M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
21 Now the LORD visited Sarah, as he had said, and did to her according to His promise.
2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the same season that God told him.
3 And Abraham called his son’s name who was born to him, Isaac (which Sarah bore him).
4 Then Abraham circumcised Isaac, his son, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 So Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Then Sarah said, “God has made me rejoice! All who hear will rejoice with me!”
7 Again she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have given children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 Then the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar, the Egyptian (whom she had borne to Abraham) mocking.
10 Therefore, she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son! For the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.”
11 And this thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight, because of his son.
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be grievous in your sight because of the child, or because of your bondwoman. In all that Sarah shall say to you, hear her voice. For in Isaac shall your seed be called.
13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him a nation also; because he is your seed.
14 So Abraham arose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and sent her and the child away. They departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And when the water of the bottle was spent, she cast the child under a certain tree.
16 Then she went and sat opposite him at a distance of about a bow shoot. For she said, “I will not see the death of the child.” And she sat down opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.
17 Then God heard the voice of the child. And the Angel of God called to Hagar from Heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Do not fear. For God has heard the voice of the child where he is.
18 “Arise, take up the child and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great people.”
19 And God opened her eyes; and she saw a well of water. So, she went and filled the bottle with water and gave the boy drink.
20 So God was with the child. And he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and was an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 And at the same time, Abimelech and Phichol, his chief captain, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 “Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not hurt me, nor my children, nor my children’s children. You shall deal with me, and with the country where you have been a stranger, according to the kindness that I have showed you.
24 Then Abraham said, “I will swear.”
25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. Also, you didn’t tell me, nor had I heard of it, until today.
27 Then Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
28 And Abraham set apart seven lambs of the flock.
29 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven lambs mean which you have set apart?
30 And he answered, “Because you shall receive these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I have dug this well.”
31 Therefore the place is called Beersheba, because there they both swore.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. Afterward, Abimelech and Phichol, the chief captain, rose up and turned again to the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and there called on the Name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
34 And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistines’ land a long season.
20 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain landowner, who went out at the dawning of the day to hire laborers into his vineyard.
2 “And he agreed with the laborers for a penny a day and sent them into his vineyard.
3 “And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 “and said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard also. And whatever is right, I will give you.’ And they went their way.
5 “Again, he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 “And he went about the eleventh hour, and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into my vineyard also. And whatever is right, that shall you receive.’
8 “And when evening had come, the master of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning at the last, till you come to the first.’
9 “And those who were hired about the eleventh hour, came. And each received a penny.
10 “Now when the first came, they assumed that they would receive more. But each of them also received a penny.
11 “And when they had received it, they murmured against the master of the house,
12 “saying, ‘These last have only worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and heat of the day!’
13 “And he answered one of them, saying, ‘Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a penny?
14 ‘Take that which is yours and go your way. I will give to this last as much as to you.
15 ‘Is it not lawful for me to do as I will with my own? Is your eye evil because I am good?’
16 “So the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
17 And Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and took the twelve disciples aside on the way and said to them,
18 “Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes. And they shall condemn Him to death,
19 “and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles - to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify. But the third day, He shall rise again.”
20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s children came to Him with her sons, worshipping, and desiring a certain thing of Him.
21 “And he said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to him, “Grant that these, my two sons, may sit - the one at Your right hand and the other at Your left hand - in Your Kingdom.”
22 And Jesus answered, and said, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink from the cup from which I shall drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I shall be baptized?” They said to Him, “We are able.”
23 And He said to them, “You shall indeed drink from My cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. But to sit at My right hand, and at My left hand, is not Mine to give. But it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared by My Father.”
24 And when the other ten heard this, they were angry at the two brothers.
25 Therefore Jesus called them to Him, and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them. And those who are great, exercise authority over them.
26 “But it shall not be so among you. But whoever will be great among you, let him be your servant.
27 “And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant;
28 “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life for the ransom of many.”
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him.
30 And behold, two blind men, sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried, saying, “O Lord, the Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
31 And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace. But they cried all the more, saying, “O Lord! The Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
32 Then Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, “What would you have Me do to you?
33 They said to Him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened!”
34 And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight. And they followed Him.
10 Now those who sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah and Zidkijah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah. These are the priests.
9 And the Levites were Jeshua, the son of Azaniah, Binnui, of the sons of Henadad and Kadmiel.
10 And their brethren were Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanun,
11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodijah, Bani and Beninu.
