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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday January 1, 2019 (NIV)

Genesis 1-2

The Creation

1 In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)

2 Now the earth was formless and empty,(C) darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.(D) 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,”(E) and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”(F) 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse.(G) And it was so. 8 God called the expanse “sky.”[b] Evening came and then morning: the second day.

9 Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place,(H) and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the water he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.”(I) And it was so. 12 The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 Evening came and then morning: the third day.

14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs(J) for seasons[c] and for days and years.(K) 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night—as well as the stars.(L) 17 God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth, 18 to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness.(M) And God saw that it was good. 19 Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.

20 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with[d] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the large sea-creatures[e] and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,(N) according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”(O) 23 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.

24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

26 Then God said, “Let us(P) make man[f] in[g] our image, according to our likeness.(Q) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth,[h] and the creatures that crawl[i] on the earth.”(R)

27 So God created man
in his own image;
he created him in[j] the image of God;
he created them male and female.(S)

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth,(T) and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls[k] on the earth.” 29 God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the surface of the entire earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. This will be food for you,(U) 30 for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth—everything having the breath of life in it—I have given[l] every green plant for food.”(V) And it was so. 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed.(W) Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.

2 So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed.(X) 2 On the seventh[m] day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested[n] on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.(Y) 3 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested(Z) from all his work of creation.[o](AA)

Man and Woman in the Garden

4 These are the records(AB) of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time[p] that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 no shrub of the field(AC) had yet grown on the land,[q] and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. 6 But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground(AD) and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils,(AE) and the man became a living being.(AF)

8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,(AG) and there he placed the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden,(AH) as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(AI)

10 A river went[r] out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers.[s] 11 The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah,[t](AJ) where there is gold. 12 Gold from that land is pure;[u] bdellium[v] and onyx[w] are also there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris,(AK) which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.(AL)

15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden,(AM) 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”(AN) 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding(AO) to him.” 19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it.(AP) And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man[x] no helper was found corresponding to him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man,(AQ) and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. 22 Then the Lord God made the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.(AR) 23 And the man said:

This one, at last, is bone of my bone
and flesh of my flesh;
this one will be called “woman,”
for she was taken from man.(AS)

24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.(AT) 25 Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.

Footnotes:

  1. 1:1 Or created the universe
  2. 1:8 Or “heavens.”
  3. 1:14 Or for the appointed times
  4. 1:20 Lit with swarms of
  5. 1:21 Or created sea monsters
  6. 1:26 Or human beings; Hb ‘adam’, also in v. 27
  7. 1:26 Or as
  8. 1:26 Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land
  9. 1:26 Or scurry
  10. 1:27 Or man as his own image; he created him as
  11. 1:28 Or and all scurrying animals
  12. 1:30 I have given added for clarity
  13. 2:2 Sam, LXX, Syr read sixth
  14. 2:2 Or ceased, also in v. 3
  15. 2:3 Lit work that God created to make
  16. 2:4 Lit creation on the day
  17. 2:5 Or earth
  18. 2:10 Or goes
  19. 2:10 Lit became four heads
  20. 2:11 Or of the Havilah
  21. 2:12 Lit good
  22. 2:12 A yellowish, transparent gum resin
  23. 2:12 Identity of this precious stone uncertain
  24. 2:20 Or for Adam

Cross references:

