Holy Bible daily reading:

Acts 17:16-34 Luke 7:17-30

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Acts 17

  16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him,
when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
  17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout
persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
  18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He
seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them
Jesus, and the resurrection.
  19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know
what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
  20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know
therefore what these things mean.
  21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in
nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
  22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I
perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
  23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.
  24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
  25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
  26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of
their habitation;
  27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and
find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
  28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that
the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's
device.
  30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
  31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
  32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and
others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
  33 So Paul departed from among them.
  34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was
Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Luke 7

  17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.
  18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
  19 And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying,
Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
  20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto
thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
  21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and
of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
  22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what
things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel
is preached.
  23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
  24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the
people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed
shaken with the wind?
  25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold,
they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings'
courts.
  26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much
more than a prophet.
  27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
  28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a
greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of
God is greater than he.
  29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being
baptized with the baptism of John.
  30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against
themselves, being not baptized of him.