M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

44 And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

² and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

³ The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

⁴ they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

⁵ Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil [in] that which ye have done.'

⁶ And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

⁷ and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

⁸ lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

⁹ with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

¹⁰ And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

¹¹ and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

¹² and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

¹³ and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city.

¹⁴ And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

¹⁵ and Joseph saith to them, `What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

¹⁶ And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'

¹⁷ and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'

¹⁸ And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

¹⁹ My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

²¹ `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

²² and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

²³ and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

²⁴ `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

²⁵ and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

²⁶ and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

²⁷ `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

²⁸ and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since;

²⁹ when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

³⁰ `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

³¹ then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

³² for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

³³ `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

³⁴ for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

14 And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

² and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.'

³ And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

⁴ and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁵ for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

⁶ And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

⁷ for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

⁸ what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

⁹ Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of -- for a memorial of her.'

¹⁰ And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them,

¹¹ and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

¹² And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, [that,] having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

¹³ And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, `Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;

¹⁴ and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house -- The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

¹⁵ and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared -- there make ready for us.'

¹⁶ And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

¹⁷ And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve,

¹⁸ and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you -- one of you, who is eating with me -- shall deliver me up.'

¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?' and another, `Is it I?'

²⁰ And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

²¹ the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

²² And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.'

²³ And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it -- all;

²⁴ and he said to them, `This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

²⁵ verily I say to you, that no more may I drink of the produce of the vine till that day when I may drink it new in the reign of God.'

²⁶ And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

²⁷ and Jesus saith to them -- `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

²⁸ but after my having risen I will go before you to Galilee.'

²⁹ And Peter said to him, `And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;'

³⁰ And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.'

³¹ And he spake the more vehemently, `If it may be necessary for me to die with thee -- I will in nowise deny thee;' and in like manner also said they all.

³² And they come to a spot, the name of which [is] Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;'

³³ and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

³⁴ and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul -- to death; remain here, and watch.'

³⁵ And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

³⁶ and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

³⁷ And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

³⁸ Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.'

³⁹ And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word saying;

⁴⁰ and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

⁴¹ And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest -- it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

⁴² rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.'

⁴³ And immediately -- while he is yet speaking -- cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

⁴⁴ and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

⁴⁵ and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,' and kissed him.

⁴⁶ And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

⁴⁷ and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

⁴⁸ And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

⁴⁹ daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

⁵⁰ And having left him they all fled;

⁵¹ and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about [his] naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

⁵² and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

⁵³ And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;

⁵⁴ and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony -- to put him to death, and they were not finding,

⁵⁶ for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.

⁵⁷ And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying --

⁵⁸ `We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

⁵⁹ and neither so was their testimony alike.

⁶⁰ And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?'

⁶¹ and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ -- the Son of the Blessed?'

⁶² and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.'

⁶³ And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses?

⁶⁴ Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?' and they all condemned him to be worthy of death,

⁶⁵ and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;' and the officers were striking him with their palms.

⁶⁶ And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

⁶⁷ and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'

⁶⁸ and he denied, saying, `I have not known [him], neither do I understand what thou sayest;' and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.

⁶⁹ And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near -- `This is of them;'

⁷⁰ and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;'

⁷¹ and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- `I have not known this man of whom ye speak;'

⁷² and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping.

10 My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

² I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.

³ Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

⁴ Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou?

⁵ As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?

⁶ That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?

⁷ For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

⁸ Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

⁹ Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

¹⁰ Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?

¹¹ Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

¹² Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.

¹³ And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.

¹⁴ If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

¹⁵ If I have done wickedly -- wo to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction,

¹⁶ And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.

¹⁷ Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.

¹⁸ And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

¹⁹ As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

²⁰ Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

²¹ Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

²² A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.'

14 And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

² one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

³ let not him who is eating despise him who is not eating: and let not him who is not eating judge him who is eating, for God did receive him.

⁴ Thou -- who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

⁵ One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day [alike]; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

⁶ He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard [it], and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God.

⁷ For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

⁸ for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;

⁹ for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

¹⁰ And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

¹¹ for it hath been written, `I live! saith the Lord -- to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

¹² so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

¹³ no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

¹⁴ I have known, and am persuaded, in the Lord Jesus, that nothing [is] unclean of itself, except to him who is reckoning anything to be unclean -- to that one [it is] unclean;

¹⁵ and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

¹⁶ Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of,

¹⁷ for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

¹⁸ for he who in these things is serving the Christ, [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.

¹⁹ So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

²⁰ for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, [are] pure, but evil [is] to the man who is eating through stumbling.

²¹ Right [it is] not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to [do anything] in which thy brother doth stumble, or is made to fall, or is weak.

²² Thou hast faith! to thyself have [it] before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

²³ and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because [it is] not of faith; and all that [is] not of faith is sin.