Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son

11 ^jSoon afterward¹ he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, ^k“Do not weep.” 14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, ^land Jesus² gave him to his mother. 16 ^mFear seized them all, and they ⁿglorified God, saying, “A great ^oprophet has arisen among us!” and ^p“God has visited his people!” 17 And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.

Greeting

1 Paul, an ^aapostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

2 To the saints and ^bfaithful brothers¹ in Christ at Colossae:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 ^cWe always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since ^dwe heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the ^ehope ^flaid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the ^gword of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed ^hin the whole world it is ⁱbearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you ^jheard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from ^kEpaphras our beloved fellow servant.² He is a faithful minister of Christ on your³ behalf 8 and has made known to us your ^llove in the Spirit.

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have ^mnot ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge ⁿof his will in ^oall spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to ^pwalk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: ^qbearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being ^rstrengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks⁴ to the Father, who has qualified you⁵ to share in the ^sinheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has ^tdelivered us from the ^udomain of darkness and ^vtransferred us to the kingdom of his ^wbeloved Son, 14 in whom we have ^xredemption, the ^yforgiveness of sins.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

A Song of Ascents.

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

From Adam to Abraham

1 ^aAdam, ^bSeth, ^cEnosh; 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; 3 Enoch, Methuselah, ^dLamech; 4 ^eNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth: ^fGomer, ^gMagog, ^hMadai, ⁱJavan, ^jTubal, ^kMeshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: ^lAshkenaz, Riphath,¹ and ^mTogarmah. 7 The sons of Javan: ⁿElishah, ^oTarshish, ^pKittim, and Rodanim.

8 The sons of Ham: ^qCush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush: ^rSeba, ^sHavilah, Sabta, ^tRaamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: ^uSheba and ^vDedan. 10 Cush fathered ^wNimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.²

11 Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and ^xCaphtorim.

13 Canaan fathered ^ySidon his firstborn and ^zHeth, 14 and the ^aJebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the ^bHivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the ^cArvadites, the Zemarites, and the ^dHamathites.

17 The sons of Shem: ^eElam, Asshur, Arpachshad, ^fLud, and ^gAram. And the sons of Aram:³ Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg⁴ (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal,⁵ Abimael, Sheba, 23 ^hOphir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

24 ⁱShem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu; 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah; 27 Abram, ^jthat is, Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

28 ^kThe sons of Abraham: ^lIsaac and ^mIshmael. 29 These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 The sons of ⁿKeturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, ^oMidian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: ^pSheba and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah.

34 Abraham fathered ^qIsaac. The sons of Isaac: ^rEsau and ^sIsrael. 35 ^tThe sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna,⁶ Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam;⁷ and Lotan’s sister was Timna. 40 The sons of Shobal: Alvan,⁸ Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,⁹ and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 41 The son¹⁰ of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,¹¹ Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.¹² The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

43 These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of ^uBozrah reigned in his place. 45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the ^vTemanites reigned in his place. 46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates¹³ reigned in his place. 49 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place. 50 Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51 And Hadad died.

The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.

A Genealogy of David

1 ^wThese are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 ^xThe sons of Judah: ^yEr, ^zOnan and ^aShelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. ^bNow Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. 4 His daughter-in-law ^cTamar also bore him ^dPerez and ^eZerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5 ^fThe sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, ^gEthan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7 The son¹⁴ of Carmi: ^hAchan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; 8 and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

9 The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. 10 Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered Salmon,¹⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse. 13 Jesse fathered ⁱEliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. 16 And their sisters were ^jZeruiah and ^kAbigail. The sons of Zeruiah: ^lAbishai, ^mJoab, and ⁿAsahel, three. 17 Abigail bore ^oAmasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18 Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married ^pEphrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered ^qBezalel.

21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub. 22 And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 But Geshur and Aram took from them ^rHavvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, ^ssixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. 24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah,¹⁶ the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29 The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died childless. 31 The son¹⁷ of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless. 33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha. 35 So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave, and she bore him Attai. 36 Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad. 37 Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed. 38 Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah. 39 Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah. 40 Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum. 41 Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah¹⁸ his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son¹⁹ of Mareshah: Hebron.²⁰ 43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44 Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon fathered Beth-zur. 46 Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was ^tAchsah. 50 These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons²¹ of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. 53 And the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 55 The clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.