Parashah - Re'eh (See)

Weekly Parashah

Scripture: 

Deut. 11:26–16:17

Torah

Blessing or Curse Set Before You

26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse— 27 the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am commanding you today, 28 but the curse, if you do not listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn from the way I am commanding you today, to go after other gods you have not known. 29 Now when Adonai your God brings you into the land you are going in to possess, you are to set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not across the Jordan toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah—opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 31 For you are about to cross over the Jordan to go in to possess the land Adonai your God is giving you—you will possess it and dwell in it, 32 and you will take care to do all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

The Place He Chooses

12 “These are the statutes and ordinances that you are to make sure to do in the land that Adonai, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess—all the days that you live on the earth. 2 You must utterly destroy all the places where the nations that you will dispossess served their gods—on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 You are to tear down their altars, smash their pillars, burn their Asherah poles in the fire and cut down the carved images of their gods, and you are to obliterate their name from that place.

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Scripture: 

Isa. 66:1–24

Haftarah

Tremble At His Word

66 Thus says Adonai:

“Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool.[a]
Where then is the House you would build for Me?
Where is the place of My rest?
2 For My hand has made all these things, so all these things came to be,” declares Adonai.
“But on this one will I look, one humble and of a contrite spirit, who trembles at My word.”
3 One who kills an ox is like one who kills a man;
one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood;
one who burns incense is like one who blesses an idol.
They have chosen their own ways, so their soul delights in their abominations.
4 So I will choose their punishments and bring on them what they dread.
For when I called, no one answered;
when I spoke, they did not listen.
But they did what was evil in My eyes, and chose what I did not delight in.
5 Hear the word of Adonai, you who tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who hated you, excluding you for My Name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Adonai be glorified, that we may see your joy’—but they will be put to shame.”
6 A sound of uproar from the city, a sound from the Temple—the sound of Adonai who fully repays His enemies.

A Nation Born in a Day

7 Before she was in labor, she gave birth.
Before her pain came, she delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Can a land be born in one day?
Can a nation be brought forth at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
9 “Will I bring the moment of birth, and not give delivery?” says Adonai.
“Will I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God.
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her.
Rejoice for joy with her all you who mourned over her.
11 For you will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breast.
You will drink deeply and delight from her glorious abundance.

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Scripture: 

Jn. 15:1–17:26 Mat. 16:13-20

Brit Chadashah

The Father Reveals His Son

13 When Yeshua came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

14 They answered, “Some say John the Immerser, others say Elijah, and still others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”

15 He said, “But who do you say I am?”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

17 Yeshua said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven! 18 And I also tell you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My community[a]; and the gates of Sheol will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will have been forbidden in heaven and what you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.” 20 Then He ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Messiah.

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John 15 : 1 – 17 : 26

Abiding in the Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He trims so that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I will abide in you. The branch cannot itself produce fruit, unless it abides on the vine. Likewise, you cannot produce fruit unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for apart from Me, you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and is dried up. Such branches are picked up and thrown into the fire and burned.

7 “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. 8 In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be My disciples.”

9 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you. Abide in My love! 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full.

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