Matthew 1:1-17 Acts 1:1-11 Psalms 1 Genesis 1-2

Matthew 1:1-17
Mat 1:1 The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son:
Mat 1:2 Abraham had Isaac, Isaac had Jacob, Jacob had Judah and his brothers,
Mat 1:3 Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), Perez had Hezron, Hezron had Aram,
Mat 1:4 Aram had Amminadab, Amminadab had Nahshon, Nahshon had Salmon,
Mat 1:5 Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), Obed had Jesse,
Mat 1:6 Jesse had David, and David became king. David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother),
Mat 1:7 Solomon had Rehoboam, Rehoboam had Abijah, Abijah had Asa,
Mat 1:8 Asa had Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat had Joram, Joram had Uzziah,
Mat 1:9 Uzziah had Jotham, Jotham had Ahaz, Ahaz had Hezekiah,
Mat 1:10 Hezekiah had Manasseh, Manasseh had Amon, Amon had Josiah,
Mat 1:11 Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile.
Mat 1:12 When the Babylonian exile ended, Jehoiachin had Shealtiel, Shealtiel had Zerubbabel,
Mat 1:13 Zerubbabel had Abiud, Abiud had Eliakim, Eliakim had Azor,
Mat 1:14 Azor had Zadok, Zadok had Achim, Achim had Eliud,
Mat 1:15 Eliud had Eleazar, Eleazar had Matthan, Matthan had Jacob,
Mat 1:16 Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ.
Mat 1:17 There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ.

Acts 1:1-11
Act 1:1 Dear Theophilus, in the first volume of this book I wrote on everything that Jesus began to do and teach
Act 1:2 until the day he said good-bye to the apostles, the ones he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven.
Act 1:3 After his death, he presented himself alive to them in many different settings over a period of forty days. In face-to-face meetings, he talked to them about things concerning the kingdom of God.
Act 1:4 As they met and ate meals together, he told them that they were on no account to leave Jerusalem but "must wait for what the Father promised: the promise you heard from me.
Act 1:5 John baptized in water; you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit. And soon."
Act 1:6 When they were together for the last time they asked, "Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now? Is this the time?"
Act 1:7 He told them, "You don't get to know the time. Timing is the Father's business.
Act 1:8 What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world."
Act 1:9 These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud.
Act 1:10 They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared--in white robes!
Act 1:11 They said, "You Galileans!--why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly--and mysteriously--as he left."

Psalms 1
Psa 1:1 How well God must like you-- you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
Psa 1:2 Instead you thrill to GOD's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
Psa 1:3 You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
Psa 1:4 You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust--
Psa 1:5 Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.
Psa 1:6 GOD charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.

Genesis 1-2
Gen 1:1 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth--all you see, all you don't see.
Gen 1:2 Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Gen 1:3 God spoke: "Light!" And light appeared.
Gen 1:4 God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.
Gen 1:5 God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning-- Day One.
Gen 1:6 God spoke: "Sky! In the middle of the waters; separate water from water!"
Gen 1:7 God made sky. He separated the water under sky from the water above sky. And there it was:
Gen 1:8 he named sky the Heavens; It was evening, it was morning-- Day Two.
Gen 1:9 God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was.
Gen 1:10 God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:11 God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was.
Gen 1:12 Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 It was evening, it was morning-- Day Three.
Gen 1:14 God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years,
Gen 1:15 Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
Gen 1:16 God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars.
Gen 1:17 God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth
Gen 1:18 And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:19 It was evening, it was morning-- Day Four.
Gen 1:20 God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"
Gen 1:21 God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:22 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"
Gen 1:23 It was evening, it was morning-- Day Five.
Gen 1:24 God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals--all kinds." And there it was:
Gen 1:25 wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.
Gen 1:26 God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth."
Gen 1:27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created them male and female.
Gen 1:28 God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth."
Gen 1:29 Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food.
Gen 1:30 To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
Gen 1:31 God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning-- Day Six.
Gen 2:1 Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail.
Gen 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished his work. On the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Gen 2:3 God blessed the seventh day. He made it a Holy Day Because on that day he rested from his work, all the creating God had done.
Gen 2:4 This is the story of how it all started, of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
Gen 2:5 At the time GOD made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground--GOD hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground
Gen 2:6 (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)--
Gen 2:7 GOD formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive--a living soul!
Gen 2:8 Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it.
Gen 2:9 GOD made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
Gen 2:10 A river flows out of Eden to water the garden and from there divides into four rivers.
Gen 2:11 The first is named Pishon; it flows through Havilah where there is gold.
Gen 2:12 The gold of this land is good. The land is also known for a sweet-scented resin and the onyx stone.
Gen 2:13 The second river is named Gihon; it flows through the land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 The third river is named Hiddekel and flows east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 GOD took the Man and set him down in the Garden of Eden to work the ground and keep it in order.
Gen 2:16 GOD commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden,
Gen 2:17 except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don't eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you're dead."
Gen 2:18 GOD said, "It's not good for the Man to be alone; I'll make him a helper, a companion."
Gen 2:19 So GOD formed from the dirt of the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the Man to see what he would name them. Whatever the Man called each living creature, that was its name.
Gen 2:20 The Man named the cattle, named the birds of the air, named the wild animals; but he didn't find a suitable companion.
Gen 2:21 GOD put the Man into a deep sleep. As he slept he removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh.
Gen 2:22 GOD then used the rib that he had taken from the Man to make Woman and presented her to the Man.
Gen 2:23 The Man said, "Finally! Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh! Name her Woman for she was made from Man."
Gen 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and embraces his wife. They become one flesh.
Gen 2:25 The two of them, the Man and his Wife, were naked, but they felt no shame.