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JANUARY 16
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breaking of day. Now when He saw that He
did not prevail against him, He touched the
socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip
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was out of joint as He wrestled with him. And 11:12 the kingdom of heaven suffers vio-
He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” lence. From the time he began his preaching
But he said, “I will not let You go unless You ministry, John the Baptist evoked a strong
bless me!” reaction. Having been imprisoned already,
27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” John ultimately fell victim to Herod’s sav-
He said, “Jacob.” agery. But the kingdom can never be sub-
28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be dued or opposed by human violence. Notice
called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled that where Matthew says,“the violent take it
with God and with men, and have prevailed.” by force,” Luke has,“everyone is pressing into
29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your it”(Luke 16:16). So the sense of this verse may
name, I pray.” be rendered this way: “The kingdom presses
ahead relentlessly, and only the relentless
And He said, “Why is it that you ask about press their way into it.” Thus again Christ is
My name?” And He blessed him there. magnifying the difficulty of entering the
30 So Jacob called the name of the place kingdom.
Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and
my life is preserved.” Just as he crossed over
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Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on 4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and
his hip. Therefore to this day the children of tell John the things which you hear and see:
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Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, 5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are
which is on the hip socket, because He cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised
touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the mus- up and the poor have the gospel preached to
cle that shrank. them. And blessed is he who is not offended
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because of Me.”
Psalm 8:6–9
As they departed, Jesus began to say to the
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You have made him to have dominion multitudes concerning John: “What did you
over the works of Your hands; go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shak-
You have put all things under his feet, en by the wind? But what did you go out to
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All sheep and oxen— see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed,
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Even the beasts of the field, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’
8 The birds of the air, houses. But what did you go out to see? A
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And the fish of the sea prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a
That pass through the paths prophet. For this is he of whom it is written:
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of the seas.
‘Behold, I send My messenger before
O LORD, our Lord, Your face,
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How excellent is Your name in all the Who will prepare Your way
earth!
before You.’
Proverbs 3:19–20 11 “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born
19 The LORD by wisdom founded the of women there has not risen one greater than
earth; John the Baptist; but he who is least in the
By understanding He established kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And
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the heavens; from the days of John the Baptist until now the
20 By His knowledge the depths were kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the
broken up, violent take it by force. For all the prophets
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And clouds drop down the dew. and the law prophesied until John. And if you
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Matthew 11:1–30 are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to
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come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished 16 “But to what shall I liken this generation?
11 commanding His twelve disciples, that He It is like children sitting in the marketplaces
departed from there to teach and to preach in and calling to their companions, and saying:
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their cities.
2 And when John had heard in prison about ‘We played the flute for you,
the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples And you did not dance;
3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, We mourned to you,
or do we look for another?” And you did not lament.’
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