M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
22 And David said, “This is the House of the LORD God. And this is the Altar for the Burnt Offering of Israel.”
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel. And he set masons to cut and polish stones to build the House of God.
3 David also prepared a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors and of the gates, and for the joinings, and abundance of bronze surpassing weight,
4 and cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought a large amount of cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, “Solomon, my son, is young and tender. And we must build a House for the LORD, magnificent, excellent and of great fame and dignity throughout all countries. I will now prepare for it.” So, David prepared very much before his death.
6 Then he called Solomon, his son, and charged him to build a House for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a House to the Name of the LORD my God,
8 “but the Word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood, and have made great battles. You shall not build a House to My Name. For you have shed much blood upon the Earth in My sight.
9 ‘Behold, a son is born to you who shall be a man of rest. For I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. Therefore, his name is Solomon. And I will send peace and quietness upon Israel in his days.
10 ‘He shall build a House for My Name. And he shall be My son. And I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom upon Israel forever.’
11 “Now, therefore, my son, the LORD shall be with you. And you shall prosper. And you shall build a House to the LORD your God, as He has spoken of you.
12 “May the LORD alone give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, to keep the Law of the LORD your God.
13 “Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to observe the Statutes and the Judgments which the LORD Commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and of good courage! Neither fear nor be afraid!
14 “For behold, according to my poverty have I prepared a hundred thousand talents of gold for the House of the LORD, and a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron of surpassing weight. For there was abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may provide more to it.
15 “Moreover, you have enough workmen with you, stonecutters and workmen of timber and all men expert in every work.
16 Of gold, silver, bronze and iron there is no limit. Up and get to work! And the LORD will be with you!”
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon, his son, saying,
18 “Is not the LORD your God with you, giving you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand. And the land is subdued before the LORD and before His people.
19 “Now, set your hearts and your souls to seek the LORD your God! And arise and build the Sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and the Holy Vessels of God into the House built for the Name of the LORD!”
3 Likewise, let the wives be subject to their husbands, so that even those who do not obey the Word may be won by the behavior of the wives (without word)
2 while they observe your upright conduct, which is with fear.
3 Do not let your adornment be outward, braiding your hair or putting on gold or worldly garments.
4 But let it be the inner man of the heart - an incorruptible meek and quiet spirit - which is a very valuable thing before God.
5 For in the past also, the holy women who trusted in God adorned themselves in this way, and were subject to their husbands,
6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him ‘Lord’. You are her daughters, doing good and not easily fearful.
7 Likewise, husbands, dwell with them as men of knowledge, giving honor to the woman - as to the weaker vessel, and as you would to those who are co-heirs of the grace of life - so that your prayers are not interrupted.
8 Finally, all of you be of one mind; compassionate, loving as brothers, merciful, friendly,
9 not rendering evil for evil, nor rebuke for rebuke. On the contrary, bless. Know that you are called to this so that you could be heirs of blessing.
10 For “if anyone longs after life (and to see good days), let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 “Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
12 “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears towards their prayers. And the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
13 And who is it that will harm you if you follow that which is good?
14 But if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. And “do not fear their terror, nor be troubled.”
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give an answer - with humility and respect - to everyone who asks you the Reason for the hope that is in you;
16 having a good conscience, so that when they falsely accuse you as evildoers, those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
17 For it is better (if it is the will of God) to suffer for doing good rather than evil.
18 For Christ also has suffered once for sins - the Just for the unjust - so that He might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
19 by Whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison.
20 They were disobedient in the past, when once more the patience of God awaited in the days of Noah while the Ark was being prepared (in which few - that is, eight - souls were saved in the water).
21 This is now represented by baptism, which is not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but an appeal to God, made with a good conscience. This also rescues us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 Who is at the right hand of God, gone into Heaven, to Whom the angels and powers and might are subject.
