Tuesday

2 Samuel 7:18-29

[18]

Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O
Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

[19] And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O Lord GOD; thou hast
spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast
shown me future generations, O Lord GOD!
[20] And what more can David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O
Lord GOD!
[21] Because of thy promise, and according to thy own heart, thou hast
wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
[22] Therefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee,
and there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with
our ears.
[23] What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went
to redeem to be his people, making himself a name, and doing for them
great and terrible things, by driving out before his people a nation and
its gods?
[24] And thou didst establish for thyself thy people Israel to be thy
people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.
[25] And now, O LORD God, confirm for ever the word which thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant and concerning his house, and do as thou hast
spoken;
[26] and thy name will be magnified for ever, saying, `The LORD of hosts
is God over Israel,' and the house of thy servant David will be
established before thee.
[27] For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, hast made this
revelation to thy servant, saying, `I will build you a house'; therefore
thy servant has found courage to pray this prayer to thee.
[28] And now, O Lord GOD, thou art God, and thy words are true, and thou
hast promised this good thing to thy servant;
[29] now therefore may it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord GOD, hast
spoken, and with thy blessing shall the house of thy servant be blessed
for ever."

Acts 18:12-28

[12]

But when Gallio was proconsul of Acha'ia, the Jews made a united attack
upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

[13] saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the
law."
[14] But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews,
"If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, I should have reason
to bear with you, O Jews;
[15] but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your
own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things."
[16] And he drove them from the tribunal.
[17] And they all seized Sos'thenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat
him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to this.
[18]

After this Paul stayed many days longer, and then took leave of the
brethren and sailed for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aq'uila. At
Cen'chre-ae he cut his hair, for he had a vow.

[19] And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself went
into the synagogue and argued with the Jews.
[20] When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined;
[21] but on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God
wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.
[22]

When he had landed at Caesare'a, he went up and greeted the church, and
then went down to Antioch.

[23] After spending some time there he departed and went from place to
place through the region of Galatia and Phryg'ia, strengthening all the
disciples.
[24]

Now a Jew named Apol'los, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was
an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

[25] He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in
spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though
he knew only the baptism of John.
[26] He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and
Aq'uila heard him, they took him and expounded to him the way of God more
accurately.
[27] And when he wished to cross to Acha'ia, the brethren encouraged him,
and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived, he greatly
helped those who through grace had believed,
[28] for he powerfully confuted the Jews in public, showing by the
scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

Mark 8:22-33

[22]

And they came to Beth-sa'ida. And some people brought to him a blind man,
and begged him to touch him.

[23] And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the
village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he
asked him, "Do you see anything?"
[24] And he looked up and said, "I see men; but they look like trees,
walking."
[25] Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently
and was restored, and saw everything clearly.
[26] And he sent him away to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the
village."
[27]

And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare'a
Philip'pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I
am?"

[28] And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli'jah; and
others one of the prophets."
[29] And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered
him, "You are the Christ."
[30] And he charged them to tell no one about him.
[31]

And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and
be killed, and after three days rise again.

[32] And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him.
[33] But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said,
"Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men."