
in his arms, he said to them,
[37] "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever
receives me, receives not me but him who sent me."
[38]

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he was not following us."

[39] But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work
in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
[40] For he that is not against us is for us.
[41] For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink
because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.