14 The chief of the people were Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
27 Malluch, Harim and Baanah.
28 And the rest of the people were the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who were separated from the people of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all who could understand.
29 The chief of them received it for their brethren. And they came to the curse and to the oath, to walk in God’s Law which was given by Moses, the servant of God, to observe and do all the Commandments of the LORD our God, and His Judgments and His Statutes,
30 and that we would neither give our daughters to the people of the land nor take their daughters for our sons,
31 and that if the people of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath, we would not take it from them on the Sabbath or on the holy days, and that we would let the seventh year be free, and the debts of every person.
32 And we made statutes for ourselves, to give one third of a shekel every year for the service of the House of our God,
33 for the Showbread and for the daily Offerings and for the daily Burnt Offerings, the Sabbaths, the new moons, for the solemn Feasts, and for the things that were sanctified, and for the Sin Offerings, to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the House of our God.
34 We also cast lots for the offering of the wood — the priests, the Levites and the people — to bring it into the House of our God, according to the Houses of our fathers, each year at the times appointed, to burn it upon the Altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law,
35 and to bring the firstfruits of our land, and the first of all the fruits of all trees, year by year, into the House of the LORD,
36 and the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our bulls, and of our sheep, to bring it into the House of our God, to the priests who minister in the House of our God.
37 And that we should bring the firstfruit of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the House of our God, and the tithes of our land to the Levites, so that the Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our work.
38 And the Priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites take tithes. And the Levites shall bring up one tenth of the tithes to the House of our God, to the chambers of the treasure house.
39 For the children of Israel, and the children of Levi, shall bring up the offering of the grain, of the wine, and of the oil, to the chambers. And the vessels of the Sanctuary shall be there, and the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers. And we will not forsake the House of our God.
20 Now after the disturbance abated, Paul called the disciples to him, and embraced them, and left for Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
3 And after staying there for three months, he was about to sail for Syria. But he decided to return through Macedonia because the Jews had set a trap for him.
4 And Sopater of Berea accompanied him into Asia, as well as Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These went ahead and awaited us at Troas.
6 And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi. And five days later we joined them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
7 And the first day of the week (the disciples having come together to break bread), Paul, ready to leave the next day, preached to them, and continued preaching until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the upper room where they were gathered together.
9 And a certain young man named Eutychus had fallen into a dead sleep while sitting in a window. And as Paul preached at length, he was overcome with sleep and fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
10 But Paul went down, and laid himself on him, and embraced him, saying, “Do not trouble yourselves. For his life is in him.”
11 Then, after having come up again and broken bread and eaten, he talked a long while (till daybreak) and left.
12 And they brought the boy (alive). And they were not a little comforted.
13 But we went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, so that we might receive Paul there. For so had he arranged and would himself go on foot.
14 Now when he had met us in Assos, and we had received him, we went to Mitylene.
15 And we sailed from there the next day and came opposite Chios. And the next day we arrived at Samos and stayed in Trogyllium. The next day we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, because he did not want to spend time in Asia. For he hurried to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
17 Therefore he sent word to Ephesus from Miletus and called the elders of the church.
18 When they had come, he said to them, “You know how I have lived with you at all times, from the first day that I came into Asia;
19 “serving the Lord with all modesty, and with many tears and temptations (which came to me by the plotting of the Jews).
20 “And how I kept back nothing that was profitable, but have showed you, and taught you openly, and throughout every house;
21 “witnessing the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ to both the Jews and the Greeks.
22 “And now behold I go, bound in the Spirit, to Jerusalem. And I do not know what things shall come to me there,
23 “except that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
24 “But these things do not move me. Nor is my life dear to me. So that I may fulfill my course, and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus (to testify the Gospel of the grace of God) with joy.
25 “And now behold, I know that hereafter all of you among whom I have gone preaching the Kingdom of God shall no longer see my face.
26 “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all.
27 “For I have kept nothing back but have declared to you the whole counsel of God.
28 “Therefore, attend to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He has purchased with His own blood.
29 “For I know this: that after my departing, grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 “Moreover, men shall arise from your own selves, speaking perverse things to draw disciples away with them.
31 “Therefore watch. And remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone, both night and day, with tears.
32 “And now brothers, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build further, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 “I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.
34 “Yes, you know that these hands have ministered to my needs, and to those who were with me.
35 “I have shown you all things; how that in so doing you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
36 And when he had spoken this, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
37 Then they all wept abundantly, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
38 being most tormented by the words he spoke of seeing his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.
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