Daily Readings for Monday December 17,2012

Season of Annunciation

1 Chronicles 5
1	The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but because he polluted his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright;
2	though Judah became strong among his brothers and a prince was from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
3	the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4	The sons of Jo'el: Shemai'ah his son, Gog his son, Shim'e-i his son,
5	Micah his son, Re-ai'ah his son, Ba'al his son,
6	Be-er'ah his son, whom Til'gath-pilne'ser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
7	And his kinsmen by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Je-i'el, and Zechari'ah,
8	and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Jo'el, who dwelt in Aro'er, as far as Nebo and Ba'al-me'on.

Luke 6
43	"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
44	for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
45	The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.