1 The Word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear, all you people! Listen, O Earth, and all that therein is! And let the LORD God be Witness against you, the LORD from His Holy Temple.
3 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the Earth.
4 And the mountains shall melt under Him. So shall the valleys cling as wax before the fire, as the waters that are poured downward.
5 This is all because of the wickedness of Jacob, and for the sins of the House of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
6 “Therefore, I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, for the planting of a vineyard. And I will make its stones tumble down into the valley. And I will uncover its foundations.
7 “And all its graven images shall be broken. And all its gifts shall be burnt with the fire. And I will destroy all its idols. For she gathered it from the hire of a harlot. And they shall return to the wages of a harlot.”
8 Therefore I will mourn and howl! I will go without clothes, naked. I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.
9 For her plagues are grievous. For it has come into Judah, has come to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
10 Do not declare it at Gath, or weep. Roll yourself in the dust for the House of Aphrah.
11 You who dwell at Shaphir go together, naked with shame. She who dwells at Zaanan shall not come forth in the mourning of Beth Ezel. Your standing shall be taken from you.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O you inhabitant of Lachish! Bind the chariot to the beasts of price. She is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion. For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore, you shall give presents to Moresheth Gath. The houses of Achzib shall be as a lie to the kings of Israel.
15 Yet I will bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah. He, the glory of Israel, shall come to Adullam.
16 Make yourself bald and shave yourself for your delicate children. Enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.
10 After these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others and sent them, two by two, before Him into every city and place where He Himself would come.
2 And He said to them, “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
3 “Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
4 “Carry no money bag, nor sack, nor shoes, and greet no one on the way.
5 “And into whatever house you enter, say first, ‘Peace to this house.’
6 “And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him. If not, it shall return to you again.
7 “And remain in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. For the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
8 “But into whatever city you shall enter, if they receive you, eat what is set before you,
9 “and heal the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’
10 “But in whatever city you enter, if they will not receive you, go out into the streets of that city, and say,
11 “‘Even the very dust of your city, which clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless, know this: that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’
12 “For I say to you that it shall be easier on that Day for those of Sodom, than for that city.
13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 “Therefore it shall be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the Judgment than for you.
15 “And you, Capernaum, who is exalted to Heaven, shall be thrust down to Hades.
16 “The one who hears you, hears Me. And the one who despises you, despises Me. And the one who despises Me, despises Him Who sent Me.”
17 And the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your Name!”
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall down, like lightning, from Heaven.
19 “Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall hurt you.
20 “Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this: that the spirits obey you. But rather, rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.”
21 That same hour, Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, “I confess to You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because it so pleased You.
22 “All things are given to Me by My Father. And no one knows Who the Son is, except the Father; nor Who the Father is, except the Son and him to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.”
23 And He turned to His disciples, and said secretly, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
24 “For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.”
25 Then behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted Him, saying, “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
27 And he answered and said, “You shall love your Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your thought, and your neighbor as yourself.”
28 Then He said to him, “You have answered right. Do this, and you shall live.”
29 But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, “Who, then, is my neighbor?”
30 And Jesus answered, and said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves. And they robbed him of his clothes and wounded him and departed, leaving him half-dead.
31 “Now by chance, a certain priest came down that same way. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 “And likewise, a Levite, when he had come near the place, went and looked, and passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came near him. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him.
34 “And he went to him and bound up his wounds and poured in oil and wine. And he put him on his own beast and brought him to an Inn and made provision for him.
35 “And the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. And whatever more you spend I will repay when I return.’
36 “Now, which of these three do you think was a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”
37 And he said, “The one who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go, and do likewise.”
38 Now it happened that as they went, He entered into a certain town. And a certain woman named Martha received Him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard His preaching.
40 But Martha was distracted by much serving. And she came to Him, and said, “Master, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, command her to help me.”
41 And Jesus answered, and said to her, “Martha, Martha. You are anxious and troubled about many things.
42 “But one thing is needed, Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
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