M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

15 And he made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and spread a tent for it.

² Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve him for ever.

³ And David assembled all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place that he had prepared for it.

⁴ And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

⁵ of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

⁶ of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

⁷ of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

⁸ of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

⁹ of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty;

¹⁰ of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

¹¹ And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;

¹² and he said to them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Levites; hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to [the place that] I have prepared for it.

¹³ For because ye did [it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

¹⁴ So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.

¹⁵ And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves upon them, as Moses had commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁶ And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second [rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;

¹⁹ and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;

²⁰ and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes on Alamoth;

²¹ and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead [the singing].

²² And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful.

²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁴ And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁵ And David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

²⁶ And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

²⁷ And David was clothed with a robe of byssus, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah chief of the music of the singers; and David had upon him a linen ephod.

²⁸ And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the trumpet, and with clarions, and with cymbals, playing aloud with lutes and harps.

²⁹ And it came to pass as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

2 My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [Lord] of glory, with respect of persons:

² for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,

³ and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:

⁴ have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?

⁵ Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?

⁶ But *ye* have despised the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and [do not] *they* drag you before [the] tribunals?

⁷ And [do not] *they* blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?

⁸ If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.

⁹ But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

¹⁰ For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one [point], he has come under the guilt of [breaking] all.

¹¹ For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of [the] law.

¹² So speak ye, and so act, as those that are to be judged by [the] law of liberty;

¹³ for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

¹⁴ What [is] the profit, my brethren, if any one say he have faith, but have not works? can faith save him?

¹⁵ Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

¹⁶ and one from amongst you say to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; but give not to them the needful things for the body, what [is] the profit?

¹⁷ So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

¹⁸ But some one will say, *Thou* hast faith and *I* have works. Shew me thy faith without works, and *I* from my works will shew thee my faith.

¹⁹ *Thou* believest that God is one. Thou doest well. The demons even believe, and tremble.

²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

²² Thou seest that faith wrought with his works, and that by works faith was perfected.

²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God.

²⁴ Ye see that a man is justified on the principle of works, and not on the principle of faith only.

²⁵ But was not in like manner also Rahab the harlot justified on the principle of works, when she had received the messengers and put [them] forth by another way?

²⁶ For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

9 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

² Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;

³ and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

⁴ and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

⁵ And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.

⁶ It is he that buildeth his upper chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name.

⁷ Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

⁸ Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth: only that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.

⁹ For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh [corn] in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

¹⁰ All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Evil shall not overtake nor befall us.

¹¹ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

¹² that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, saith Jehovah who doeth this.

¹³ Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop new wine, and all the hills shall melt.

¹⁴ And I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; and they shall make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

¹⁵ And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God.

4 But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

² forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.

³ And the devil said to him, If thou be Son of God, speak to this stone, that it become bread.

⁴ And Jesus answered unto him saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

⁵ And [the devil], leading him up into a high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time.

⁶ And the devil said to him, I will give thee all this power, and their glory; for it is given up to me, and to whomsoever I will I give it.

⁷ If therefore *thou* wilt do homage before me, all [of it] shall be thine.

⁸ And Jesus answering him said, It is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

⁹ And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the edge of the temple, and said to him, If thou be Son of God, cast thyself down hence;

¹⁰ for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee to keep thee;

¹¹ and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in any wise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

¹² And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

¹³ And the devil, having completed every temptation, departed from him for a time.

¹⁴ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;

¹⁵ and *he* taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

¹⁶ And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

¹⁷ And [the] book of the prophet Esaias was given to him; and having unrolled the book he found the place where it was written,

¹⁸ [The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,

¹⁹ to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.

²⁰ And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

²¹ And he began to say to them, To-day this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.

²² And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

²³ And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

²⁴ And he said, Verily I say to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his [own] country.

²⁵ But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,

²⁶ and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman [that was] a widow.

²⁷ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

²⁸ And they were all filled with rage in the synagogue, hearing these things;

²⁹ and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;

³⁰ but *he*, passing through the midst of them, went his way,

³¹ and descended to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbaths.

³² And they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.

³³ And there was in the synagogue a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried with a loud voice,

³⁴ saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy [One] of God.

³⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon, having thrown him down into the midst, came out from him without doing him any injury.

³⁶ And astonishment came upon all, and they spoke to one another, saying, What word [is] this? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

³⁷ And a rumour went out into every place of the country round concerning him.

³⁸ And rising up out of the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was suffering under a bad fever; and they asked him for her.

³⁹ And standing over her, he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and forthwith standing up she served them.

⁴⁰ And when the sun went down, all, as many as had persons sick with divers diseases, brought them to him, and having laid his hands on every one of them, he healed them;

⁴¹ and demons also went out from many, crying out and saying, *Thou* art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.

⁴² And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.

⁴³ But he said to them, I must needs announce the glad tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for for this I have been sent forth.

⁴⁴ And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.