  1. 1:1 : Ps 90:2; 102:12; Is 40:21; Jn 1:1-3; Eph 3:21
  2. 1:1 : Neh 9:6; Is 40:12-14; 43:7; Jr 10:12-16; Am 4:13; Rm 1:25; 1Co 11:9; Col 1:16; Rv 4:11
  3. 1:2 : Jr 4:23
  4. 1:2 : Jb 26:13; 33:4; Ps 33:6; 104:30
  5. 1:3 : 2Co 4:6
  6. 1:6 : Is 44:24; Jr 10:12
  7. 1:7 : Ps 148:4
  8. 1:9 : Jb 38:8-11; Ps 33:7; 136:6; Jr 5:22; 2Pt 3:5
  9. 1:11 : Ps 65:9-13; 104:14
  10. 1:14 : Jr 10:2
  11. 1:14 : Ps 104:19
  12. 1:16 : Dt 4:19; Ps 136:7-9; Is 40:26
  13. 1:18 : Jr 31:35
  14. 1:21 : Ps 104:25-28
  15. 1:22 : Gn 8:17; 9:1
  16. 1:26 : Gn 3:22; 11:7
  17. 1:26 : Gn 5:1,3; 9:6; Rm 8:29; 1Co 11:7; 15:49; 2Co 3:18; 4:4; Eph 4:24; Col 1:15; Jms 3:9
  18. 1:26 : Gn 9:2; Ps 8:6-8; Jms 3:7
  19. 1:27 : Gn 5:2; Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6
  20. 1:28 : Gn 9:1,7
  21. 1:29 : Gn 9:3; Ps 104:14-15; 136:25; 145:15-16
  22. 1:30 : Ps 147:9
  23. 1:31 : 1Tm 4:4
  24. 2:1 : Neh 9:6; Ps 33:6; Is 34:4; 45:12
  25. 2:2 : Ex 20:8-11; 31:17; Dt 5:12-14; Heb 4:4
  26. 2:3 : Ex 31:17
  27. 2:3 : Ex 20:11; 31:17; Ps 121:2
  28. 2:4 : Gn 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10,27; 25:12,19; 36:1,9; 37:2
  29. 2:5 : Gn 1:11-12
  30. 2:7 : Gn 3:19,23; 18:27; Ps 103:14; Ec 12:7; 1Co 15:47
  31. 2:7 : Gn 7:22; Jb 33:4; Is 2:22
  32. 2:7 : 1Co 15:45
  33. 2:8 : Gn 13:10; Is 51:3; Ezk 28:13; 31:8; Jl 2:3
  34. 2:9 : Gn 3:22; Rv 2:7; 22:2,14
  35. 2:9 : Pr 3:18
  36. 2:11 : Gn 10:7,29; 25:18; 1Sm 15:7
  37. 2:14 : Dn 10:4
  38. 2:14 : Gn 15:18
  39. 2:16 : Gn 3:1-2
  40. 2:17 : Gn 3:5; Dt 30:15,19-20; Rm 6:23; 1Tm 5:6; Jms 1:15
  41. 2:18 : Pr 31:11-12; 1Co 11:9; 1Tm 2:13
  42. 2:19 : Ps 8:6
  43. 2:21 : Gn 15:12
  44. 2:22 : 1Co 11:8,12
  45. 2:23 : Eph 5:28-30
  46. 2:24 : Mal 2:15; Mt 19:5; Mk 10:7-8; 1Co 6:16; Eph 5:31
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Matthew 1:1-2:12

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1 An(A) account(B) of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,(C) the Son of Abraham:(D)

From Abraham to David

2 Abraham fathered[a] Isaac,

Isaac fathered Jacob,

Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,(E)

3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,

Perez fathered Hezron,

Hezron fathered Aram,(F)

4 Aram fathered Amminadab,

Amminadab fathered Nahshon,

Nahshon fathered Salmon,

5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

Obed fathered Jesse,(G)

6 and Jesse fathered King David.

From David to the Babylonian Exile

David fathered Solomon[b] by Uriah’s wife,(H)

7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam,

Rehoboam fathered Abijah,

Abijah fathered Asa,[c]

8 Asa[d] fathered Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,[e]

Joram fathered Uzziah,(I)

9 Uzziah fathered Jotham,

Jotham fathered Ahaz,

Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,

10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh,

Manasseh fathered Amon,[f]

Amon fathered Josiah,(J)

11 and Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers

at the time of the exile to Babylon.(K)

From the Exile to the Christ

12 After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud,

Abiud fathered Eliakim,

Eliakim fathered Azor,(L)

14 Azor fathered Zadok,

Zadok fathered Achim,

Achim fathered Eliud,

15 Eliud fathered Eleazar,

Eleazar fathered Matthan,

Matthan fathered Jacob,

16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary,

who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Christ.(M)

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Christ, fourteen generations.(N)

The Nativity of the Christ

18 The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged[g] to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.(O) 19 So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man,(P) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.(Q)

20 But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.(R) 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus,(S) because he will save his people from their sins.”(T)

22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

23 See, the virgin will become pregnant
and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,[h]

which is translated “God is with us.”(U)

24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord’s angel had commanded him. He married her(V) 25 but did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son.[i] And he named him Jesus.(W)

Wise Men Visit the King

2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,(X) 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?(Y) For we saw his star at its rising(Z) and have come to worship him.”[j]

3 When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes(AA) of the people and asked them where the Christ would be born.

5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:

6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah:
Because out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.”[k](AB)

7 Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”[l](AC)

9 After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen at its rising. It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overwhelmed with joy. 11 Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped him.[m] Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.(AD) 12 And being warned(AE) in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another route.

Footnotes:

  1. 1:2 In vv. 2-16 either a son, as here, or a later descendant, as in v. 8
  2. 1:6 Other mss add King
  3. 1:7 Other mss read Asaph
  4. 1:8 Other mss read Asaph
  5. 1:8 = Jehoram
  6. 1:10 Other mss read Amos
  7. 1:18 Or betrothed
  8. 1:23 Is 7:14
  9. 1:25 Other mss read to her firstborn son
  10. 2:2 Or to pay him homage
  11. 2:6 Mc 5:2
  12. 2:8 Or and pay him homage
  13. 2:11 Or they paid him homage

Cross references:

