M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
16 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there. His mother was a Jew, a believer, and his father was a Greek.
2 The Christian brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke very well of Timothy.
3 Paul wanted him to go with him. He circumcised him because all the Jews in those places knew that his father was a Greek.
4-5 hey went from town to town and talked to the people. They told them what the apostles and church leaders at Jerusalem had said should be done. So the church people became stronger in what they believed. Every day more people joined the church.
6 Paul and Silas went through the district of Phrygia and Galatia. The Holy Spirit said they should not tell God's word in the country of Asia Minor.
7 After they came to the district of Mysia, they wanted to go to the country of Bithynia but the Holy Spirit did not allow them.
8 So they went by Mysia and came to the city of Troas.
9 In the night Paul had a vision: he saw a picture like a dream. He saw a man of Macedonia standing and calling to him, `Come over into Macedonia and help us.'
10 After Paul had seen the vision, we tried to leave for Macedonia right away. We believed that the Lord had called us to tell the people there the good news.
11 So we left Troas in a boat and went straight across the water to the town of Samothrace. The next day we went to Neapolis.
12 From there we went to Philippi. This was the big city of the district of Macedonia. It was a free city. We stayed there for some time.
13 On the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the river. We thought this was a place where people met to talk with God. So we sat down and talked to the women who had come there.
14 One woman named Lydia listened to us. She was from the city of Thyatira, and she sold red cloth. She worshipped God. He worked in her heart and she believed what Paul said.
15 She and all the people in her house were baptised. Then she begged us and said, `If you really feel that I believe in the Lord, come and stay at my house.' And she would not allow us to say no.
16 One day we were going to the meeting place where people talked with God. We met a girl who had a bad spirit. She used to tell people what was going to happen. Her masters received much money when she did this.
17 This girl kept on following Paul and us. She was shouting, `These men are servants of the High God. They are telling us how to be saved.'
18 She did this for many days. This troubled Paul. He turned and said to the spirit in her, `In the name of Jesus Christ, I say to you, come out of her!' And the spirit came out at once.
19 Her masters saw that they had lost this way of getting money. They caught Paul and Silas and took them by force to the rulers in the court.
20 When they had brought them before the judges, they said, `These men are Jews. And they are making much trouble in our city.
21 They are teaching people laws which we may not obey because we are Roman people.'
22 All the people standing around were against Paul and Silas. The judges tore off the clothes of Paul and Silas. They gave orders that they should be beaten.
23 They beat them very hard. Then they put them in prison. `Take care,' they said to the prison guard. `Be sure that these prisoners do not run away.'
24 And so the guard put them in the back room in the prison. They locked their feet in holes cut in heavy pieces of wood.
25 At midnight, Paul and Silas were talking with God. They were singing and praising God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
26 Then all of a sudden the earth shook very much. Even the floor of the prison was shaking. All the doors came wide open. The things that held the prisoners all came off.
27 The prison guard woke up. He saw all the prison doors open. So he took a long knife and was going to kill himself. He thought that all the prisoners had run away.
28 Paul shouted, `Stop! Do not hurt yourself. We are all here!'
29 The guard called for a light and went in quickly. He kneeled down before Paul and Silas, trembling with fear.
30 He brought them out of the prison and said, `Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
31 They replied, `Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. All the people in your house must do the same.'
32 They talked to him and all the people in the house. They told them the word of the Lord.
33 Paul and Silas had sores from the beating in prison. So that same hour of the night the guard washed them. Then he and all the people of his house were baptised.
34 He took Paul and Silas to his home and gave them food to eat. He and all the people in his house were very happy. They now believed in God.
35 In the morning the judges sent soldiers to the guard with a message. `Let those men go free,' they said.
36 The guard told Paul. He said, `The judges have sent a message that you may go free. So now, come out and go on your way. You will have no more trouble.'
37 But Paul said, `We are Romans. And they have beaten us outside where people can see. They have put us in prison without proving we have done wrong. Now, are they going to take us out of prison secretly? No, they themselves must come and take us out.'
38 The soldiers told this to the judges. They were very much afraid when they heard that Paul and Silas were Romans.
39 So they came to Paul and Silas. They said they were sorry for what they had done. They brought them out of prison and asked them to leave the city.
40 When Paul and Silas came out of prison, they went back to Lydia's house. They saw their Christian brothers and talked to them. This helped the Christians to believe more strongly. Then Paul and Silas went on their way.
11 They came to Bethphage and Bethany, near Jerusalem by the hill called Olives. Then he sent two of his disciples ahead.
2 He said, `Go into the village in front of you. As soon as you go in, you will find an animal tied. No one has ever sat on it. Untie it and bring it to me.
3 If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?" tell him, "The Lord needs it. He will send it back soon." '
4 The disciples went. They found the animal tied outside a door in the street. They untied it.
5 People standing there said, `What are you doing, untying the animal?'
6 The disciples said what Jesus had told them to say. So they let them go.
7 They brought it to Jesus and laid their coats on it. He got on it.
8 Many people spread their coats on the road. Others cut leaves and branches from the fields and put them on the road.
9 People in front of him and people behind him shouted, `Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord!
10 God bless the kingdom of our father David which is coming. Praise him in heaven!'
11 And so Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the temple. He looked at everything. Then he went out with the twelve disciples to Bethany. It was late already.
12 In the morning when they were on the way out of Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
13 He saw a fig tree a little way off with leaves on it. So he went to see if it had figs. He came to the tree. There was no fruit on it, only leaves. It was not the time for figs.
14 Jesus said to the tree, `No one will ever eat a fig from you again!' His disciples heard what he said.
15 They reached Jerusalem. Jesus went into the temple. He began to drive out the people who were buying and selling in the temple. He threw down the tables of the money changers. He pushed down the seats of those who sold doves.
16 He would not let anyone carry anything through the temple.
17 He taught the people, saying, `The holy writings say, "My house shall be called a house for all tribes and nations, where people talk with God." But you have made it a place for people who steal!'
18 The chief priests and scribes heard what he said. They wanted to find some way to kill him. They feared Jesus because all the people were surprised at his teaching.
19 In the evening Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
20 The next morning they passed the fig tree again. They saw that it had died from the roots.
21 Peter remembered about it. He said, `Look Master, you cursed the fig tree and it has died.'
22 Jesus said, `Believe in God.
23 I tell you the truth. Anyone may say to this hill, "Go and jump into the sea." He must not doubt in his heart, but he must believe that he will have the things he asks for and he will have them.
24 So I tell you, when you ask God for anything believe that you will get it and you will have it.
25 When you stand and talk with God, forgive others for the wrong things they have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will also forgive you for the wrong things you have done.
26 But if you do not forgive others, your Father in heaven will not forgive you for the wrong things you have done.'
27 They came to Jerusalem again. Jesus walked in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders came to him.
28 They said, `What right have you to do these things? Who gave you the right to do them?'
29 Jesus said, `I will ask you a question. If you answer me, I will answer you and tell you what right I have to do these things.
30 Who gave John the right to baptise people? Did God or did men? Answer me!'
31 So they talked it over together. They said, `If we say, "God gave John the right," he will say, "Then why did you not believe him?"
32 But what if we say, "Men gave him the right to do it"?' They feared the people because they all believed that John was a prophet of God.
33 So they answered Jesus, `We do not know.' Then Jesus said, `Neither will I tell you what right I have to do these things.'
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