  1. 1:1-6 : Ru 4:18-22; 2Sm 7:12-16; 1Ch 2:1-15; Lk 3:32-34
  2. 1:1 : Mk 12:26; Lk 3:4; Ac 1:20; Php 4:3; Rv 3:5
  3. 1:1 : Ps 89:3; Is 9:6; Lk 1:32,69
  4. 1:1 : Gn 22:18; Mt 9:7; Rm 1:3; Gl 3:16
  5. 1:2 : Gn 29:35; Ps 14:7; 105:9; Mt 8:11; 22:32; Jms 2:21
  6. 1:3 : Gn 38:29-30; 46:12; Lk 3:33
  7. 1:5 : Ru 1:4; 2:1; Lk 3:32
  8. 1:6 : 1Sm 16:1; 17:12; 2Sm 11:27; 12:24
  9. 1:7-8 : 1Kg 11:43; 14:31; 15:8,24; 22:50; 2Kg 14:21
  10. 1:9-10 : 2Kg 15:5,38; 16:20; 20:21; 21:18,24
  11. 1:11 : 2Kg 24:6,14; Is 5:13; Jr 27:20; Ezk 1:1; Mt 1:17
  12. 1:12-13 : Gn 10:10; 1Ch 3:17; Lk 3:27,30
  13. 1:16 : Mt 27:17,22; Lk 2:11; Jn 1:45; 4:25
  14. 1:17 : 2Kg 24:14; Jr 27:20; Dn 9:25-26; Mk 8:29; Ac 2:31,36,38
  15. 1:18 : Mt 12:46; Lk 1:27,35
  16. 1:19 : Mt 13:17; Mk 10:12; Lk 2:36; 1Co 14:35; 2Co 11:2; Gl 4:27
  17. 1:19 : Dt 22:20-24; 24:1-4; Mt 2:7; Lk 16:18; Jn 8:4-5
  18. 1:20 : 2Ch 1:1; Mt 13:49; 27:19; Jn 6:20; Rm 1:3
  19. 1:21 : Lk 1:31; 2:21; Jn 10:25; 1Jn 2:12
  20. 1:21 : Lk 2:11; Jn 1:29; Ac 4:12; 5:31; 13:23,38-39
  21. 1:22-23 : Is 7:14; Mt 21:1-4; Lk 24:44; Rm 1:2-4
  22. 1:24 : Mt 1:6; 13:49; Lk 1:1; 19:32; Jd 5
  23. 1:25 : Gn 4:1,17; Ex 13:2; Jdg 11:39; 1Sm 1:19; Lk 2:7,21
  24. 2:1 : Gn 25:6; 1Kg 4:30; Lk 1:5; 2:4-7
  25. 2:2 : Jr 23:5; 30:9; Zch 9:9; Mt 27:11; Lk 19:38; Jn 1:49
  26. 2:2 : Nm 24:17; Rv 22:16
  27. 2:4 : Mt 16:21; 20:18; 21:15; 27:41; Lk 9:22
  28. 2:6 : 2Sm 5:2; Mc 5:2; Jn 7:42; 21:16
  29. 2:7-8 : Mk 5:6; Lk 1:7; Ac 13:6; Rv 1:16
  30. 2:11 : Ps 72:10; Is 60:6; Mt 1:18; 12:46; Mk 5:6
  31. 2:12 : Mt 27:19; Lk 2:26; Ac 10:22; Heb 8:5; 11:7
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Psalm 1

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

1 How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!(A)
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.(B)
3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams[a]
that bears its fruit in its season(C)
and whose leaf does not wither.(D)
Whatever he does prospers.(E)

4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.(F)
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,(G)
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,(H)
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.(I)

Footnotes:

  1. 1:3 Or beside irrigation channels

Cross references:

  1. 1:1 : Ps 26:4-5; Pr 4:14-15
  2. 1:2 : Jos 1:8; Ps 40:8; 119:14-16
  3. 1:3 : Rv 22:2
  4. 1:3 : Ps 92:12-14; Jr 17:8
  5. 1:3 : Dt 5:33
  6. 1:4 : Jb 21:18; Ps 35:5; Hs 13:3
  7. 1:5 : Ps 5:5; 9:16; 76:7; Jr 25:31
  8. 1:6 : Jb 34:21; Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; Jn 10:14; 2Tm 2:19
  9. 1:6 : Pr 21:12; Jn 3:16
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Proverbs 1:1-6

The Purpose of Proverbs

1 The proverbs of Solomon(A) son of David, king of Israel:
2 For learning wisdom and discipline;
for understanding insightful sayings;
3 for receiving prudent instruction
in righteousness, justice, and integrity;(B)
4 for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced,[a](C)
knowledge and discretion(D) to a young man—
5 let a wise person listen and increase learning,(E)
and let a discerning person obtain guidance—
6 for understanding a proverb or a parable,[b]
the words of the wise, and their riddles.(F)

Footnotes:

  1. 1:4 Or simple, or gullible
  2. 1:6 Or an enigma

Cross references:

  1. 1:1 : 1Kg 4:32; Pr 10:1; 25:1; Ec 12:9
  2. 1:3 : Pr 2:9
  3. 1:4 : Pr 8:5
  4. 1:4 : Pr 2:11; 3:21
  5. 1:5 : Pr 9:9; 16:21,23
  6. 1:6 : Nm 12:8; Jdg 14:12; Ps 49:4; Hab 2:6
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